Hit piece
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I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
Well, in fairness, they said Barstool Execs didn't respond and that Portnoy didn't provide answers. They're not wrong. Also they did agree to face to face with audio only which Portnoy refused. He should have taken them up on it, it would have been interesting enough.
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I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
Well, in fairness, they said Barstool Execs didn't respond and that Portnoy didn't provide answers. They're not wrong. Also they did agree to face to face with audio only which Portnoy refused. He should have taken them up on it, it would have been interesting enough.
I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
Well, in fairness, they said Barstool Execs didn't respond and that Portnoy didn't provide answers. They're not wrong. Also they did agree to face to face with audio only which Portnoy refused. He should have taken them up on it, it would have been interesting enough.
You mean, you would have preferred Mr Portnoy to buy a plane ticket and take time off from his life to do an audio-only interview at the pleasure of the NYT. Mr Portnoy has other considerations which might price that 'should' out of his own budget. Similar to the 'should' of Jerry Jones and his contrition for something he did at 14. People don't feel like they "should" be at the service of religious witch hunters coming for them, and that's ok with me.
Education is extremely important.
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If a British tabloid behaved like this, nobody would be surprised in the least. In fact, they'd probably be praised for their self-restraint.
I guess we should expect better from the NYT.
I was only joking
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I know nothing about Barstool sports or Portnoy, or at least I didn't until this morning.
Perhaps some of what the NYT says is true, perhaps not. But the fact that they refused to meet, face-to-face, and only do a phone interview says a lot.
"Mr. Portnoy did not respond," my ass.
Well, in fairness, they said Barstool Execs didn't respond and that Portnoy didn't provide answers. They're not wrong. Also they did agree to face to face with audio only which Portnoy refused. He should have taken them up on it, it would have been interesting enough.
You mean, you would have preferred Mr Portnoy to buy a plane ticket and take time off from his life to do an audio-only interview at the pleasure of the NYT. Mr Portnoy has other considerations which might price that 'should' out of his own budget. Similar to the 'should' of Jerry Jones and his contrition for something he did at 14. People don't feel like they "should" be at the service of religious witch hunters coming for them, and that's ok with me.
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@Horace I had no opinion on the meeting venue, it would just have been nice to hear him put her on the spot, as was his expressed desire.
@Horace I had no opinion on the meeting venue, it would just have been nice to hear him put her on the spot, as was his expressed desire.
Yes he was willing to do so on his terms. It would have been interesting to see confirmation that the journalist was unwilling to answer any of his questions, I suppose. But I am sure we can all relate to his feeling that it would be beneath him to submit to a bad faith religious inquisition, on the inquisitor’s terms. Not submitting, and releasing the texts, is arguably the best and most coherent point he could have made.
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If a British tabloid behaved like this, nobody would be surprised in the least. In fact, they'd probably be praised for their self-restraint.
I guess we should expect better from the NYT.
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I have a question. I dont know if anyone here is a gambler, but I always that gambling will increase economic activity buy XX amount.
But my thinking is that if a gambling place opens and someone spends USD$100 on gambling, that USD$100 is taken from somewhere else.
For example, if the gambling place was not open, the person probably would have spent the money on dinner, pubs, clothing, etc. I doubt they just would have saved it and not spent anything.
Therefore, it seems like the economic benefits are exaggerated.
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I have a question. I dont know if anyone here is a gambler, but I always that gambling will increase economic activity buy XX amount.
But my thinking is that if a gambling place opens and someone spends USD$100 on gambling, that USD$100 is taken from somewhere else.
For example, if the gambling place was not open, the person probably would have spent the money on dinner, pubs, clothing, etc. I doubt they just would have saved it and not spent anything.
Therefore, it seems like the economic benefits are exaggerated.
@taiwan_girl gambling helps redistribute wealth from poor people to rich people. And we all know much rich people love helping poor people, so really it’s a great way to help poor people.
