No way is there a better title in the world

[steve dave]

guess what.....if I talk crap about a fellow employee and my employer (without even publishing a book, just small talk) I'm getting my ass fired.  not suspended, fired.  guess what else....I bet I don't get all my peers to get raging butthurt about it and hashtag that crap like there's no tommorrow. 

[steve dave]

I shouldn't put journalists all into one bucket here either.  Most of the local guys are really good at what they do and don't fall into this class.  hell, most of the national guys probably don't either.  It's just the raging butt hurt hashtag police minority.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Journalists protect their own. Many of them still haven't forgiven Gundy for "I'm a man! I'm 40!"

[koppe22]

guess what.....if I talk crap about a fellow employee and my employer (without even publishing a book, just small talk) I'm getting my ass fired.  not suspended, fired.  guess what else....I bet I don't get all my peers to get raging butthurt about it and hashtag that crap like there's no tommorrow. 

 

[WillieWatanabe]

guess what.....if I talk crap about a fellow employee and my employer (without even publishing a book, just small talk) I'm getting my ass fired.  not suspended, fired.  guess what else....I bet I don't get all my peers to get raging butthurt about it and hashtag that crap like there's no tommorrow. 

but what if your employer gave you permission to talk crap on fellow employee?? then when you did, they put you in the cube next to fat Janis, and suspended you? I thought that was the sticking point, that he got permission to do the book, then ESPN did this.

I dunno, maybe sportbybrooks was wrong on that part.

oh, and i'm against journalists being butthurt.

[Emo EMAW]

Um, aren't journalists supposed to be unbiased, objective professionals?

[pike]

Um, aren't journalists supposed to be unbiased, objective professionals?

Journalistic integrity went out the window decades ago.

[steve dave]

guess what.....if I talk crap about a fellow employee and my employer (without even publishing a book, just small talk) I'm getting my ass fired.  not suspended, fired.  guess what else....I bet I don't get all my peers to get raging butthurt about it and hashtag that crap like there's no tommorrow.  

but what if your employer gave you permission to talk crap on fellow employee?? then when you did, they put you in the cube next to fat Janis, and suspended you? I thought that was the sticking point, that he got permission to do the book, then ESPN did this.

I dunno, maybe sportbybrooks was wrong on that part.

oh, and i'm against journalists being butthurt.

maybe, I don't know.  But, if my employer gave me permission to write a book with some d00d and then, in that book, I wrote that my employer sucked and had a hand in forcing this d00d out of his job and one of my fellow employees was pretty much a doucher I think my employer would look at it differently at that point.

[WillieWatanabe]

guess what.....if I talk crap about a fellow employee and my employer (without even publishing a book, just small talk) I'm getting my ass fired.  not suspended, fired.  guess what else....I bet I don't get all my peers to get raging butthurt about it and hashtag that crap like there's no tommorrow. 

but what if your employer gave you permission to talk crap on fellow employee?? then when you did, they put you in the cube next to fat Janis, and suspended you? I thought that was the sticking point, that he got permission to do the book, then ESPN did this.

I dunno, maybe sportbybrooks was wrong on that part.

oh, and i'm against journalists being butthurt.

maybe, I don't know.  But, if my employer gave me permission to write a book with some d00d and then, in that book, I wrote that my employer sucked and had a hand in forcing this d00d out of his job and one of my fellow employees was pretty much a doucher I think my employer would look at it differently at that point.

probably, but your employer should realize what the context would be. Everyone comes out stupid in this.

[wetwillie]

If oscar took the proper channels in reporting content and context to his superiors at ESPN prior to the release of the excerpts then I think he is getting mumped on the deal.  By most accounts it would appear he has taken extra effort to not promote himself via any of the channels available to him for personal gain.  If he went behind their back and said crap about CJ or ESPN that he was specifically told not too then eff him.  If anything he is guilty of being naive and thinking that his involvement in the book would ever be looked upon with approval by his employer.

[hemmy]

Just fire Craig James already and everyone will be happy.

[steve dave]

Just fire Craig James already and everyone will be happy.

if announcers had a weird little cliq like journalists they would start a twitter hashtag meltdown demanding heads roll

[KITNfury]

Just fire Craig James already and everyone will be happy.

if announcers had a weird little cliq like journalists they would start a twitter hashtag meltdown demanding heads roll

And I would get quite the lulz for it.

[06wildcat]

yeah, I'm not sticking up for dumbass craig james either.  actually, I'm sticking up for nobody.  I'm just saying that you can't get all upset when an employer suspends an employee because they published a book talking crap about said employer and fellow employees.  journalists seem to believe they are of a privliged class that should be able to get away with crap like this.  It's the same as when they all got butthurt because Frank was mean to Kellis.  

I'm with you, except for the fact ESPN knew about the book long before it was a book. Actually they even gave permission for the writer to proceed with the book. That's why the butthurt is legitimate here.

[steve dave]

I'm with you, except for the fact ESPN knew about the book long before it was a book. Actually they even gave permission for the writer to proceed with the book. That's why the butthurt is legitimate here.

anyone's employer could give them permission to write a book but if they write in the book that their employer is shady and fellow employees are douchebags that is a completely different deal.  why can nobody else connect these dots?  espn didn't give him permission to trash espn and other espn employees.  they should have obviously seen that this was a possibility given who's book was being written but he should have obviously known to recuse himself from the project if that ended up being the case.  my employer gives me permission to go to lunch for as long as I like everyday but if I take my lunch and smear it all over the wall of our building writing the words "YOU rough ridin' SUCK" in tomato sauce I'll prolly get in some trouble. 

[pike]

I'm with you, except for the fact ESPN knew about the book long before it was a book. Actually they even gave permission for the writer to proceed with the book. That's why the butthurt is legitimate here.

anyone's employer could give them permission to write a book but if they write in the book that their employer is shady and fellow employees are douchebags that is a completely different deal.  why can nobody else connect these dots?  espn didn't give him permission to trash espn and other espn employees.  they should have obviously seen that this was a possibility given who's book was being written but he should have obviously known to recuse himself from the project if that ended up being the case.  my employer gives me permission to go to lunch for as long as I like everyday but if I take my lunch and smear it all over the wall of our building writing the words "YOU rough ridin' SUCK" in tomato sauce I'll prolly get in some trouble. 

I agree with what you're saying. It's all just one big crap storm for espn

[WillieWatanabe]

so apparently ESPN said he was never suspended and he has resumed activities. wut

[steve dave]

so apparently ESPN said he was never suspended and he has resumed activities. wut

lol.  who was it that announced the suspension to begin with?

[OK_Cat]

so apparently ESPN said he was never suspended and he has resumed activities. wut

lol.  who was it that announced the suspension to begin with?

probably beems

[WillieWatanabe]

sportsbybrooks?

[Emo EMAW]

I'm with you, except for the fact ESPN knew about the book long before it was a book. Actually they even gave permission for the writer to proceed with the book. That's why the butthurt is legitimate here.

anyone's employer could give them permission to write a book but if they write in the book that their employer is shady and fellow employees are douchebags that is a completely different deal.  why can nobody else connect these dots?  espn didn't give him permission to trash espn and other espn employees.  they should have obviously seen that this was a possibility given who's book was being written but he should have obviously known to recuse himself from the project if that ended up being the case.  my employer gives me permission to go to lunch for as long as I like everyday but if I take my lunch and smear it all over the wall of our building writing the words "YOU effING SUCK" in tomato sauce I'll prolly get in some trouble.  

I pictured this, then laughed pretty hard.

[steve dave]

I'm with you, except for the fact ESPN knew about the book long before it was a book. Actually they even gave permission for the writer to proceed with the book. That's why the butthurt is legitimate here.

anyone's employer could give them permission to write a book but if they write in the book that their employer is shady and fellow employees are douchebags that is a completely different deal.  why can nobody else connect these dots?  espn didn't give him permission to trash espn and other espn employees.  they should have obviously seen that this was a possibility given who's book was being written but he should have obviously known to recuse himself from the project if that ended up being the case.  my employer gives me permission to go to lunch for as long as I like everyday but if I take my lunch and smear it all over the wall of our building writing the words "YOU effING SUCK" in tomato sauce I'll prolly get in some trouble.  

I pictured this, then laughed pretty hard.

turn off your swear filter and it's even better (or worse...padre)

[steve dave]

prolly untrue grumblings among some journos on twitter that the suspension may have been fabricated to promote the book.  genius if true.

[WillieWatanabe]

leach is a genius.

[Dingo]

steve dave's rant is dreamy.  Hey, I lost my dream job for exercising my "freedom of speech" about the way the company was run.  Lesson learned.