Really Freep? Really?
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I am trying so so hard not to hate the Free Press these days, plus I know a growing segment of the Mgopopulation hates any mention of the paper, but I had to mention this...using Tim's awesome notes from the hallway press conference we get this question regarding Mike Shaw:
"What is Michael Shaw's eligibility status?
Well we're still waiting on some - we don't comment on our guys' academically, and they still have two weeks of summer school left. Uh, which for some of our players, uh, we'll keep in touch with them."
Here is the top of the page headline on Freep.com right now:
U-M's top rusher, Michael Shaw, not yet eligible
While this may or may not be true, leave it to the Free Press to cast the information in the worst possible light. Is Shaw our leading rusher by yardage, yes, but was he the most liklely #1 choice at RB this year, probably not from the information I have seen...plus maybe he is eligible right now, but his current grade could drag him under the limit who knows...I just don't understand why the Freep continues to show every bit of U-M information in the worst possible light, its nuts.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 10:03 PM ^
would you do that?
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:09 PM ^
Some might actually like to read the context before going all OMGFreepLinkzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! With the OP's various font selections, sizes, and lack of quotations marks, it isn't exactly clear which text is from the Free Press and which is the OP's.
At least this time it was fairly obvious that it was a Freep link.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:23 PM ^
Thanks,
Signed: Someone who isn't part of the boycott
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 PM ^
no thanks,
signed someone who is a part of the boycott.
visit Detnews.com for all of your local detroit sports news.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:28 AM ^
You are not compelled to visit the site if the link is posted. And if the article is referenced, then there is no reason not to post a link, especially as the OP went to the site in order to post this anyway.
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:07 AM ^
people should not be given the opportunity to decide for themselves, they have to cater to your choice?
OMG Shirtless was given the opportunity to post a link, and he did so. Lots of readers here hate the Freep for good reason, and they have the opportunity to neg OMG shirtless and tell him he's an asshole.
It's important for readers to know that clicking on a Freep link = $ for the Freep (albeit in a miniscule way). I don't see anything wrong with criticizing the posting of a Freep link.
Serious question. How does posting a link to the Freep affect the boycott of the Freep at all?
it didn't just come out yesterday. the more this freep boycott goes on the more arrogant it becomes.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
Cosigned, I liked that the link was available. I think boycotting the website for the few tenths of a cent that they'd get in ad revenue is not that big of a hit to them to be honest.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 PM ^
want to read freep, not after what they've done to Michigan football program plus RR.
Your mgopoint total would thank you if you don't post freep link.
Not interested!
Thank you for posting the link. I appreciate being treated like a grown man that can make his own decisions outside of the MGoHegemony.
I hate that paper. That is all.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 AM ^
i stand by my name. and the freepcreep does not deserve any of our attention...
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:56 AM ^
How can you pee on the Freep without paying attention to it?
Give in to your inner Freep-hater.
Until that paper changes its editorial staff, it won't be readable for its few remaining years of existence.
"Free Press" lol. A more accurate name would be "Doomsday Headline / SPARTY POWER Press". Can we arrange this?
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
Free Press: Free to write anything they want any way they want to, without being constrained by facts, context or ethics.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 PM ^
I hate the Freep so much.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
Avoid them at all cost!
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 PM ^
maybe now you will choose to get your news from an unbiased source. What else will it take?
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
Yes! An unbiased source like MgoBlog.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^
/s
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We're pretty much all homers, and pretty much all very pro-Rodriguez. I like our slant the most.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
But at least we (with the exception of a few members here and there) can present arguments with rationale, facts, and control...
Which is more than I can say for the East Lansing Free Press.
That's true, there is more rationality than most places out there, but I think a lot of people convince themselves that we are better than we are, and the homerism infects the logic and twists it. Just my $0.02.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
Michigan's top rusher, Michael Shaw, not yet eligible
Rodriguez didn't say Shaw wasn't eligible. Apparently "no comment" doesn't mean anything.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
under the story is a picture of dantonio smirking... facepalm
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^
Freep "Journalist": "Coach, when did you stop beating your wife?"
RR: "I never started beating my wife in the first place."
Freep Headline: Dick Rod Does Not Deny Stopping the Beating of his Wife
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
One of Detroit daily newspapers not yet buyable.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
anyone want to email snyder and remind him coach Rod never stated in the post press conference comments that Shaw was ineligible?
They are not even hiding their bias anymore. Congrats to Paul Anger on creating a complete sparty propaganda machine.
we didn't have the boycott instituted, all the comments on their site would be logical arguments against their bias and pointing out inaccuracies. I'm not familiar with the site, as I won't click a link to it, but if there is a comments section, it's likely riddled with "You tellum" and "scUM is gettin' they're doo [hurr hurr]"
so in that way, maybe the boycott is stopping a flood of us logical folk from pointing out their inaccuracies. But really, who wants to have a youtube-style debate with sparty on there, when no one would really care if we point out their faulty journalism? They would probably just print "Someone in Connection With University Attacks Free Speech, Desecrates Constitution Repeatedly"
In the same way, I feel like an email would go right into his trash folder unless the subject line reads something stealthy like "I love MSU too! Hope Shaw flunks LOL"
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
OMGShirtless: I understand thinking something is stupid and not adhering to it but why are you so up in arms about this? It seems that you have deigned yourself the protector of the FREEP here and go about this duty so vehemently. Why is this?
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
Sometimes, every once in a great while, people like to read the article before bashing the Free Press. It is standard e-blog protocol to post a link to an article you are discussing. I understand if you don't want to click on the link, that's cool, that's your prerogative. All I was doing, this time, was providing the link for those that are interested.
It was a shitty headline, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't at least read the article for myself before taking Augger's word for it.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 PM ^
That was reasonable. Thank you for that.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
You know, we could not post it here. That would solve a lot of everyone's problems with the Freep, especially if so many of you are boycotting it. Just a thought.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:45 PM ^
I HATE the Freep and this is what im gonna say in response:
I just consider the source and it makes me laugh. Is that the best they can do? It just goes to show what you can expect from a MSU Grad(Freep Journalist).
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
evil journalism, CFN, Bleacher Report, Free Press
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:58 PM ^
Naw, don't say that. That's igna-int.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
we have to start winning this year, if only because I am tired of the stupid media taking cheap pot shots just because they can
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 PM ^
The Freep is becoming about as credible as The Onion.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 PM ^
At least The Onion knows it's a joke.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 PM ^
What's the Freep? There's a reason why people don't read the newspapers anymore.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
Don't try not to hate the Freep. Let out that hate. Remember what the Freep did and never forgive them. Ever. I've said this a bunch of times already: they're dead to me. Nothing the Freep does can make up for what it did. It sounds overly dramatic, but consider two major points:
- What Rosenberg/Snyder did by manufacturing a scandal demonstrated a complete lack of journalistic integrity, and the fact that they and the editor not only are still at the paper but had used practicegate as a launching pad for Rosenberg's career tells me that the newspaper--every section of it--is not interested in the truth.
- I enjoy Michigan football and like when the team does well. That makes me happy. If someone at does something to get Michigan in trouble, then he's interfering with my pursuit of happiness, and the staff at the Freep set out to do just that, all while embarrassing my alma mater.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:25 AM ^
What do they have to gain from alienating a huge part of their potential readership base? Are they somehow gaining readership between MSU and all the other schools in Michigan who hate us? I can understand why 1 person would do it to boost their own career, but why would the FREEP as a business do this?
Money. Bottom line.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^
At a certain point people will stop being surprised about the negativity in the freep. I am no longer disgusted when my dog licks its own asshole because I expect such behavior. Expect to be disappointed and read at your own discretion.
I'll be honest, it still grosses me out when my dog does that, whether I'm expecting it or not.