Well considering Sebastian was long ago traded from the Blazers, it seems like it's a pretty harmless, yet lame, joke. I'm starting to think that even when you're 80, you'll be regaling everyone who'll listen about the day you broke that 24 hour story on a messageboard... take yourself too seriously much?
Because it's been brought up.... what.... two times this year? Mostly by people other than myself? I was illustrating that things can get out of hand merely by posting on a message board. If that's not a good example, I don't know what is.
Anybody in the media who doesn't know that Seabass was traded 3 years ago deserves the humiliation that would come with picking up this story and running with it.
Ha. For some reason, I read it as "Bayless", and was thinking happy thoughts. Not that I want to dump Bayless, but that if/when we trade him, we're going to get a nice piece in return.
Seriously? You think a 'rumor' that we traded someone on someone elses team would have gotten out of hand?
If it said "Bayless" it would be bad and I would have locked/deleted it. I don't think many people will believe we traded (or traded for) Telfair at this point. Ed O.
Okay, firstly, I thought it was about Bayless when I first saw the post. I didn't realize until later. Second, my point still stands. HCP has done this before. It isn't the first time he has made a thread claiming to be breaking a story. He works for the organization and I think it reflects poorly. I don't think it's funny. The only reason why people took me seriously when I posted the thing about Oden was because I had a solid reputation on the forums. I never fucked with people. I worked in sports journalism for ten years dude, so if you want to lecture me on ethics, go right ahead.
I don't think people are lecturing you on ethics, i think they are just showing you that you are silly and dont give a fuck about your opinion on this
I don't think that HCP--or anyone affiliated with the Blazers--is too concerned about having credibility when it comes to breaking stories. As a journalist I can see how one might hold herself/himself up to different standards, but as a contributor to an online community, where no claim is made about the validity of a post? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with that kind of joke. Ed O.
Your living in the past, man. [video=youtube;esJl7MZoVww]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJl7MZoVww"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJl7MZoVww[/video]
