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AJC is already working on an article to somehow blame Kirby for players being too cooperative with police...
Nope. I recall when AJC was downtown and large enough to cover the entire state and post reporters overseas. Grady School pumped out excellent writers who ended up in the upper reaches of the editorial staff. I can recall when just about everyone in my neighborhood took either the Constitution or Journal and businesses were willing to pay a premium to reach those readers. Newspapers like that are from a different era and just don't have a modern equivalent. WSJ is the closest you get, minus the local news, and their revenue, reader numbers, and staff have taken a clobbering. I'm the only one in my neighborhood who gets the hardcopy.
I used to read ANC, NYT, and Wash Post daily. Had the AJC delivered to me daily as a student at UGA. Ahhhh those were the days…
Have you seen the latest headline? Unbelievable. Not linking it, but headline "JC convicted in crash that killed two".
Is that better or worse than "Jalen Carter Avoids Jail Time"? I'm asking for a friend...
Sick basterds.
Worse by a mile (or two). @MikeGriffith’s headline is factual. The AJC’s headline is not factual and might be considered defamatory.
@ForestryDawg By far the most important thing for Jalen in pursuing his NFL Dream was to get this case settled and avoid jail time -- that's what NFL teams were most concerned about, as a trial could have led to more charges. Now, with a plea bargain deal in hand, Carter can move on.
It really doesn't change what happened or make it any less disappointing, and if JC wasn't a football player and this had happened in your neighborhood you would probably take a different approach.
It is what it is. Attacking the messenger doesn't change what happened, it just keeps the conversation going. We all have jobs to do, and I can tell you I did not become a sports reporter to have to write on crime. Unfortunately, sometimes those things intersect.
There's a really good story about how this Georgia team is moving forward, and I started a thread on that good news on this page.
Again, unfortunately, people don't want to discuss the good news as much or see how Kirby and his players are moving forward. To me, that's a fantastic story.
Always welcome feedback, as it allows a chance to discuss, and that's what this board is for. Happy St. Patrick's Day weekend!
Here's that thread if you want to read and comment on good news -- people tell me they want that all the time, but you can look at the views and decide for yourself if that is true?
With your prodigious contribution of 52 posts, it would be a real tragedy to lose you. 🙄
Oh, wow…..
@MikeGriffith What are you even talking about? "Again, unfortunately, people don't want to discuss the good news as much or see how Kirby and his players are moving forward. To me, that's a fantastic story." That is what we fans care about. Haven't clicked once on an AJC article or yours on JC's issues with the law.
@MikeGriffith My problem with your writing has a lot to do with your articles titles. If you had said, “Carter Settles With ACCPD” then I probably wouldn’t have made fun of it.
Ironically, when I listen to DawgNation Daily. I typically enjoy your comments because you are a little more honest and forthcoming with your feelings. Even last week, I thought that you addressed the issue better than BA did.
Maybe if someone would have reigned in some folks at the sister company a few weeks ago this would be a non issue.
The idea that somehow Smart is personally responsible for what other people do in their spare time is absurd. I spent 20 years as a Marine Officer with extreme accountability responsibilities over large numbers of people (most of which were under 25). I've had people under my charge do all sorts of vile things such as murder, sexual assault, incest (that one was disturbing), drug dealing, spouse abuse and other awful things. Even in a tightly controlled environment like the military where leaders have a unique responsibility to maintain discipline and establish an acceptable standard of conduct on and off duty, sometimes people just do bad things. It's not always about what happened, it's about what are you doing about it. If you have spent any amount of time in the military you know that "Safety Briefs" are ubiquitous. I used to start out all my safety briefs with "I know you guys are tired of all the safety briefs, but do you know why we have so many safety briefs? It's because y'all keep doing s.tupid stuff". And that's the truth. People keep doing dumb things no matter how much guidance and leadership you provide.
Smart could only be responsible if he knew about the racing ahead of time and did nothing about it or tried to cover it up. All these people trying to make Smart personally responsible have never been in charge of others. Why stop at Smart? Maybe the AD shares responsibility. How about the UGA President? Those are his students.
As for the AJC, they are just trying to get clicks and remain relevant. This is what journalism has become.