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(Note: I didn't finish this article, I skimmed it.) Whenever I read something like the following: > "Apparently, the post was not enough of a blowjob for Summ
by adamdecaf 16y ago
(Note: I didn't finish this article, I skimmed it.)
Whenever I read something like the following:
> "Apparently, the post was not enough of a blowjob for Summit,"
The level of reporting drops to the floor. How is this professional at all? That phrase made me close the tab; TechCrunch has had its fair share of childness, but this is an all time low. Really guys? Really?
- michaeldhopkins 16y agoPlease explain. Does TC have a policy of not using language like that? It didn't surprise me to see it, although it would keep me from sending it to some people. In my opinion, professional writing is crafting a good house stylebook and sticking to it. It's not necessary to write like a newspaper on the Internet, although I like that too.
- YuriNiyazov 16y agoFirst of all, this is not an all-time low. A few years back when Arrington took a personal vendetta against Blaine Cook of Twitter was an all time low. This is peanuts compared to that. Second of all, there are different sides to professionalism. In my opinion, exposing an attempt at perverting editorial integrity is highly professional, and using vulgar language while doing so is very minor peanuts. You have your priorities very skewed.
- jedsmith 16y agoAre blowjobs really that offensive, to make you comment about it? I mean, on the scale of offensive horrors, blowjobs can't be too far up there, can they? I'm honestly asking because someone else made the same remark in the comments on the post, and I simply cannot comprehend how this is a big deal; am I too open-minded or young to see how the imagery was offensive? My wife's very Mormon family has joked with me about far worse subjects, so I don't really have any perspective here. I know people get offended, but I've never really dug into why.
- forensic 16y agoDude.. Mormons are freaks when it comes to sex. Pick a different example.
- raganwald 16y agoJust as an FYI (I am not arguing with you), I was in a relationship with a photojournalist for thirteen years. She regularly used the expression "blowjob" to describe the various ways in which advertisers and media climb into bed with each other. My understanding is that this is the industry jargon covering things like an obscure radio reporter being invited on an all-expenses-paid trip to L.A. to screen an upcoming movie, or a magazine doing a story about a company in the exact issue where the same company buys a two-page advertising spread. I'm not saying you are wrong to be offended, just pointing out that this seems to be the way "professionals" talk within the media industry.
- zecho 16y agoBig difference between the sausage making and the sausage. As a journalist who's spent several years in all kinds of newsrooms, I can assure you that "blowjob" is one of the more kid-friendly words you'll hear in a newsroom. But, that's just blowing off steam in a grinding job with long hours, little pay and a lot of cynicism. Professionals don't normally take what they say in private to print. I'd argue that they're professionals precisely because they don't drop "blowjobs" in print lightly.
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- forensic 16y agoI think her language is inline with the style of her product. In her case it is professional. She's not working for the NYT and her audience doesn't include gramma.