I feel like if this were published during the week, there might been enough collective self-awareness in the editing to at least put a “pot...kettle” acknowledgement in this post. Apparently not on Sunday.

Isn’t this the same site that thinks it’s funny to out private citizens?

Gawker media tut tutting journalists other for reporting something true and interesting is a bad look.

This is some gawker shit.

1. Fuck you

How absolutely horrible for Robin Williams and his wife. I cannot even begin to imagine. Can we please find a fucking cure for Alzheimer’s and the like already?!

I find your comment confusing. LOTR was fifteen years ago, filmed in NZ. Harry Potter had poc characters. People of color existed in England even back in Downton Abbey days.

I guess I missed the satire in the article. From my understanding, this was a shit post intended to make a guy who likes hunting look like a monster for hunting. I could be wrong, but the header image and the “American Psycho” reference made me think otherwise.

Okay, got it. So I should clarify, what I would actually call A+ journalism is what outlets like the NYT or ProPublica or Frontline do on a regular basis, and what Gawker and its sisters did/still do occasionally as well. This is just a snarky shitpost making light of the online forum habits of one particular very…

Exactly. To use an old Gawker Media term, this is “humanizing”; makes him easier to relate to.

You tell people you’re an investigative reporter, don’t you.

I don’t get what the issue is here.

I don’t want to defend this officer in any way, but it sure is surprising the swiftness with which this action has been taken, how quick the condemnation and disavowels came from her own force. Wonder if her being a woman has anything to do with it. The thin blue (male) line.

Oh well, at least it’s partial justice for a man that’s been murdered. It might be coming from the shitty place you’re identifying, but it’s setting an excellent precedent for charging police with the crimes that they commit.

Betty Shelby is nothing but a low-life thug. Look at her record! She smokes marijuana and has been cited for domestic violence. Was only a matter of time when something like this would happen. Get her off the streets!

OK, lawyer types: why 1st degree manslaughter and not 2nd degree murder?

Good point. To play devil’s advocate, the idea behind the money is that, since these people are such geniuses, they should be able to pursue their “craft” without worrying about income.

Well Hamilton, you’re not a long-form journalist now, are you? I think this explains why you did not win.

“Point” is a company that will give you a little money to help you buy a house.