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So..what’s this al l about, again?
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eh we all know the best automobile site is oppositelock
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Tone deaf dorks vs easily offended kidults, should be fascinating.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:39 |
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Me, a dumbass: why are they fighting ab out fast and furious?
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:39 |
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Yikes
https://twitter.com/alanisnking/status/1188640187775102977?s=20
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:41 |
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I dunno bro, but 2Fast is all that.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:42 |
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I don't understand, mostly because I'm bad with Twitter. What is FnF? Google turns up Fidelity National Financial and Fast and Furious, neither of which make really make sense here.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:45 |
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Fox and Friends.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:46 |
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Jeeeeeeeeezus. Yeah, fuck that guy
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:49 |
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right?
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:49 |
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More cars, less bullshit, no politics. I should block both of them at the router.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:55 |
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From what I can see in the string, someone from Motor Trend went on Fox and Friends (FnF) for a story. Not sure what the segment was about, but the Jalop folks are offended because they see FnF as an inflammatory super-right wing show and say MT never should have gone on FnF because FnF = bad. So Jalop is saying “don’t go on the bad people’s show because the exposure you got isn’t worth sacrificing your morals ” and MT is saying “go away kid, you’re small blip on the internet and don’t really understand”.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:57 |
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This is just a pandering star whore comment, and it worked. I starred it.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:58 |
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This is the correct answer.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 10:59 |
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Ha! That’s how I read it first, too.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:00 |
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+1
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I am really sick of this petty unprofessional crap from Gawker, or Gizmodo, or whatever they're called this week. Thought it would die down a bit when Splinter folded, but no.
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What’s the context of that comment?
If he referring to someone’s actual dad, or a parent company or something?
Gawker is dead - but
not sure if that’s the reference.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:03 |
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Thanks for that bit of pettiness with my morning coffee.
Jalopnik is shaming MT because they went on a show that Jalopnik staff don’t agree with. It’s really none of their business. But MT should have stopped the entire conversation with you do you and we’ll do us.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:05 |
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Ha ha, go Stef go!
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:06 |
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Gat em Patrick
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:07 |
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Yeah, sorry.
It’s definitely gone way too far. Loh actually retweeted George’s
comment above. What?!
That’s basically the definition of shit-disturbing.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:08 |
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The rats had to go somewhere when the ship sank.
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We may not be the most mainstream...
I’ve never actually even seen a Fast and the Furious movie, and my mind still went there before Fox and Friends (I also don’t think I’ve ever watched Fox and Friends).
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i dunno but its super cringy if it actually is in reference to someones actual dad
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:09 |
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What a dick.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:10 |
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he got me too
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:11 |
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Yes, for sure.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:16 |
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Yeah It clicked surprisingly late after reading some of the tweet chain
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:17 |
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“ I’ve never actually even seen a Fast and the Furious movie”
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:19 |
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I’M SO OFFENDED RIGHT NOW
Both sides are being weenies. As such, I’m declaring the winner to be VWVortex, truly the best source of auto news on the internet.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:20 |
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Yeah, Loh’s attempts to say he knew nothing of Stef’s work seems pretty disingenuous
, or shows a true lack of knowledge of a fellow auto journalist who’s had her fair share of bylines in the past several years.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:45 |
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What most journalists need to realize is post people’s political views are somewhere in the middle, and do not dictate major decisions in their lives. I enjoy reading about cars on the internet, I do not enjoy political discourse. It bothers me to no end that everything these days has a political bent. Even relatively mundane articles have some biting incendiary polarizing bullshit attached to them that makes it seem like our whole American existence is US vs. Them.
I don’t know the political opinions of most of the people I associate with, and I could truly care less. In my experience, people who engage in the identity politics and extreme views of either side are the most unpleasant to be around.
Rant over.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:54 |
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when we’re actually talking about cars, that is...
![]() 10/28/2019 at 11:57 |
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+69
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Meh, it just reminds us that the days of responsible, professional journalism, with it’s written and unwritten rules of conduct, are largely gone (if they weren’t an illusion to start with). They are replaced by bloggers who throw their personal views, biases, and feuds out into the ether without restraint or self-editing.
Too much of what we now see as reporting of news is largely cherry-picking facts from other news outlets to support a specific argument. We used to call them editorials and put them in a separate section.
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Oh Jeeeeeeeeezus Fuuuuuuuuuucking Christ.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 12:01 |
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We protect our own, however she doesn’t appear to need our help at the moment.
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That was an extremely entertaining thread full of unprofessionalism to the level of middle school tantrums.
It’s pretty dumb to turn down a network morning show, even if you don’t agree with their politics. That thread should have ended after the first few responses. But considering how political Jalop has gotten in the past few months, this was expected. If you are willing to die (go bankrupt) on your political philosophies, don't expect others to do the same as you.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 12:53 |
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Holy fucking christ.
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Dumpster fire.
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Jalopnik’s never-ending virtue signalling is getting reaaaal fuckin old.
Also, Edward Loh is a jackass.
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N
o one’s hiring me anyway, and I’m fresh out
of Fuchs to give.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 14:04 |
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darn you, have your star
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Yes, my actual dad, who I loved dearly but is the reason I consider Fox’s talking- head-type shows to be so toxic. It was heartbreaking to see how angry he’d get at what was being said on TV, just kind of whipped into a Big Mad by the talking head du jour.
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YOU GET ONE TOO
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\m/
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Damn... I’m sorry, Stef.
I know these feels.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 14:37 |
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Tarvis managed to survive in the industry after this old “hit
piece”
, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Honestly, with this dust up, you may get some other folks in the industry looking a little deeper
into your body of
work... No publicity is bad publicity? Right? Maybe?
https://jalopnik.com/this-is-everything-wrong-with-auto-journalism-in-one-fa-1670467787
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I mean, stuff like this is why I wasn’t looking too hard into the Motor Trend squad anyway, despite actually liking most of the folks I’ve encountered from that wider site network: https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wmb56k5/
I
hoped they’
d have
changed for the better
since then, but I guess not.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:19 |
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That sucks. Hopefully things will actually change before long.
Maybe worth shooting a note to Alisa Priddle to try to discern what the culture’s actually like there.
https://www.motortrend.com/staff/alisa-priddle/
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:30 |
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Can I get a tl;dr on what I’ve missed while cramming for two exams?
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:31 |
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Neither have I, and I probably never will.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:40 |
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Really? That’s what this is about?
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:40 |
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Someone called MT and Loh out on deciding to
reveal
their BDC 2019 on Fox & Friends. Loh responded, and then Stef got in the mix. Quite a bit of back and forth followed, with others joining the fray. Got a bit
personal/shitty...
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:42 |
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THIS is why auto journalism and politics should’ve never gotten in bed together. Now we have this TMZ shit- fire.
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Yep.
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Seriously, is there a future in journalism? Like writing more than 3 paragraphs for a sensational story header? It doesn’t look good.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:45 |
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Mmmhmm
. One of my good friends who I adore
from here went off to work for Hot Rod, but got laid off in a recent round of cuts. :(
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I’m assuming we’ll have dissing articles written about both sides against each other and an editorial rap battle before the end of the week, culminating in a NASCAR -style pit brawl . I wish I had the free time to fight people on Twitter, I could use it to do more important things in life.
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:52 |
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Yep, near as I can tell.
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No, I think Loh and George might actually be smart enough (now) to let this lay where it is (even it a little bad blood persists behind the scenes).
Good luck on your tests!
![]() 10/28/2019 at 15:56 |
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Uggghhh... sorry to hear it.
Keep writing, kid. Don’t let ‘em get you down. Success is the best revenge...
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wow, im so sorry stef, i think i can speak for like all of Oppo here that we stand behind you 100%
![]() 10/28/2019 at 16:07 |
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At least Fox News has a consistent bias. With Motor Trend it seems to depend on who’s paying them the most at any given time
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Can I get a ruling on this?
Yep, that a confirmed
sick burn...
![]() 10/28/2019 at 17:41 |
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He’s referring to Stef’s actual dad, who passed away roughly two years ago
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Yeah, I saw Stef’s response here
. What an asshole...
![]() 10/28/2019 at 23:45 |
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I thought it came from t he e ditor in chief Ed Loh at MT said something about someones dad (I assume the person was an editor somewhere but I couldn’t tell where). Turns out the guys dad died. The guy stated this to Ed Loh and his reply was “And?” as in so what?
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I missed that. That definitely is too far.