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I stand corrected. But it just tells me they didn't write a good feature story because that story tells you who Allen is and what drives him.

What Graham wrote was a feature piece on Allen. Any journalist doing a feature piece on Allen tells the delta smelt story. If they don't, they're not writing a feature piece of Allen.

Okay, first of all, you aren't going to do a story about Josh Allen's history without coming across the CA water politics tie. You're just not. All you have to ask Allen, "Tell us about your family and growing up in Central CA" and presto, CA water politics is introduced because that entire region is devastated because of a freaking minnow. If you live anywhere near CA, you know about the delta smelt. Nothing special in Graham's discussion of it. My point about TV shows is that bad TV shows exist because people watch them. There will always be an audience for TV, even it it's bad. When they suddenly cancelled "Vengeance Unlimited," I didn't stop watching TV. I just started watching something that wasn't as good. And when Tim Graham stops writing about sports, we won't stop reading sports articles. We'll just read more Capaccio.

In defense of Graham, that Allen article didn't happen overnight. It was likely started the moment he was drafted took quite a while to write, edit, edit, get editor sign-off, etc.. That said, the way he said he wrote his last TBN article makes me think his Carucci tweet is the reason he's gone. That was straight up slander, and newspapers don't like to be anywhere near slander, regardless of whether it was done on their behalf.

I think I've lost track of our points, but you know what? Almost everyone's job is a hard job in relative terms. But we don't want to compare how hard it is to be a sportswriter with how hard it is to be a teacher, or a carpenter because we both know that beyond long hours and maybe some travel, it's a pretty cush gig. The pay sucks, but the gig is cush. And there are more than enough good sportswriters out there to the extent that sports fans can easily move along without missing Graham's work. That has nothing to do with Graham the person, and everything to do with Graham the unemployed sportswriter.

And yet there remains a ton of TV shows. Why? Because there are enough people who will watch anything. Graham will find another job, and life will go on, but because there is so much content out there, the reality is that he could never write another published word and you could count the number of people who would notice on the hand of a bad woodshop teacher.

Let's be honest, though. If you have a basic grasp of spelling and grammar, and an above-average grasp of sports, you can be a sports journalist. There is nothing special happening there from a career standpoint beyond earning your stripes to get you access to certain people or player, and that's nothing more than a game of patience. Lori was one of the best around, and she essentially did it for free. Graham is a very good writer. He's also a dime a dozen.

Hey @Tiberius...how good are you at playing Fly Air Claire?

Retired Secret Service Agent warned Stoneman Douglas of security failures. Stoneman Douglas did nothing.

Oh, no. You asked baskin a question. That's his kryptonite. Now he disappears for an entire week or two and only reappears to make another stupid comment later!

Claire McCaskill?

Here's the thing: you don't know it plays a role...you think it plays a role, and that is enough for your to call him a racist. And that is why you should particularly heed the previous note of TYTT. You've overplayed your hand on the race card. You're not alone. So did Obama. And so did the entire left. There was/is to be no criticism of Barry that was/is not directly tied to racism. Don't like Obamacare? You're a racist. Don't like Cash for Clunkers? Racist. Don't like Recovery Act? Racist. You shot your wad. The only people who take that serious are people whose name ends up in all the headlines. Otherwise, it means nothing. To anyone. In fact, it's pretty much a running joke by everyone who is not a far-left nutbag. And lazy thinkers like yourself will simply never accept that you screwed your own pooch. You'll just keep calling people racists. Too bad. There are actual racists who could use your attention.

But the narcissism is the best part. Think about it. Did you not just spend eight years with the single most narcissistic president in recent history? Obama was the first to take credit for good and the first to cast blame for bad. It didn't matter if it was National Donut Day, Barry would post a picture of himself next to a donut. People criticized him for his narcissism, and the left pushed back. Now they're crapping purple Twinkies every freaking day, and if someone in the WH is going to be a narcissist, how great is it that he is keeping alive the single greatest political meltdown ever. It's been over a year and they STILL can't stop peeing their pants. It's glorious. People like Buftex can't help themselves because they literally have nowhere to go but straight to "You're all a bunch of Trumptards!" Trump is a narcissistic pig. But let the pig do his work and enjoy the meltdown.

Fixed.

Funny how some of you still think the GOP wanted Trump. The difference between the GOP and the DNC is the DNC forced Hillary on the left with super delegates. The people forced Trump on the right. The GOP hated getting Trump, and even after he won the nomination, there was a HUGE GOP contingency against him (#nevertrump ring a bell?)...much like there was a HUGE DNC contingency against Hillary. Again, the difference is the DNC forced Hillary. Stunning that people still don't understand this.

That's because your view of the greatest meltdown ever isn't in focus yet. It's glorious, and those of us enjoying it thank you for your dedication to the effort. Dude is the poster child for CNN's dysfunction right now. I was reading about his questions today, and heard that video, and it's one of the most brutally embarrassing things I've heard from journalists. Especially the "all day...all day" bit. Tough time to be a leftist.

Do you honestly, genuinely believe that was a racist comment, or did you just see a criticism of Obama and automatically yell "RACIST!"?

Strategic error on your part. The only time to ask baskin a question is if you want him to disappear. He'll reappear under the Tibs username, but he generally doesn't respond to questions, and when he does, it sounds a lot like Vinny Barbarino.

Looks like a Tom Petty video.

I think the point here is that Obama would have met with Kim under similar conditions. If you bitched about Obama doing this unilaterally, you should B word about Trump doing it. I want to be clear: it's not a question of whether the meeting is right or wrong. It's about being honest with yourself when you critique someone. That Fox News clip is the perfect summation of the right back then. The left is notorious for its hypocrisy. The right needs to be better.

Okay, I read your articles, and all of that is completely new to me, so I appreciate the backstory. That said, what doesn't connect for me is that Trump has dirt on DeNiro banging 15-year-old girls in a big, wealthy sex ring club, and DeNiro's plan of action is to stand in front of thousands of people and a media eager for stupid soundbites, and yell "Fkc Trump." If Trump has dirt on DeNiro, that strikes as the last thing DeNiro would do.

CNN. Right on top of everything. Well done.

He'd respond faster, but he had to get his Che t-shirt out of the dryer.

I predict liberals will cheer for Kim. Just as soon as they're done cheering for MS-13.

Or a flaming Jart.