Jerry Sullivan crosses the line. Comments against women.

[HappyDays]

8 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

I called my wife at the mall to tell her what happened

 

You called your wife while she was shopping at the mall to tell her about a really dumb scandal committed by a columnist for the Niagara Gazette?

[WideNine]

34 minutes ago, dpberr said:

I don't care for his opinions on things but he's a very good columnist.  People read it, and it's generated 13 pages of comments.  Mission accomplished.

 

I hate seeing the cancelling of opinion.  This whole "I don't agree with it, I want him/her gone!" creates a weak-minded population fed off the tete of group think and corporate communications.  

 

 

 

 

 

Many folks confuse journalism and reporting these days with "opinion pieces".

 

If writing devisive opinions for the rise, clicks, and comments you can generate is journalism then all of us here are journalists.

 

Probably not the right forum for this discussion, but not a fan of how many opinion pieces are delivered up as actual reporting and news.

 

Just low-bar sensationalism.

 

 

 

[Beck Water]

3 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Sounds like you don't like his opinion, and that's your opinion but not the opinion of everyone.

 

I disagree with his opinion on several grounds but neither my disagreement nor the question of whether it's unanimous is the point.

 

The point is: you made a connection between people disagreeing with Sullivan's viewpoint and "if anyone says anything you don't like you should instantly get them fired from their job and cancelled by the public. Everyone must think alike."

 

Whether your wife couldn't care less about Sullivan's comments does not support the connection you're trying to make

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

37 minutes ago, What a Tuel said:

 

I know you can buy the blue checkmark now making it irrelevant but how did they get the handle and @ to be exactly the same? Extra space somewhere?

 

 

 

The unverified one could be Jerry Suilivan with the first "i" capitalized 

[FLFan]

Hopefully, this is the final nail in Sullivan's local sports journalism career.  I thought he actually reformed for a while and had gone back to actual sports reporting and balanced analysis, but he just could not help himself and reverted to his stir up controversy where none exists and be a general pain in the butt approach.  Last chance I feel pretty sure.  

[Saxum]

5 hours ago, BobChalmers said:

 

In other words, he's a troll.  Always has been.  I like to think I did my part getting him tossed from the BN.  Needs to be tossed period.  Does he still have a press pass?  

 

My brother's father-in-law helped as well.  He was an advertiser whose ads were printed in sports section and stopped advertising telling salesman he was tired of Sullivan's articles.  After Sullivan was let go he was contacted and he resumed advertising.

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

I was wondering how long it would take to get canceled. That was quick. 

 

Hi.  Neither you, nor I, nor Jerry Sullivan, are entitled to employment.  If we violate the terms of our employment, embarrass our employer, or damage our employer's revenue sources, we will be fired.

 

That's not being "cancelled", that's Reality.  Check It.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Jerry Sullivan’s negative demeanor matched the Bills perfectly in that 2005-2014 timeframe.

 

At the end of Ralph’s time, the Bills were a cheap Mom and Pop shop, not looking for a real GM, hiring low end Coaches and generally clinging to the past.
 

But he’s continued that shtick after the Buffalo News and well into Allen’s accent.

 

Why he still lives here, why he still hovers around this team viewing them through the lens of The Drought, he can’t let go. 

 

 

[wppete]

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

 

Hi.  Neither you, nor I, nor Jerry Sullivan, are entitled to employment.  If we violate the terms of our employment, embarrass our employer, or damage our employer's revenue sources, we will be fired.

 

That's not being "cancelled", that's Reality.  Check It.

It’s the same. I’m happy they got rid of the idiot. 

[Jauronimo]

17 minutes ago, Demongyz said:

I think he should be cancelled for saying that women are generally better than men. 

 

What a sexist pig.  Hating on men.

 

Complete trash...

 

Oh, wait, nobody cares about men?  Weird.

White men are second class citizens in this country.  We shall overcome.  

[Beast]

Jerry Sullivan gets cancelled.

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said:

 

Ah see I didn't realize it was a joke because it wasn't funny or observational.

[Demongyz]

2 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

White men are second class citizens in this country.  We shall overcome.  

He never said white, had he done so I would have accepted his comment.

[Warcodered]

20 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

If they want to fire him that's their option. I'm speaking to the Karen's that probably called them 100 times today to voice their displeasure and force their hand. Get a job 

Well there's apparently an opening.

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

Ah see I didn't realize it was a joke because it wasn't funny or observational.

Was the joke that he was married?

[The Wiz]

Niagara Gazette staff when hearing of Jerry's termination

 

 

[Jauronimo]

7 minutes ago, Demongyz said:

He never said white, had he done so I would have accepted his comment.

The whole concept of "Children and those who don't understand critical journalism, FIRST" is history's greatest injustice.

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

Was Jerry Sullivan the one that asked that idiotic question to Josh about the offense??? What a moron. Was he also the one that went after Poyer and Hyde last year about the Defense? 

 

To the first: Yes, but it wasn't a question.  "Do you feel the offense is performing at a level to win a Superbowl?" could be a legit reporter's question.  "This offense isn't performing at a level to win a Superbowl" is his own opinion, not "critical journalism" in the context of a press conference.  People who actually understand critical journalism know the difference...

 

To the second: Yes, he asked them if they were embarrassed, which is a helluva thing to ask a professional athlete after a tough loss. 

 

 

[Jauronimo]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

Here's the thing - the "opinion" that women are whiner than men, etc., has been left in the last millennium. People that haven't caught up to modern times have been left there too. Media organizations have to keep their audience happy to generate income. That's how it's always worked.

You mean alienating 50% of the population is bad business?

[wppete]

3 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

To the first: Yes, but it wasn't a question.  "Do you feel the offense is performing at a level to win a Superbowl?" could be a legit reporter's question.  "This offense isn't performing at a level to win a Superbowl" is his own opinion, not "critical journalism" in the context of a press conference.  People who actually understand critical journalism know the difference...

 

To the second: Yes, he asked them if they were embarrassed, which is a helluva thing to ask a professional athlete after a tough loss. 

 

 

Definitely not a question, a statement and an arrogant and idiotic one at that. Not journalism clearly.

 

and don’t forget the Bruce Smith interaction.

 

 

[BillsFanSD]

6 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Here's the thing - the "opinion" that women are whiner than men, etc., has been left in the last millennium. 

I think this little dust-up has definitively established than men can be just as whiny as women.  Another stereotype has been debunked.