Saturday, October 3, 2009
Drugs Bryan Denson, Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack, Outed As Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack By His Own Stupid Fucking Newspaper
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Portland-based blogger More Hockey Less War pushes Bryan Denson's SFCH onto the homepage of Oregonian.
Journalist, author and pundit Dan Savage had some fun recently with what he calls a “drug war” story in the Oregonian, and gave Oregonian reporter Bryan Denson the honor of “Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack of the Day” not once, but twice in the same week.I thought that story deserved a link on the front page of OregonLive, and voila!
You gotta love it:
More at More Hockey Less War.
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Wow Dan-
this is even cooler than Santorum google hits!
Your mom would really really be very very proud.
Really.
What is your emotional maturity- 10 years old or so?
this is even cooler than Santorum google hits!
Your mom would really really be very very proud.
Really.
What is your emotional maturity- 10 years old or so?
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9: It's a lovely day. I'm going to go enjoy it. Here's hoping you find something better than making "poop and pecker' comments all day.
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@14: Zombieland?! OMFG, PLEASE SAY IT'S ZOMBIELAND.
If it's Zombieland, you're the best dad ever.
If it's Zombieland, you're the best dad ever.
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Great job, Dan.
The media bias in covering the drug war reminds me of the media bias in covering plug-in electric vehicles. Every time I see articles that claim the technology is not ready yet, I just cringe. Plug-in electric vehicle technology was ready more than 10 years ago. It's just that Chevron had the patent on the NiMH battery technology and refused to license it to willing manufacturers. But no one wants to publish something critical of big time advertisers (i.e., Oil & car companies).
The media bias in covering the drug war reminds me of the media bias in covering plug-in electric vehicles. Every time I see articles that claim the technology is not ready yet, I just cringe. Plug-in electric vehicle technology was ready more than 10 years ago. It's just that Chevron had the patent on the NiMH battery technology and refused to license it to willing manufacturers. But no one wants to publish something critical of big time advertisers (i.e., Oil & car companies).
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No way! You're a horrible father and a bad, bad man.
Also remarkable immature for a man who's turning 35 on Wednesday.
Also remarkable immature for a man who's turning 35 on Wednesday.
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You know this is so sweet? Because Denson felt compelled to tell Dan in e-mail that he had no idea who he was (clearly to belittle), but I bet now Denson won't forget. In fact, he probably found his ranking on the likability scale.
And I bet his co-workers all know who Dan is now.
And I bet his co-workers all know who Dan is now.
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You are such a fucking moron, Dan. You speak only in platitudes, and know absolutely fucking NOTHING about journalism or relevant analysis. Does it make you feel like your dick isn't tiny because you have a blog? Does it compensate for that fact that you aren't educated to run even a fucking Taco Bell? Seriously dude, go to school. You are so uneducated it is laughable. And the only reason you think so high of yourself is because you surround yourself with people who suffer from the same affliction.
Are you gonna encourage your kid to be an irrelevant queer with no intelligent capabilities? Or maybe you can give him a job like your broke-ass "Chicago Fan" brother?
Are you gonna encourage your kid to be an irrelevant queer with no intelligent capabilities? Or maybe you can give him a job like your broke-ass "Chicago Fan" brother?
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@23, Funny thing I learned in my 3rd grade English class you might want to be aware of:
'Ain't' isn't a word.
I don't always agree with Dan's actions or words, but if you're going to try and attack him, don't use 'ain't'. Sorry, but it's just the mark of an uneducated person.
'Ain't' isn't a word.
I don't always agree with Dan's actions or words, but if you're going to try and attack him, don't use 'ain't'. Sorry, but it's just the mark of an uneducated person.
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@ 24. Ain't was good enough for Mark Twain when he said; "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." Besides, widespread usage of the word trumps your opinion or the opinion of experts-- thus it is a word.
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@24 Funny thing, Leslie: My B.A. in Political Science and J.D. from Harvard Law School trumps your ability to type. And like 25 said, have you ever heard of Mark Twain? I guess they don't teach that at The Cha Cha.
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@26: If you are really sooo intelligent and educated, why are you trolling on Slog? Don't you have a world crisis to remedy?
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@ 27 Logical Fallacy 101. So because I am this superior intelligent being, I am unable to comment on the total ineptitude of Dan Savage? Sorry, call your mother, and tell her that you fail at life. Might want to get an education while you are at it.
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@27
I'm not seeing any evidence of intelligence in your comments, just a personal issue you seem to be working out by flaming Dan Savage.
So what did you do with your Harvard JD, become a lawyer? If so, my condolences - perhaps it's not to late to actually make something of yourself, if you're actually as smart as you think you are.
I'm not seeing any evidence of intelligence in your comments, just a personal issue you seem to be working out by flaming Dan Savage.
So what did you do with your Harvard JD, become a lawyer? If so, my condolences - perhaps it's not to late to actually make something of yourself, if you're actually as smart as you think you are.
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@29 Fair enough. Being 'educated' and 'intelligent' doesn't preclude you from bathing in the filth-ridden gutter of trolldom. You are free to waste your parents' money however you see fit.
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Allegedly @26, holy shit, I had more respect for you before I knew your credentials. All that sheepskin, and yet you turned out like...well like you.
I'm still trying to find the name of the Texas physicist who when confronted with the fine-tuned universe hypothesis (as evidence for God) said, regarding the cosmological constants of the universe, These numbers ain't for fiddling.
Showing both that ain't can be used as a word amongst the intelligentsia and that one can come from the deep south and still not be stupid.
I'm still trying to find the name of the Texas physicist who when confronted with the fine-tuned universe hypothesis (as evidence for God) said, regarding the cosmological constants of the universe, These numbers ain't for fiddling.
Showing both that ain't can be used as a word amongst the intelligentsia and that one can come from the deep south and still not be stupid.
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Ain't is a word that has more of a etymological history than the vast majority of our everyday speech.
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@31 Yes, perhaps it isn't "to" late, you fucking idiot. No wonder you like Dan Savage. You both take pride in your ignorance!!! @33 Logical Fallacy 101: I use parent's money to become educated. Just to clarify: Yes, I'm richer than you. Yes, I'm better-looking than you. And yes, your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend really is ugly.
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@35
a note of clarification to slog:
U-boy thinks all unregistered comments are from one poster whom he has dubbed 'Allegedly'.
Yes,
an intervention is in order-
a note of clarification to slog:
U-boy thinks all unregistered comments are from one poster whom he has dubbed 'Allegedly'.
Yes,
an intervention is in order-
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@37
I prefer to maintain a low profile here on Slog, but since you brought up the subject, I'm a PhD, entrepreneur, and Founder/CEO of my own software company. Very few lawyers make more than I do, and given my company's growth rate, in 5 years I'll probably have made an order of magnitude more money than you'll earn in a lifetime as a self loathing parasite.
By any objective measure of intelligence, I'm likely smarter than you.
And my wife, who also has a PhD, is hot.
P.S. Thanks for catching my typo! If you also could proof read this comment for me by the end of business today, that'd be great.
I prefer to maintain a low profile here on Slog, but since you brought up the subject, I'm a PhD, entrepreneur, and Founder/CEO of my own software company. Very few lawyers make more than I do, and given my company's growth rate, in 5 years I'll probably have made an order of magnitude more money than you'll earn in a lifetime as a self loathing parasite.
By any objective measure of intelligence, I'm likely smarter than you.
And my wife, who also has a PhD, is hot.
P.S. Thanks for catching my typo! If you also could proof read this comment for me by the end of business today, that'd be great.
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is there anything more boring than anonymous* losers bragging and arguing about how smart and educated and rich and successful and virile they and their significant other are?
*sorry, girls. a registered made-up name and filched clip art does not identify you anymore than a ever changing punchline moniker. without a real pic and bio you/we are all just unidentified flotsam in the sea of blogobullshit...
*sorry, girls. a registered made-up name and filched clip art does not identify you anymore than a ever changing punchline moniker. without a real pic and bio you/we are all just unidentified flotsam in the sea of blogobullshit...
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Why didn't anyone point out that #23 used "gonna"? And that Dan thinks "high" of himself? If you're going to claim that someone else is an idiot, it's best to reread your own post and correct the errors that make you appear uneducated.
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Allegedly earned his (her? its? their?) improvised moniker during a bad hair day last Wednesday when his trollishness was in full force and rampaging through the SLOG commentaries. I'd assume it was due to local meteorology, since we didn't have any major solar flares on which to blame attitude problems.
Early in the month of September I stated my choice to presume that all anonymous comments with snarky siglines come from the same source, even when it appears to argue with itself. Technically, they allegedly are, hence the new nickname fits. It's not entirely true; I do parse via changes in position, differences in humor or notable variances in writing style, but since I give a reference bookmark, it's easy enough to call you all by a common name than to look up your latest ever-changing punchline moniker. Our readers should catch on fairly quickly.
Of course, I reserve the right to tire of it, or to change your nickname for a better one, should one emerge.
Early in the month of September I stated my choice to presume that all anonymous comments with snarky siglines come from the same source, even when it appears to argue with itself. Technically, they allegedly are, hence the new nickname fits. It's not entirely true; I do parse via changes in position, differences in humor or notable variances in writing style, but since I give a reference bookmark, it's easy enough to call you all by a common name than to look up your latest ever-changing punchline moniker. Our readers should catch on fairly quickly.
Of course, I reserve the right to tire of it, or to change your nickname for a better one, should one emerge.
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Yes, journalism in the Pacific Northwest is just as petty and unprofessional as these posts make it look. Dan Savage has brought the Oregonian down to his level, just as he did with the Seattle papers years ago. He is like toe cancer, spreading slowly from city to city until responsible print journalism is dead. But Sally Kern doesn't have to worry in this case: The Washington Post is a big fat brain tumor that will kill all newspapers years before Dan's murderous lack of professionalism will spread past Eugene. Dan will be on TV or radio by then. He won't care.
Dan Savage: a one man campaign to make the world better for sexual opportunists and hedonists, and worse in every other possible way.
Dan Savage: a one man campaign to make the world better for sexual opportunists and hedonists, and worse in every other possible way.
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@39 I could quit my job and focus my efforts on telling you are wrong every single day, but hey, my time is precious. But why don't you go to one of those free seminars for special needs children. They really can help you. I'm so sorry you couldn't pass third grade English.
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Allegedly @50, yeah, you said that last time. I ignored you then, too.
And @51, obviously, your time isn't that precious.
And @51, obviously, your time isn't that precious.
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you girls do realize that the real slog-killing trolls are the registered windbags who suck the life out of threads with their excruciating tedious neuroses...
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Ah, but then we get to assign an identity to that excruciatingly tedious neurosis (not necessarily an address or social security number, mind you), which allows some to dismiss a given neurotic outburst and others to block one entirely, should they become too much so. The thing is everyone makes a point sometimes, so, in my case, I choose the grains of seasonings I apply to each. Allegedly is difficult to assess since multiple personalities make it up, turning it into a bit of a Zen exercise when he's not just being a total and obvious douchebag.
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Anonymous internet users who claim to have gone to Harvard usually didn't go to Harvard. They're like Navy SEALs that way. Except being a Navy SEAL is actually hard, whereas Harvard is just like any liberal arts college once you're in.
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#37: Posted by Run along now, and get your GEDs children:
"@31 Yes, perhaps it isn't "to" late, you fucking idiot. No wonder you like Dan Savage. You both take pride in your ignorance!!! @33 Logical Fallacy 101: I use parent's money to become educated. Just to clarify: Yes, I'm richer than you. Yes, I'm better-looking than you. And yes, your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend really is ugly."
and you want to call dan out for being immature?
glenn beck called. he wants his self-important, righteous indignation back.
"@31 Yes, perhaps it isn't "to" late, you fucking idiot. No wonder you like Dan Savage. You both take pride in your ignorance!!! @33 Logical Fallacy 101: I use parent's money to become educated. Just to clarify: Yes, I'm richer than you. Yes, I'm better-looking than you. And yes, your husband/boyfriend/girlfriend really is ugly."
and you want to call dan out for being immature?
glenn beck called. he wants his self-important, righteous indignation back.
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sure we're real. kinda bored. a little confused, maybe. completely unable to account for the apparently random, free-floating hostility. but we're as real as pixels and your imagination can make us.
and what is the deal with bragging about your whatever while making unsubstantiated ad hominem attacks on someone who doesn't care what you think, anyway? seriously, I don't get the attraction.
and what is the deal with bragging about your whatever while making unsubstantiated ad hominem attacks on someone who doesn't care what you think, anyway? seriously, I don't get the attraction.
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Hi Dan,
I kinda like the stuff you write, and have enjoyed your pieces on TAL. However, I should point out that having automated links from reddit that appear on a website is nothing like having the newspaper link to a story. That's not how reddit works. But I guess there's no way for you to know that. Because the internet is hard to understand.
I kinda like the stuff you write, and have enjoyed your pieces on TAL. However, I should point out that having automated links from reddit that appear on a website is nothing like having the newspaper link to a story. That's not how reddit works. But I guess there's no way for you to know that. Because the internet is hard to understand.
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