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Rob Marshall

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #50 on: February 23, 2025, 08:36:15 PM »
The merger should be coming any day now, right after the trumputin alternative to Obamacare, peace in the Middle East, cessation of inflation, unlimited cheap fossil fuels, "DOGE dividends", annexation of Canada, Greenland, and Panama, and the end of the Russian/Ukraine war.


So what's your point?
If life gives you limes, make margaritas.” Jimmy Buffett

Chris Hughes

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2025, 12:56:33 AM »
I liked this article.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/22/pga-tour-saudi-money-liv/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F41436f8%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3%2F598650faade4e26514e65afb%2F31%2F56%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3


Behind a paywall.


Could you summarize?


What are your takeaways?


This is the WaPo AI generated summary of comments about the article:
The comments overwhelmingly express disdain for the potential PGA Tour deal with LIV Golf, emphasizing the negative impact of associating with Saudi money and Donald Trump. Many commenters praise Sally Jenkins for her candid critique, agreeing that the PGA should maintain its integrity by distancing itself from LIV. There is a strong sentiment against the influence of money over principles, with several commenters expressing a loss of interest in professional golf due to these developments.


The "summary" is exactly as logical & accurate as WashPo on a daily basis -- not at all.

This is an attempt to remove the paywall to the article. Don't know if it will work.
https://wapo.st/3ETIOJS


Did not  work.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 01:18:16 AM by Chris Hughes »
"Is it the Chicken Salad or the Golf Course that attracts and retains members?"


Steve Lapper

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #53 on: February 24, 2025, 12:56:40 PM »
I liked this article.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/22/pga-tour-saudi-money-liv/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F41436f8%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3%2F598650faade4e26514e65afb%2F31%2F56%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3


Behind a paywall.


Could you summarize?


What are your takeaways?


This is the WaPo AI generated summary of comments about the article:
The comments overwhelmingly express disdain for the potential PGA Tour deal with LIV Golf, emphasizing the negative impact of associating with Saudi money and Donald Trump. Many commenters praise Sally Jenkins for her candid critique, agreeing that the PGA should maintain its integrity by distancing itself from LIV. There is a strong sentiment against the influence of money over principles, with several commenters expressing a loss of interest in professional golf due to these developments.


The "summary" is exactly as logical & accurate as WashPo on a daily basis -- not at all.

This is an attempt to remove the paywall to the article. Don't know if it will work.
https://wapo.st/3ETIOJS


Did not  work.


Chris Hughes,


  As a long-time subscriber to the Washington Post and a bigger fan of some of its sportswriters (particularly Sally Jenkins and Rick Reilly), I find your criticism of it baseless and dumb. The paper has won 76 Pulitzer prizes, revealed a criminal conspiracy led by a US President, and done major investigative work that few other media outlets have even attempted.....something the NY Post (I speculate may be one of your favorite publication) has never done even once.


  Are all it's articles neutral or void of skew? No, yet they don't prevaricate like a Fox News or NewsMax. I seem to recall these two icons of MAGA have paid a combined billion plus dollars for lying and spreading false claims.


  The Washington Post is far from perfect, but I'll trust its journalism far more than most any other daily national publication.
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."--John Kenneth Galbraith

Matt Schoolfield



Chris Hughes

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #56 on: February 24, 2025, 10:08:31 PM »
I liked this article.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/22/pga-tour-saudi-money-liv/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F41436f8%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3%2F598650faade4e26514e65afb%2F31%2F56%2F67b9fa8b99aedb3a29da0fd3


Behind a paywall.


Could you summarize?


What are your takeaways?


This is the WaPo AI generated summary of comments about the article:
The comments overwhelmingly express disdain for the potential PGA Tour deal with LIV Golf, emphasizing the negative impact of associating with Saudi money and Donald Trump. Many commenters praise Sally Jenkins for her candid critique, agreeing that the PGA should maintain its integrity by distancing itself from LIV. There is a strong sentiment against the influence of money over principles, with several commenters expressing a loss of interest in professional golf due to these developments.


The "summary" is exactly as logical & accurate as WashPo on a daily basis -- not at all.

This is an attempt to remove the paywall to the article. Don't know if it will work.
https://wapo.st/3ETIOJS


Did not  work.


Chris Hughes,


  As a long-time subscriber to the Washington Post and a bigger fan of some of its sportswriters (particularly Sally Jenkins and Rick Reilly), I find your criticism of it baseless and dumb. The paper has won 76 Pulitzer prizes, revealed a criminal conspiracy led by a US President, and done major investigative work that few other media outlets have even attempted.....something the NY Post (I speculate may be one of your favorite publication) has never done even once.


  Are all it's articles neutral or void of skew? No, yet they don't prevaricate like a Fox News or NewsMax. I seem to recall these two icons of MAGA have paid a combined billion plus dollars for lying and spreading false claims.


  The Washington Post is far from perfect, but I'll trust its journalism far more than most any other daily national publication.


Steve Lapper,


On the margin things might just be improving slightly under the leadership of Jeff Bezos, time will tell.   
"Is it the Chicken Salad or the Golf Course that attracts and retains members?"

Erik J. Barzeski

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #57 on: February 24, 2025, 11:18:14 PM »
As a long-time subscriber to the Washington Post and a bigger fan of some of its sportswriters (particularly Sally Jenkins and Rick Reilly), I find your criticism of it baseless and dumb. The paper has won 76 Pulitzer prizes, revealed a criminal conspiracy led by a US President, and done major investigative work that few other media outlets have even attempted.....something the NY Post (I speculate may be one of your favorite publication) has never done even once.

Are all it's articles neutral or void of skew? No, yet they don't prevaricate like a Fox News or NewsMax. I seem to recall these two icons of MAGA have paid a combined billion plus dollars for lying and spreading false claims.

The Washington Post is far from perfect, but I'll trust its journalism far more than most any other daily national publication.
https://daringfireball.net/2024/12/journalism_requires_owners_committed_to_the_cause
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/10/28/bezos-trust
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/10/28/washington-post-lost-subscribers
https://daringfireball.net/2024/10/profiles_in_cowardice_bezos_lewis_washington_post

I'll just link to a few articles from one site. The WaPo is no longer the same organization revealed the Watergate stuff.


I'm also unsure what any of this has to do with GCA.
Erik J. Barzeski @iacas
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Chris Hughes

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #58 on: February 26, 2025, 04:25:23 PM »
Change is afoot at the WashPo...guess whether it's good or bad is open for interpretation.


https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088
"Is it the Chicken Salad or the Golf Course that attracts and retains members?"

Edward Glidewell

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon New
« Reply #59 on: February 26, 2025, 04:55:31 PM »
Change is afoot at the WashPo...guess whether it's good or bad is open for interpretation.


https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088


It's hard for me to believe anyone thinking a media organization losing journalistic freedom is a good thing.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2025, 01:35:39 AM by Edward Glidewell »

Jeff Segol

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #60 on: February 26, 2025, 06:12:04 PM »
The United States has basically gone mostly to a party press, where the political stance of a media organization was reflected in its coverage. That's similar to the UK, where people know what the slant of each paper is, and subscribe or don't according to their taste. The New York Times may be the only place left that covers national news that is trying to be objective in reporting what is going on. Don't know if the Post news coverage will be impacted by what Bezos is saying. Obviously the editorial pages are moving right, against things like government regulation, and using tax money to provide public goods like parks, etc.

Matt Schoolfield

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #61 on: February 26, 2025, 06:52:43 PM »
The United States has basically gone mostly to a party press, where the political stance of a media organization was reflected in its coverage. That's similar to the UK, where people know what the slant of each paper is, and subscribe or don't according to their taste. The New York Times may be the only place left that covers national news that is trying to be objective in reporting what is going on. Don't know if the Post news coverage will be impacted by what Bezos is saying. Obviously the editorial pages are moving right, against things like government regulation, and using tax money to provide public goods like parks, etc.
I'm not sure why this thread has veered so far into news and politics, but through this line of thinking, it's important to bring up that the US is very clearly going through a major, generational party realignment. I bring this up only because I think it's problematic to look at things through a left-right lens right now, and a more broad political compass is more helpful.

I'll add that the fact that this isn't an overt change is in large part due to the ease with which increased partisanship seems to be an easier way of politicking than actually dealing with the realignments themselves. If foreigners (or even locals) are curious about this, I would suggest looking at the state politics unfolding in Idaho and California, both of which have single party control, and both of which are deeply divided and trying to resolve these intra-party issues.
« Last Edit: February 26, 2025, 06:57:38 PM by Matt Schoolfield »

Greg Hohman

Re: Golf tour merger coming soon
« Reply #62 on: February 26, 2025, 09:48:58 PM »
The United States has basically gone mostly to a party press, where the political stance of a media organization was reflected in its coverage. That's similar to the UK, where people know what the slant of each paper is, and subscribe or don't according to their taste. The New York Times may be the only place left that covers national news that is trying to be objective in reporting what is going on. Don't know if the Post news coverage will be impacted by what Bezos is saying. Obviously the editorial pages are moving right, against things like government regulation, and using tax money to provide public goods like parks, etc.
I'm not sure why this thread...
I'm pretty sure, Matt. The smug, predictable individual can PM me if they ( :) ) want to cross swords.
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