Phoenix New Times FAIL

YouJustGotSUNSD · February 13th, 2009, 06:49 PM

So Nikki D'Andrea, a writer at the Phoenix New Times, apparently caught wind of a rumor that the NBA was instituting a Tattoo Cap in 2011 that would restrict teams from having more than 60% of their players' arms and necks from having tattoos.

So she googled it, found a blog on CBS Sports talking about it, which was spawned from a Con Chapman article. So she ran with the story, got a nice gallery created of some of the Suns' players tats, and her Editor green-lit the story for the FRONT PAGE. Just in time for AllStar Weekend.

What she didn't do was her job.

Con Chapman is a satire writer for the Gerbil News Network. The story was a joke. She even borrowed quotes from the spoof story, where David Stern says,

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We feel it is important that our players not scare the bejesus out of affluent demographic groups with gangsta-style tattoos," David Stern said at a press conference here today. "Otherwise we might as well name the next two expansion franchises the 'Crips' and the 'Bloods',"

adding

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“A tasteful ‘Mom’ on your bicep will not count against the cap.”

This is precious as well:

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Teams could free up cap space by trading a power forward from an "urban" school for a shooting guard from Brigham Young or a flat-footed center from Gonzaga.

The story was published until some savvy reporters contacted her to see what she was smoking.

New Times has since taken the article down from their website, revamped it, and explained themselves in another article. Not admitting they failed to do their jobs, but that they were caught in a hoax. They even state they thought it was a joke, but ran with the story instead.

No fact checking was done, calls to the NBA and other sources were not returned, so they didnt bother quoting anyone directly for the article. She googled the rumor and found one source to use for her article. The story was green lit by the editors without any due dilligence.

Not sure what is on the printed newstands now, but if anyone sees it be sure to check it out.

There are so many red flags in the article that it was a joke that you have to be born yesterday to not catch on. If you know anyone who advertises in the New Times, I would suggest you tell them to think twice about investing in this POS publication.

And if you want to tell Nikki how you feel about her efforts, use this link http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/feedb...yee/?to=174531

Black Jesus · February 13th, 2009, 08:16 PM

can i have her job?

dogpoo32 · February 13th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Haha! God I love it when people fall on their faces.

elindholm · February 13th, 2009, 08:31 PM

I'm not sure why they're singling her out. Tabloid "journalists" almost never observer proper confirmation procedures.

Chaplin · February 13th, 2009, 09:30 PM

Geez, who cares? Isn't there something else you can post an entire book about? I don't know, like how awful Sarver and Kerr are? (Woops, too late)

YouJustGotSUNSD · February 14th, 2009, 02:09 AM

**** off, Chaplin.

mojorizen7 · February 14th, 2009, 02:40 AM

The highschoolish good'ole boys cyber machismo Mr I'm smarter than the rest of you self enamored i'll do nothing but criticize everyone else's post's because i'm better than you are BS has gotten to the point of pathetic on this board.
Hey, "Ya'll don't get to use your condencending inferiority complex enough in the real world!?" L-O-S-E-R-S.
Do the rest of us a favor and keep your fragile ego's off the board please........and show some consideration for others.
I wish it didn't get to me but it does.

boisesuns · February 14th, 2009, 05:11 AM

lou_skywalker · February 14th, 2009, 06:33 AM

The Tatoo cap itself is just failure. wtf they have no right to influence the players decision of having tatoos.

elindholm · February 14th, 2009, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lou_skywalker

The Tatoo cap itself is just failure. wtf they have no right to influence the players decision of having tatoos.

Reading comprehension fail.

lou_skywalker · February 14th, 2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by elindholm

Reading comprehension fail.

of course i know the cap does not exist
just cant be bothered to read about the whore Nikki D'Andrea

HooverDam · February 14th, 2009, 07:18 AM

You really think this 'fail' joke is hilarious. When did ASFN turn into 4Chan in 2002?

As UrbanDictionary.com so elequently put it:

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Fail
A rather annoying word whose use in certain situations has greatly increased recently.

Kind of like the word "s***," "fail" is used by people who don't stop to think of a better word to use, making them pretty much useless to society.

elindholm · February 14th, 2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by HooverDam

You really think this 'fail' joke is hilarious.

It's funny under the right circumstances, as most glib pop-culture references are.

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When did ASFN turn into 4Chan in 2002?

Huh?

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As UrbanDictionary.com so elequently put it:

UrbanDictionary.com, LOL. Now there's an authority for you.

YouJustGotSUNSD · February 14th, 2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by HooverDam

You really think this 'fail' joke is hilarious. When did ASFN turn into 4Chan in 2002?

As UrbanDictionary.com so elequently put it:

did you just use a definition with 109 thumbs down on urban dictionary to make your point?

and god forbid i would use an amusing internet meme on somewhere other than the intern.... oh wait.

PoolBoy · February 14th, 2009, 12:33 PM

this thread.....