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RockRaven

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22. It is spin if you use a handful to represent the whole. "Some players" probably also sighed, but

Reply to Fullduplexxx (Reply #20)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 12:39 PM

Jan 2019

that didn't make the headline. In a group that large behavior is not uniform, there's always a variety of "some players" actions to choose to report or use as the basis for the headline. ESPN knows what sort of angle gets them the best response from their target audience. Just because a sentence or statement is factual, it does not follow that the sentence or statement is offering an objective view of the subject.

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That hamberder spread is so offensive to me, I can't imagine how the Clemson players must have felt [View all] cyclonefence Jan 2019 OP

I had a boss once who had to give a party for incoming medical students. greymattermom Jan 2019 #1

He has one of the finest chefs in the country working in his kitchen. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #2

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So what? ChubbyStar Jan 2019 #7

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Multiple threads are OK here, slamming fellow DUers isn't. marble falls Jan 2019 #13

It isn't my thread. ChubbyStar Jan 2019 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author 912gdm Jan 2019 #11

. jberryhill Jan 2019 #4

To add to his offensive gesture he brags he personally paid for it... CatMor Jan 2019 #5

Which means he didn't pay for it Brother Buzz Jan 2019 #32

I had to honestly think about this zipplewrath Jan 2019 #6

Those college kids aren't millennials, they're Gen Z. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2019 #14

These are top notch athletes Marrah_Goodman Jan 2019 #28

And that room-temperature meat was not even FDA approved. C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #8

Good thing the FDA doesn't approve meat. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2019 #16

It's probably not meat hahaha NT blugbox Jan 2019 #24

They got a trip to DC and the WH and a very memorable experience because Trump was an ass Freethinker65 Jan 2019 #10

This is how they felt Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #12

No, that is ESPN's spin. And ESPN knows their target audience. RockRaven Jan 2019 #19

Some players "whooped" when they saw the spread, according a pool report. Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #20

It is spin if you use a handful to represent the whole. "Some players" probably also sighed, but RockRaven Jan 2019 #22

I wonder if they were still whooping it up after biting into John Fante Jan 2019 #29

Whooped? For cold fast food, or just for being there in group and meeting "an important celebrity"? haele Jan 2019 #30

Clemson deserved that for even showing up nini Jan 2019 #17

As usual Trump takes what could be a reasonable exboyfil Jan 2019 #18

But his base probably loves this . . . ChicagoRonin Jan 2019 #21

It was just Monday in Trump World. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #23

And after giving a short speech, the idiot walked out without chatting or shaking hands with tblue37 Jan 2019 #25

I am surprised that Trump bought McDonald's and not muntrv Jan 2019 #26

What is a hamberder? Srkdqltr Jan 2019 #27

A "Hamberder" is the typo that pResident tRUMP made when he posted to twitter japple Jan 2019 #33

Down with the assclown Blue Owl Jan 2019 #31