MMA "Journalists" have no shame or ethics

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jimmy boogaloo

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Nov 15, 2017
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hang on. this is super-newsworthy for mma. this is a significant business deal. he hasn't opened a gym, or got a great deal from Nike - he has walked into a massive brewery and said, 'bingo, I'm the big show. the world wants my brand and you know it.'

they have then built and invested around him. in terms of big, on-going business deals made by fighters and the reflection of true star power, this deal should not be underestimated.

also, mma journalists are people with (varying) journalistic skill who are primarily fans of the sport. if you are solely a journalist type, you would undoubtedly pursue some other career avenue.

so don't be too surprised or cry if they ever give any part of the sport a little push.
 

regular john

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May 21, 2015
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This wouldn't be an issue if they were otherwise totally independent professionals but we all know Conor has a truck outside the arena treating everyone with special gifts and that in turn this could sway mma media into his good favor. "Could " is the key word here. Real journalists don't leave themselves open to interpretation like this.
 

so long

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Dec 16, 2015
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Be fair here - if Ronda had her own brand of Tampons, the guys would try them out as well ...
 
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also, mma journalists are people with (varying) journalistic skill who are primarily fans of the sport. if you are solely a journalist type, you would undoubtedly pursue some other career avenue.

so don't be too surprised or cry if they ever give any part of the sport a little push.
Boom. This is probably the most accurate post I've ever seen about the state of MMA journalism.

FrankieNYC @FrankieNYC check this out.
 
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Also I thought about buying a bottle of Proper 12 for the occasion. A 750ml bottle was $29.99 at one store (too much) and $25.99 at another. Gonna check out a third place today, but I'm still not that sure about 3 year old whiskey
 

FrankieNYC

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Aug 13, 2017
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Boom. This is probably the most accurate post I've ever seen about the state of MMA journalism.

FrankieNYC @FrankieNYC check this out.
The few real journalist in MMA come from a different perspective, so pretty spot on.

As I said in the past, it is largely due to the timing of MMA breaking big & the internet with social media.
People get a level of notoriety from Twitter & think that retweets is journalism
A lot of new(er) media are basically fanboys
Three guys I like to call journalist rarely (if ever) go to fights live.
That is not a slam to those that do. We need Helwani's & Raimondi's at the events & I think Raimondi has stepped up a lot
 

Tiiimmmaaayyy

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Jan 19, 2015
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"Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.” -HST
Damn. Sounds like i missed my calling.
 

Ryann Von Doom

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Sold out everywhere too. He's going to be fucking rich because of this. Good for him man, he's living many people's dreams.