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I want to hit Volin with a violin
May I recommend a tuba instead?
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You would be hard pressed to find 3 fans of Ben Volin.The sad thing is Volin is too ****ing stupid to learn. I wouldn't be surprised to see him make this mistake again in the future.
I can't wait for his next set of "breaking" stories, like:
- Tom Brady NOT an original member of the Brady Bunch
- Are we really sure that Kraft Foods Group and Kraft Group are two different things?
- Did the Patriots meet Obama or Osama at the White House?
- Deflategate defense only based on science, ignores creationism
- Seriously, are you really really sure Kraft Foods Group and Kraft Group are different???
- Patriots could have won the Super Bowl by more if they kept Mankins
- How to use Google to lern thingz
- But they totally spell Kraft the exact same way and both have the word Group in them and are in the same Google search
Volin shouldn't apologize to his readers (all 3 of them). He should be apologizing to his parents for ****ting all over the family name.
He is sounded less like a journalist and more like the anti-Patriots fans that post their drivel on forums with out any regards to logic or truth.
The sad thing is Volin is too ****ing stupid to learn. I wouldn't be surprised to see him make this mistake again in the future.
Maybe an asterisk on his bylines from now on ...He should be suspended at least. This is kind of writer the Globe employs? Really reflects poorly on them.
He's truly an idiot. Someone could write up an article on a news site referencing his still-up tweet as their source. He himself has done this. Why wouldn't he delete it??Almost 12 hours later, Volin's original, incorrect tweet is still up. Someone asked him about it and this was his response:
"I’ve thought about it but I don’t want to give the impression that I’m hiding from the error"
I don't know if that's the right approach. If he deletes it and leaves up his apology, that kind of emphasizes that that the original tweet was wrong. If he leaves it up, someone is going to think "Maybe there is something to it because it was never deleted."
People like Volin are not incompetent. They have just realized that an easy way to grt people to read his stuff is just to write something provocative whether it is true or not. One can always use the "we all make errors" excuse afterwards if necessary. Professional journalism needs to either hold themselves to a higher standard or their entire profession will be disreputed by guys like Volin. I would even suggest that lawmakers start thinking about legal standards for professional journalism.
He is most certainly incompetent perhaps even simple. His body of work is less impressive than a 3 year old's finger-painting (who would probably do a better job reporting on the Patriots).People like Volin are not incompetent. They have just realized that an easy way to grt people to read his stuff is just to write something provocative whether it is true or not. One can always use the "we all make errors" excuse afterwards if necessary. Professional journalism needs to either hold themselves to a higher standard or their entire profession will be disreputed by guys like Volin. I would even suggest that lawmakers start thinking about legal standards for professional journalism.
This was incompetence.
Almost 12 hours later, Volin's original, incorrect tweet is still up. Someone asked him about it and this was his response:
"I’ve thought about it but I don’t want to give the impression that I’m hiding from the error"
I don't know if that's the right approach. If he deletes it and leaves up his apology, that kind of emphasizes that that the original tweet was wrong. If he leaves it up, someone is going to think "Maybe there is something to it because it was never deleted."
even funny part is that he thinks he is breaking some news about kraft and aei and feels he is so competent that no one has found this connection yet in over 48 hrs and now other media member has been emailed other than him... hilarious.
His sources are , A)Other reporters B)people who email him C)google.
Correct. His trolling is willful.He is an anti-Patriots, dolphins homer.
Sorry no. For a layman like me it might be incompetence. For a professional it is negligence.
Full Definition of INCOMPETENT
1
: not legally qualified
2
: inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose
3
a : lacking the qualities needed for effective action
b : unable to function properly <incompetent heart valves>
Dude he's been doing it since he got in town. He made a fool out of himself over the Collins blocked kick against Miami in Foxboro. The way he was going on about it there is no way anyone could see what he was writing and how stubborn he was and think he wasn't a dolphins fan. Which btw mutliple people proved him wrong.