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Posted on 01/18/2008 2:47:24 PM PST by SF Republican
Ten days after a Golf Channel anchor was suspended for her use of "lynch" in commentary on Tiger Woods, an editor was fired Friday for illustrating the controversy with a noose on the cover of Golfweek magazine.
I heard Tiger thought it was no big deal! PC stikes again!
A noose once bit my sister.
"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread!
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He’ll never hang around the Golf Week water cooler anymore.
Way to hang himself
Jan. 18, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. – Jeff Babineau has been named editor of Golfweek, replacing Dave Seanor, effective immediately.
The change has been made after Golfweek ran a cover in the January 19 issue showing a noose to illustrate a controversial comment by Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman about Tiger Woods.
“We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country,” said William P. Kupper Jr., president of Turnstile Publishing Co., the parent company of Golfweek. “We were trying to convey the controversial issue with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic.”
Golfweek devoted four pages of news and commentary on the Tilghman/Golf Channel situation. Tilghman was suspended for two weeks as a result of her comment.
Babineau, 45, has been with Golfweek for nine years, and has filled a number of roles with the magazine, including editor, deputy editor and senior writer. In his new role, he will report directly to Kupper.
“We know we have a job ahead of us to re-earn the trust and confidence of many loyal readers,” Babineau said. “Our staff is very passionate about the game. Our wish is that one regretful error does not erase more than 30 years of service we’ve dedicated to this industry.”
Posted: 1/18/2008
I guess he was trying to spice things up a little bit. Golf itself is so damn uninteresting.
Problem is the cover image inflames the issue rather than providing a context for substantive discussion, which was their stated intention.
In 1902 a miscreant threw a rock at an innocent black man. Be careful how you use the word rock from now on.
Oh no. Tiger is between a rock and a hard place.
YERRRRR OUTA HERE!!
And thus it was a good thing the Editor was canned for prolonging this stupid episode.
‘Oh, yeah, trust me, there’ll be some outcry, but really, we’ll get more subscribers than we lose,’ I’m sure was said. But honestly, the only one who should be sacked here is not the editor, but the publisher that let this go to press. It won’t destroy the magazine, but it’ll hammer in one of the most cherished resources the magazine depends upon - the office subscriber who might just decide that they’ve gone too political for leaving in the lobby anymore.
Here’s what bothers me.
The noose cover was tasteless and isn’t really about golf which is what the magazine purports to cover.
However, I wouldn’t even know about this cover if ESPN, CNN and the other news channels weren’t displaying it for the past 24 hours. If the purpose of a magazine cover is to draw attention and attract buyers, the editor did his job. He also illustrated Ms. Tilghman’ comments a bit too well.
If the editor is somehow guilty of racism, then isn’t CNN, ESPN, etc. just as guilty for flashing the GolfWeek cover ad nauseum to viewers everywhere, increasing the exposure this cover received at least 50-fold?
Why are CNN and ESPN able to exploit racism but the editor of GolfWeek is not?
No noose is good noose...
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week...
Boss Editor: Yeah, that's a great idea, really clever.
how stooopid can she possibly be ???
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