mingusmonk Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just now, Jeff Ream said: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/drum-and-bugle-corps-sexual-assault-harassment-george-hopkins-share-story-20180409.html?mobi=true It is a shame that a major news outlet isn't prepared to handle this in a more discreet manor than Google Forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/drum-and-bugle-corps-sexual-assault-harassment-george-hopkins-share-story-20180409.html?mobi=true Won't be long before she starts her book tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Schehr Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/drum-and-bugle-corps-sexual-assault-harassment-george-hopkins-share-story-20180409.html?mobi=true Don't know why but I just had a vision of a lot of people within DCI running to the door or jumping out of windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/drum-and-bugle-corps-sexual-assault-harassment-george-hopkins-share-story-20180409.html?mobi=true What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 minute ago, garfield said: What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. I strongly disagree. Asking readers for tips has been a standard part of journalism forever. You saw Spotlight, right? Remember how it ends? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, garfield said: What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. Wonder how many other topics on DCP she might be interested in? A "snowflake" for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, garfield said: What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. If they have been surprisingly inundated with a volume emails, voicemails and contacts that they weren't prepared for at the time, it seems like a reasonable action. Combine this action with the fact that they don't have a standard Secure Drop or method to encourage PGP-secured emails for this process suggests that this story is bigger than the news unit is scaled to handle in the normal flow of business. Edited April 9, 2018 by mingusmonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barigirl78 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, garfield said: What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. How does one "pound the beat" looking for abuse victims? Knock on random doors? 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Tim K said: If you are the director, you learn the corps sing and sing it, period. Maybe you should hear him sing first, before making up your mind on that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plankton Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) The can of worms has been opened. The next logical step is to use said worms as "bait". 26 minutes ago, garfield said: What a joke. Fishing for free news - what happened to pounding the beat and doing the legwork themselves? This just smells like fishing for carp. Edited April 9, 2018 by Plankton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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