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If you're an Islanders fan, you probably have a lot to be angry about. And when you have so much to be angry about, I guess you start to find creative ways to vent that anger.
Vitriol towards your team's beat writer is one creative way, I suppose.
I noticed this tweet sent out by Daniel Friedman (@DFriedmanOnNYI), an NYI columnist, in defense of beat writer Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday):
People need to stop hounding @StapeNewsday. The man does one heck of a job covering the team, it's not his fault the #Isles have struggled.
— Daniel Friedman (@DFriedmanOnNYI) December 20, 2013
I don't know anything about Staple, other than the obvious fact that he writes about the Isles, so I had no idea why he would be getting any heat. I decided to take a look, and apparently the reason is "just because."
Here's a collection of a few of those "hounding" Arthur Staple:
@StapeNewsday ppl blast u bc ur the only pro writer the team has and u should write an article blasting Garth yet u pen nothing negative
— Michael I (@Tonelli2Nystrom) December 20, 2013
@StapeNewsday there should be articles in the paper calling Charles Wangs ownership what it is. A fucking disgrace.
— Michael I (@Tonelli2Nystrom) December 20, 2013
@StapeNewsday Your words in the article match that crappy title, who do you think you're fooling?
— Richard (@4StraightCups) December 20, 2013
@StapeNewsday @KeithLHHockey @Schultz88 @DFriedmanOnNYI I read staple if I want to hear org mouthpiece and the stuff they let him say!!
— Jwal (@lirjon_jwal) December 20, 2013
@StapeNewsday @tonelli2nystrom Arthur, We need someone to call out Snow and Wang. This year has been a disaster, yet they say nothing.
— Scott walters (@Scottfwalters) December 20, 2013
@StapeNewsday @NYIslanders84 Ridicule how bout not being a lapdog for this org staple u should be ashamed get head out of wang ass!
— Jwal (@lirjon_jwal) December 20, 2013
@disanttt @StapeNewsday I tried this. First he mocks you for having no followers, then he tells you about how long he has been in journalism
— Matt (@Spazemunky) December 19, 2013
@stapenewsday How come you hear nothing about Wang in the papers? Pirates owners got ridiculed. This is pretty similar right now.
— Isles BUILT LI (@NYIslanders84) December 19, 2013
So basically it seems like the sentiment is "Hey this team sucks real bad why aren't you constantly reminding us of how bad and why the team sucks so bad?"
To which the obvious answer is, of course, "because I'm a beat writer and that's not my fucking job, nor would that fix this shithole team or even be interesting to read every day. Asshole."
He went with the much classier response:
Thanks for the kind words from many, still mystified by the venom from some. Think I'll go back to just posting #Isles news for a while.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) December 20, 2013
That's no way to criticize your fanbase, you jackass! How will you expect them to ever learn unless you put out a hit piece about how horrible they are?!?
God no wonder they hate this guy.
Gameday Prediction
Ducks 4-2, Arthur Staple with the game winning goal.
Classic Moment
To help commemorate the Ducks' 20th year this season, each gameday I'll be posting a clip of a classic moment from the team's history against that night's opponent. Here is today's...
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