7 minutes ago, Rich said:

Yet another reason for me not to read a failing newspaper. 

I clicked the link because I expected there to be more drivel (there wasn't). I want my click back.

If his paper wants to put up a paywall, he should bust his ass writing compelling content instead of complaining on being scooped on sonething that can be reported with a tweet. 

I am a lifelong WFP subscriber (when I was in Manitoba) and had a paper route with them in Pinawa when I was a kid...was my first job. I was EXCEEDINGLY loyal to them for a lot of years. Up until the last couple years, one of the things I looked forward to most when coming home from AB was being able to read a physical copy of the WFP. Now........not so much. 

58 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Wiecek should just go away. It's not journalism if every article is some sort of personal vendetta.

Wiecek secretly wishes he was an embedded reporter as well, he's basically spitting venom at Ed Tait.

Thing is, Tait would written a similar article if he were still at the Freep, in probably the same timeframe, and Wiecek would have written a different whiny, butt-hurt article attacking someone else. 

Only difference is Tait publishes on the BlueBombers.com now. 

 

As concerned as some of us were about a change in tone for Taits pieces, he's really writing the exact same stuff as he always did... 

On 9/19/2017 at 3:53 PM, Booch said:

a receiver is a receiver..Drew for Lankford still is the same amount of receivers on the roster...just swapping birth certificates as it helps us on the defensive side of the ball

then you lose your best return guy.

 

please don't respond with "Drew can return kicks".

 

Wiecek is one of the reasons more and more people don't read the Free Press.

Wiecek has mastered the incredibly annoying ability to both sneer and wring his hands at the same time.  Nice to hear that jag off is still napalming his smoldering wreck of a bridge to the team ?

Wiecek is such an idiot.

I loved it when Wiecek blocked me on Twitter.  That lasted about two minutes.  You dumbass.

Wiecek is an idiot. Full stop.

but if this was happening with something that mattered, as opposed to coverage of a sports team, the elimination of a free press is a pretty serious issue.

the team is shutting down access to the media and telling their own stories. We're ok with it because we all love Ed Tait, but I can see why independent journalists (people other than wiecek) would be concerned about this.

taken in another context, this is what got Trump elected. He and his team would spew a boatload of garbage that scared people into voting for him because access to legitimate news/reporting is so buried by the "fake news" outlets.

6 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Wiecek is an idiot. Full stop.

but if this was happening with something that mattered, as opposed to coverage of a sports team, the elimination of a free press is a pretty serious issue.

the team is shutting down access to the media and telling their own stories. We're ok with it because we all love Ed Tait, but I can see why independent journalists (people other than wiecek) would be concerned about this.

taken in another context, this is what got Trump elected. He and his team would spew a boatload of garbage that scared people into voting for him because access to legitimate news/reporting is so buried by the "fake news" outlets.

The traditional media has no less access.  Tait is in the same scrums as them.  The issue here is lack of skill and laziness by traditional media.

14 hours ago, Noeller said:

I don't normally do this, but wow......the most epic butthurt of all time........

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/blue-bombers-run-fake-plays-off-the-field-too-446207423.html

Fake reporters doing fake news — available at a team website near you.

Did he seriously write this last line in the article?... wow, just when I thought he couldn't be a bigger piece of ****...

this hack should be no where near any form of media, especially calling himself a "legit reporter"... and BTW Paul, the word is legitimate... "legit" is not a real word...

 

EDIT: I looked it up... apparently "legit" is recognized as a real word as an abbreviation for legitimate... which is really disappointing for the english language...

Edited September 21, 20178 yr by bearpants

14 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

The traditional media has no less access.  Tait is in the same scrums as them.  The issue here is lack of skill and laziness by traditional media.

Then why did the coach tell the media Westerman was fine and an hour later Tait releases this article with quotes from the player (that the media was told they couldn't talk to )?

37 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Then why did the coach tell the media Westerman was fine and an hour later Tait releases this article with quotes from the player (that the media was told they couldn't talk to )?

Same as any press release. The team is always going to know first. Tait works for the team.

Instead of doing actually journalism, like Hamilton or Bauming would do, Wiecek decides to whine about the timing.

It's like whining that the guys on radio get to report things first because the print doesn't come out until the next day.

The free press should just fire Wiecek and put him out of his quite obvious misery already. 

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

The traditional media has no less access.  Tait is in the same scrums as them.  The issue here is lack of skill and laziness by traditional media.

Also, we're talking about sports. This isn't real news, so I don't really have any concern about pro sports teams hiring their own media content guys and competing with traditional reporters.

If Wiecek was reporting on the goings on at City Hall, he would have a point.

He's as ******-like when he's on the radio to boot... 

Whatever decency Wiecek should've had clearly dribbled down his mother's leg. What a salty, bitter, talentless piece of ****.

16 hours ago, Noeller said:

Fake reporters doing fake news — available at a team website near you.

wow.  yea just a bit butthurt lol.  what a clown.

2 hours ago, Jesse said:

Wiecek is an idiot. Full stop.

but if this was happening with something that mattered, as opposed to coverage of a sports team, the elimination of a free press is a pretty serious issue.

the team is shutting down access to the media and telling their own stories. We're ok with it because we all love Ed Tait, but I can see why independent journalists (people other than wiecek) would be concerned about this.

taken in another context, this is what got Trump elected. He and his team would spew a boatload of garbage that scared people into voting for him because access to legitimate news/reporting is so buried by the "fake news" outlets.

with all due respect, and not to go off topic, but there was fake news going on on both sides in that election.  Still going on on both sides.

Ok back on topic - Wiecek is a bonehead.

Fake news is... The sky is green and the grass is blue. Its bullshit.. Its made up.. Its lol, its wiecek pretty much so for DB Paul to write that is ironic considering his "articles" are 99 percent made up bullshit. HE is Fake News. 

3 hours ago, Jesse said:

Wiecek is an idiot. Full stop.

but if this was happening with something that mattered, as opposed to coverage of a sports team, the elimination of a free press is a pretty serious issue.

the team is shutting down access to the media and telling their own stories. We're ok with it because we all love Ed Tait, but I can see why independent journalists (people other than wiecek) would be concerned about this.

taken in another context, this is what got Trump elected. He and his team would spew a boatload of garbage that scared people into voting for him because access to legitimate news/reporting is so buried by the "fake news" outlets.

This might hold some water if it were true. But there are plenty of 3rd party Journalists who break stories before the "team guy" does. Weicek is afraid of change and seemingly unwilling to adapt in the ever changing landscape that is journalism. He's just another old timer who, if he doesn't change will be out of a job likely sooner than later.

A real reporter doesn't wait for the news to be handed to him, he goes out and finds it himself.  This is just a journalist getting mad because he has to do real work rather than pump out 200 words in 15 minutes a day based on a few cherry-picked quotes and a press release.  Traditional media deserves all the problems they've been having because they let themselves get stale and lazy.