Oh man - this is hilarious! Trashbune at it again.

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Apr 20, 2017
1:40:17pm

Choke All-American

Oh man - this is hilarious! Trashbune at it again.

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Choke

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Time

Trib calls out the mods

TrackCoug

4/20/17 1:36pm

a new low

4/20/17 1:38pm

oh, the mods have done much worse to me.

smokymountainrain

4/20/17 1:42pm

i mean a new low for the trib

4/20/17 1:47pm

ahhh...gotcha

smokymountainrain

4/20/17 1:48pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 1:56pm

That's news? Maybe they'll win another award with that piece.

4/20/17 1:39pm

Oh man - this is hilarious! Trashbune at it again.

Choke

4/20/17 1:40pm

The Salt Lake Fib.

NewMexiCoug

4/20/17 5:14pm

Ooh, let's make this stick

runnincoug

4/20/17 6:08pm

Oh crap, if the Trib is against the Mods then that means I have to agree with

byu1

4/20/17 1:40pm

RE: Oh crap, if the Trib is against the Mods then that means I have to agree with

Referee

4/20/17 3:01pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 1:41pm

Anyone want to take a stab at Rolly's boardname?

IndependentGeorge

4/20/17 1:41pm

hahahahahahahahaha

TN_Coug

4/20/17 1:41pm

Yes, this sounds like an accurate summary of what happened

Indy Coug

4/20/17 1:42pm

The article's headline is misleading.

garyfan

4/20/17 1:42pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 1:43pm

Honestly, they deserve it.

chilango

4/20/17 1:42pm

Now we're big time!

SandYFan

4/20/17 1:43pm

Lol. News is now reporting on fan message board moderation. Hilarious

4/20/17 1:43pm

The phrase, "Tail wagging the dog" comes to mind

Roko's Basilisk

4/20/17 5:01pm

Really just a chance to remind everyone that they won a prize. I know I had

dilbert

4/21/17 8:07am

RE: Trib calls out the mods

Referee

4/20/17 1:43pm

GUNNING FOR A SECOND PULITZER I SEE.

riboflavin

4/20/17 1:44pm

Rolly? is that you?

Cougarclaw

4/20/17 2:21pm

Wow, Rolly looking for his own Pulitzer apparently...

4/20/17 1:44pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 1:45pm

I bet reported couldn't see it because the recat meant the post was now a Donor

unctoothman

4/20/17 2:03pm

I smell another Pulitzer!

RealComfortableJeans

4/20/17 1:45pm

I believe it's called a Poooolitzer.

whirl

4/20/17 1:45pm

RE: Trib calls out the mods

Referee

4/20/17 1:46pm

Careful what you ask for; you can't suspend the Trib.

SoCalCoug

4/20/17 1:53pm

RE: Careful what you ask for; you can't suspend the Trib.

Referee

4/20/17 2:01pm

I think that article highlights the low quality of the Tribune

AggieWeekendCougar

4/20/17 1:47pm

Great. The Trib is going to win ANOTHER Pulitzer for their cougarboard story.

zonacougar

4/20/17 1:47pm

That's a heck of an organization they've got up there.

Caboom

4/20/17 1:47pm

I'm assuming this poster must've gone whining to the Trib with this "story." Else, how would the Trib know of the

SierraCoug

4/20/17 1:48pm

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Buffalo

4/20/17 1:49pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 1:57pm

OliverGranger - At first I thought this was a Harry Potter Character.

Dr. 91coug

4/20/17 2:01pm

Ohhhhh sick burn. Bet they are doing this in the Trib offices right now.

CSoul

4/20/17 1:49pm

Rolly's editor should be embarrassed, except he knows it is great clickbait. Trib=clickbait.

4/20/17 1:49pm

Incredible-You went all the way to the end of the internet to find this article.

Super Chicken

4/20/17 1:49pm

Funny how they want to act like game changing journalists but get upset

mudpupper

4/20/17 1:49pm

RE: Trib calls out the mods

Referee

4/20/17 1:50pm

El jefe, did they ask for a comment prior to publishing that?

kcca

4/20/17 1:50pm

They didn't even give us a username so that we can scorn then ad nauseum

AggieWeekendCougar

4/20/17 1:51pm

Others in this thread have linked to threads that weren't deleted where the

gwalker

4/20/17 1:51pm

The thread Rolly's whining about wasn't deleted, either.

El Jefe

4/20/17 2:01pm

The Tribune in its race for a second Pulitzer Prize:

4/20/17 1:51pm

Jefe, you should send 'em a bill for sending them so much traffic from your site

Revolution

4/20/17 1:51pm

Here is my response.

Dr. 91coug

4/20/17 1:52pm

this is like writing a story about the comments on a story in the Trib. News?

fattycoug

4/20/17 1:52pm

They knows how many clicks they get from CB

WorfoSAUR

4/20/17 1:52pm

I'm sure that's the whole story.

El Jefe

4/20/17 1:55pm

#IStandWithElJefe

4/20/17 1:56pm

#HandsUpDon'tPost

BYUFam1

4/20/17 1:58pm

RE: #HandsUpDon'tPost

BYUFam1

4/20/17 2:51pm

He may be a pile of crap, but he's OUR pile of crap.

cheezedawg

4/20/17 2:03pm

lololol.

TN_Coug

4/20/17 1:56pm

Tell us who it is so we can bully and mock him÷

slowhiteguy

4/20/17 1:57pm

Or....you ban people for praising the Tribune.

Super Chicken

4/20/17 1:58pm

No he doesn't.

crazY

4/20/17 2:11pm

I know. I was just trying to highlight how stupid it sounds.

Super Chicken

4/20/17 2:43pm

#AlternateFacts

El Jefe

4/20/17 2:13pm

Or you could just tell them this:

garyfan

4/20/17 1:59pm

Someone with a Trib account should post a link to this response.

AggieWeekendCougar

4/20/17 1:59pm

Also, as others have noted, the thread was not deleted. It was merely recategorized.

El Jefe

4/20/17 1:59pm

Yeah, that sounds about right. But I'm sure we can trust them with their other reporting

Indy Coug

4/20/17 2:01pm

NExt week Rolly gives a gripping play by play of facebook likes and dislikes

v1k0u6

4/20/17 2:00pm

You need to contact Rolly and demand a retraction

TrackCoug

4/20/17 2:01pm

I did contact Rolly. He stands by his story. He has the email.

El Jefe

4/20/17 2:04pm

That's absurd! So overtly biased.

TrackCoug

4/20/17 2:09pm

Rolly is an idiot. I called him out on a Facebook thread about an article of his where he completely

jdub

4/20/17 2:15pm

The truth is a much less interesting story, apparently.

mncougar

4/20/17 3:13pm

Still weird you can't separate out bans for those categories. All or nothing!

SandYFan

4/20/17 2:02pm

WHAT!!! They didn't ask for comment? ***GASP***

whirl

4/20/17 2:04pm

Adding to this, that same user probably went to Rolly/the Trib to whine about it.

jdub

4/20/17 2:08pm

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JimmyZ

4/20/17 2:22pm

Thanks for responding

4/20/17 2:32pm

Thanks for responding. Probably not easy bridging the religious divide.

4/20/17 2:33pm

I love this part of your post: "as most of you are probably aware..." hahaha

mncougar

4/20/17 3:11pm

El Jefe responds:

SierraCoug

4/20/17 1:56pm

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Deleted

4/20/17 1:58pm

Tribune snowflakes are melting, melting....melting.

4/20/17 2:02pm

small. small. small

Cougarclaw

4/20/17 2:25pm

I'm as critical of the mods and el jefe as anyone, but this is stupid

maxpowers

4/20/17 2:03pm

RE: Trib calls out the mods

Referee

4/20/17 2:04pm

The SL Trib gives it's board trolls Pulitzers

FatElvis

4/20/17 2:04pm

RE: Trib calls out the mods

vagabonder

4/20/17 2:10pm

Either the Trib is getting really small - or Cougarboard is getting huge.

4/20/17 2:14pm

I made a vow to stop reading the Tribune and it has made me happier.

LeftCoastCoug

4/20/17 2:15pm

"In a related story local school junior Lynzeigh recently posted on her IG account that Brooqlynn "shouldn't be allowed

byuTX

4/20/17 2:25pm

Hey you made the Trib! congrats!

(Private)

4/20/17 2:37pm

New board name possibility up for grabs: Paul Rolly

WDaddy

4/20/17 2:39pm

"Fake Journalist"

Dr. 91coug

4/20/17 2:45pm

FAKE NEWS!

Sherlock

4/20/17 3:20pm

No sh.... oh it's you.. Carry on.

Zilog

4/20/17 3:25pm

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cvd6262

4/20/17 4:19pm

"He 'sent a post' to Cougarboard." Lol, old people

hansel

4/20/17 5:31pm

El Jefe's plan all along. CB traffic will increase, pick up a few more adds &

bluedad

4/21/17 4:35am

Pretty sure that when articles begin with "I have a friend", or "Someone I know"

Accipiter

4/21/17 8:51pm

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