They wrote a hit piece, and you think it's Pulitzer worthy?

Apr 20, 2017
3:15:25pm

jdub All-American

They checked ONE SIDE of the story only. They didn't even attempt to check with BYU or the church. This was a lousy piece of yellow journalism, and doesn't remotely deserve the praise it got.

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The article should make everybody think twice about anything they read in the trib.

cougfanblue Torpedo

4/20/17 2:24pm

The Trib is undeniably biased against the instititutional LDS church

Linescratcher

4/20/17 2:27pm

Too many people mistake their bias for being "fair."

cougfanblue

4/20/17 2:30pm

Some believe you can't be biased against the power, and in Utah, the power

SandYFan

4/20/17 2:31pm

No. Its clearly bias. But being biased doesn't preclude them from being right.

Linescratcher

4/20/17 3:01pm

No it did not deserve it. There are ethics, or used to be ethics, in journalism

RebelScum

4/20/17 2:35pm

tbh, a plea to journalistic ethics rings hollow

Linescratcher

4/20/17 3:11pm

They wrote a hit piece, and you think it's Pulitzer worthy?

jdub

4/20/17 3:15pm

if it was such a one-sided hit piece that the church/byu couldn't weigh in on

Linescratcher

4/20/17 3:20pm

First of all, the Trib did not discover this, they became aware of it as BYU

RebelScum

4/20/17 4:17pm

The whole tone of the article is that of being appalled that someone

Caboom

4/20/17 2:35pm

Could have won a Pulitzer for investigating ute swimgate. But they hardly

Cougar76

4/20/17 2:42pm

We should "Michelle Peralta" Rolly's facebook and twitter accounts.

IndependentGeorge

4/20/17 2:45pm

we shoudl send him links to CB posts from 15 years ago and ask him to report it

v1k0u6

4/20/17 2:49pm

Who knew that JoAnn Jacobsen-Wells was the absolute brains of that column?!??

ByuMba90

4/20/17 2:50pm

It's hardly "an article", you make it sound like they wrote an entire

StealingHome

4/20/17 2:57pm

Here's the thing about the Trib - it's a piece of crap.

Texas Hammer

4/20/17 3:01pm

I think twice about anything I read on any news site anywhere.

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