Barstool guy fired over poor judgement?

[tubby_mcgee 701]

I searched front page here for "barstool", so if this has been discussed, forgive me.

So, basically, employee posts some stuff about missing Utah college student.   3 hours later, she's found dead. 

Not long after that, writer is fired.

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1144726398776557569/video/1

So why was he fired?  Poor taste?  If so, then umm...almost everyone at barstool posts stuff that can be viewed as poor taste by many, so I guess more firings to come? The content of what he posted was no worse than anything posted any other day by any of the other barstool writers.

Because she was found dead?  I think this is it. 
I think if she woulda been found alive, he wouldn't have gotten fired.  I think that "stung" more to the public, so then Dave had to fire him to appease the public.

Whiiiiichhhh...if that's the case, then he shouldn't have gotten fired because she was found dead.  That had nothing to do with the comment.  He made it before she was found dead. 

So what are your thoughts on why he was fired?

1.) poor taste
2.) only because she was found dead
3.) other?

 

If the reason is 1 or 2, I think it's b.s he got fired.  *and yeah, duh, I know the owner can fire him just because "he wants to".  That's not my point*

[Bert 1,128]

Guy was a marginal employee and because of all the bullish!t HR insanity it was the only way they could fire him. 

[tubby_mcgee 701]

1 minute ago, Bert said:

Guy was a marginal employee and because of all the bullish!t HR insanity it was the only way they could fire him. 

 

 

I buy this. They were searching for a reason.... and boom...this happened...so they took advantage of it.  

But still complete bullsh!t if you ask me. 

[edjr 6,582]

Barstool sucks since they moved to NY

[dain11279 976]

11 minutes ago, edjr said:

Barstool sucks since they moved to NY

I like their golf content. Don't really follow much else with them.

[Drizzay 719]

What did he post?

[BiffTannen 954]

I haven't paid attention to them since Asa Akira quit.

I love her. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

I think someone's got a winnable wrongful termination suit heading his way.

[tubby_mcgee 701]

21 minutes ago, Drizzay said:

What did he post?

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/barstool-sports-fires-writer-utah-student-mackenzie-lueck

 

Had she been found dead, then he posted it, then yeah....firing him makes more sense. 

[SUXBNME 1,499]

10 minutes ago, tubby_mcgee said:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/barstool-sports-fires-writer-utah-student-mackenzie-lueck

 

Had she been found dead, then he posted it, then yeah....firing him makes more sense. 

In an apologetic statement, Ellis explained that prior to writing the piece, Lueck's sorority sisters saw Lueck's Instagram activity as a "hopeful sign" and that a report from People Magazine said "no foul play suspected," leaving him to conclude that Lueck was "fine."

"Tragically, a few hours later, it was discovered that Mackenzie had been killed. It was only then that I realized just how horrible my judgement had been," Ellis wrote. "Even if that hadn't been the case, I simply should not have written about the story. It was a horrific mistake and I am sorry to the Lueck family for their unfathomable loss... The last thing they need is some fool on the internet offering thoughts on their ordeal."

He continued, "This was my error alone. Barstool Sports gave me complete liberty to post my work without oversight, and I abused that trust with my piece. For that, [Barstool Sports founder] David Portnoy fired me today, and I feel that was entirely justified."

[avoiding injuries 1,580]

I listened to the Tweet. From what I heard, her (missing girl’s) account liked something on Instagram so he (the guy who was fired) assumed she was alive. He made some sort of comment about her that was a joke, thinking she was unharmed. When it was revealed she was actually found dead a few hours later, the optics were very bad. 

He (Dave) explained his rationale and thought process to my liking. 

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Is it possible this guy has too much integrity for BSS? 

[nobody 2,672]

So he said she was a proud sugar baby and that was a fireable offense?

Eh.  I'll wait for more information.

[edjr 6,582]

They just hired Kirk Minihane. They can't fire someone for this after hiring him

[Intense Observer 344]

Recap of events:

1. College girl from Utah goes missing

2. Sorority sisters and MSM report that she is missing, no foul play yet

3. Girl's FInsta (fake Instagram) account and posts from a Facebook Sugar Baby/Daddy Private Group are released. They reveal she is a proud sugar baby (goes on dates with older dudes, trades sex for cash/Venmo/purses). She brags about it, offering advice to others.

4. Barstool has a podcast named "Call Her Daddy" which is 2 InstaHoes talking about how to be a slut, how to cheat, how to be a sugar baby, how to suck cack, etc. Utah girl posted the hashtag #callherdaddy on some of her posts indicating she was a fan of the show

5. Writer for Barstool publishes a blog post reporting the facts of the story (girl missing, sorority sisters think she is alive, girl likes to trade sex for money with strangers she meets online)

6. Deadspin, another sports/culture blog that competes with Barstool and hates their guts, publishes a blog post about the Barstool article and calling it "horrifying" and the writer should be fired. (Deadspin has a long and documented history of hating this writer and trying to get him fired). Deadspin article "goes viral".

7. For whatever reason, the leader of Barstool caves like a and fires one of his top writers. Forces the writer to put out an apology agreeing he deserves to be fired.

 

My guess is Bastool leader is either connected/funded by someone close to the dead hooker's family, or Deadspin finally has some blackmail. Or he didn't want any blowback (or liability?) related to his cash cow podcast about girls being whores (which ironically is what led the Utah girl to her death)

I don't follow Barstool or Deadspin, just know that one appeals to the CNN/HuffPo/Trannies are real crowd and the other appeals to frat guys. So I don't have a dog in the fight. It is an odd firing.

[edjr 6,582]

18 hours ago, Intense Observer said:

Recap of events:

1. College girl from Utah goes missing

2. Sorority sisters and MSM report that she is missing, no foul play yet

3. Girl's FInsta (fake Instagram) account and posts from a Facebook Sugar Baby/Daddy Private Group are released. They reveal she is a proud sugar baby (goes on dates with older dudes, trades sex for cash/Venmo/purses). She brags about it, offering advice to others.

4. Barstool has a podcast named "Call Her Daddy" which is 2 InstaHoes talking about how to be a slut, how to cheat, how to be a sugar baby, how to suck cack, etc. Utah girl posted the hashtag #callherdaddy on some of her posts indicating she was a fan of the show

5. Writer for Barstool publishes a blog post reporting the facts of the story (girl missing, sorority sisters think she is alive, girl likes to trade sex for money with strangers she meets online)

6. Deadspin, another sports/culture blog that competes with Barstool and hates their guts, publishes a blog post about the Barstool article and calling it "horrifying" and the writer should be fired. (Deadspin has a long and documented history of hating this writer and trying to get him fired). Deadspin article "goes viral".

7. For whatever reason, the leader of Barstool caves like a and fires one of his top writers. Forces the writer to put out an apology agreeing he deserves to be fired.

 

My guess is Bastool leader is either connected/funded by someone close to the dead hooker's family, or Deadspin finally has some blackmail. Or he didn't want any blowback (or liability?) related to his cash cow podcast about girls being whores (which ironically is what led the Utah girl to her death)

I don't follow Barstool or Deadspin, just know that one appeals to the CNN/HuffPo/Trannies are real crowd and the other appeals to frat guys. So I don't have a dog in the fight. It is an odd firing.

seems to me you intensely observed

[The Observer 641]

Seems like a stand-up guy. Made a mistake and took responsibility for it.

[Intense Observer 344]

4 hours ago, The Observer said:

Seems like a stand-up guy. Made a mistake and took responsibility for it.

What "mistake" did he make?

Did he get the facts of the story wrong or was his mistake writing something truthful that was embarrassing to the dead girl's family (that she was a prostitute)?

[The Observer 641]

13 minutes ago, Intense Observer said:

What "mistake" did he make?

Did he get the facts of the story wrong or was his mistake writing something truthful that was embarrassing to the dead girl's family (that she was a prostitute)?

Ask him. He made a statement saying that this is his error alone. I'm sure you can find an email address. Let us know what he says.

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

22 minutes ago, The Observer said:

Ask him. He made a statement saying that this is his error alone. I'm sure you can find an email address. Let us know what he says.

I think his mistake was admitting he made a mistake.  If I were him, I'd file a wrongful termination and defamation of character suit suing for millions.

[The Observer 641]

1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said:

I think his mistake was admitting he made a mistake.  If I were him, I'd file a wrongful termination and defamation of character suit suing for millions.

I think admitting a mistake is an admirable character trait. Good for him

[Hardcore troubadour 15,427]

1 hour ago, The Observer said:

I think admitting a mistake is an admirable character trait. Good for him

Cough cough. 

[naomi 356]

On 7/1/2019 at 1:07 PM, nobody said:

So he said she was a proud sugar baby and that was a fireable offense?

Eh.  I'll wait for more information.

Maybe it was the observation of her Instagram following being "pretty weak" and the "thoughts and prayers" in his piece. The twitter link takes a few swipes to get the gist of his piece.

It was cavalier and belittling but if that is Barstool's schtick, maybe rival Deadspin made the astute call to pounce on it in light of the developing situation, hoping Barstool would get more negative attention than they bargained for.

My $.02, this is all gutter crap. Barstool's mentality, Deadspin's opportunism, the victim's choices. Seeing some of her Insta hastags...she was thinking in really stupid terms. What a price to pay.

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

16 hours ago, The Observer said:

I think admitting a mistake is an admirable character trait. Good for him

And the next guy who hires him will say the same thing... and then 2 weeks later when he has to fire him because the lynch mob calls for boycotts because they hired him, he too can say he made a mistake but corrected it.  In the end, the guy who has "...an admirable character trait", is still unemployed.

[The Observer 641]

3 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

And the next guy who hires him will say the same thing... and then 2 weeks later when he has to fire him because the lynch mob calls for boycotts because they hired him, he too can say he made a mistake but corrected it.  In the end, the guy who has "...an admirable character trait", is still unemployed.

That's a very cynical way of looking at the world.

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

1 hour ago, The Observer said:

That's a very cynical way of looking at the world.

No, it's a realistic way of looking at the Leftist ideology.

[tubby_mcgee 701]

21 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

I think his mistake was admitting he made a mistake.

Agreed.  

[RLLD 4,230]

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