Comments on: BuzzFeed apologizes (sort of) for smear of The Oatmeal cartoonist http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joeby91 http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1300059 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:44:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1300059 Here’s my problem with this whole thing.

The article was bitter, biased and inaccurate. Welcome to the internet… welcome to 21st century media.

This is about popularity. Jack Stuef comes across very badly in the article as a nerd whose ‘exposé’ is that this popular internet comedian is actually a JOCK *omg* and a BUSINESSMAN *horror* and a REPUBLICAN *faints*. In other words, he’s not a nerd like you and me. He has a DOG. He has SEX. Jack Stuef fell victim to the idea that the internet is full of nerds in their mothers’ basements. People don’t care. It was a lame effort to begin with.

The fact that it was filled with errors and poorly researched just gave Inman the ammunition he needed. If it had been true, it would have been harder to defend, and elements of what he wrote would have been very weak on their own. As it happens, Inman was right and he comes across not like an arrogant jock lording over a valiant nerd, but like an honourable guy being picked on by a twerp.

When that happens, accept you’ve been stung and MOVE ON. Don’t come back with a snide defence and stand by your own idiocy. Guys like Inman were more popular than Stuef in high school because they were decent guys… he’s still a decent guy and Stuef is still a loser. You can’t expect people to grow up when you’re still acting like a socially retarded 14 year old…

]]> By: Hedgehog http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1277326 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:43:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1277326 The story will only ever be accurate once it’s removed. Funny junk learned earlier this year, and now BuzzFeed is going to learn, don’t mess with The Oatmeal.

]]> By: Joe Papp http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1258889 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:28:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1258889 stupid is as stupid…says, in this case. moronical, too. The Oatmeal kicked the shit out of little (actually fat) Stuef.

]]> By: Jon Collier http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1248912 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:10:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1248912 It really is quite funny watching the liberal illiterati eat its own.

]]> By: Randall G Arnold http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1248118 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:00:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1248118 Think of the children!

]]> By: Dolores Grandes http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1248058 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:36:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1248058 As a regular reader of Wonkette I can attest that Jack Stuef while sometimes funny has shown a tendency for poor judgement in choosing his targets. This piece on The Oatmeal was just pointlessly mean-spirited.

]]> By: MrJM http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1247710 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1247710 “I think ‘the oatmeal’ really got slammed.”

You are correct. Unfortunately, that “slam” was based on falsehoods.

- MrJM

]]> By: MrJM http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1247708 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:16:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1247708 I just feel terrible for Mr. Inman’s children.

– MrJM

]]> By: Q http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1246095 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:45:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1246095 The peanuts of CPM journalism aren’t enough to do proper fact checking.

]]> By: Matthew Butch http://gigaom.com/2012/12/11/buzzfeed-apologizes-sort-of-for-smear-of-the-oatmeal-cartoonist/#comment-1245236 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:08:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=593001#comment-1245236 Insightful? Beyond “some” false claims? Really? Sounds like the whole original Buzzfeed article was entirely false.

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