http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...396183,00.html
Now, it's one thing to trash talk your opponent in a big game, or even make some jokes about the city, etc. But is this guy's column taking it too far?
There's blatant lies and things that couldn't possibly be true. He talks about "Old mills, long stilled, dot the town. Weeds spill from smokestacks.". Nope, sorry. There's not a single steel mill left in the city, and you have to go pretty far out to get to any- we're talking into the rural areas. I've never seen a steel mill, and i'm 25 and my law practice revolves strongly involves them.
He calls the skyline dark and forbidding. Forbidding could be loosely interpreted, but dark? Hardly.
He says that on the way to his hotel he saw a guy standding on a busy street corner, wearing a halter-top dress holding a sign that said "I BET AGAINST THE STEELERS." Granted, this did happen and it was all over the news, but it was no where near the city, and there's no way he could have seen it as it took place about 20 miles from the city, no where near the route he would've taken to get between the airport and his hotel.
Again, I understand a little trash talk or if the criticisms were legit. But to say things that are blatantly false? I'm sure our tourism bureau and politicians will be up in arms about this.
Trash talk journalism gone too far? Pittsburgher & Denver fans may want to see this!
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