A busy month of January

I'm as busy as a 2L! Whew. So many clubs and activities going on along with job searching, classes.... oh man. So, it's a lame excuse, but it's my excuse for not writing.

An Aside on Jon Heyman

Wow. I am super busy right now and I just wasted over an hour arguing with a guy who refuses to do investigation. He's too involved with reporting baseball to get the facts right, even though he's castigating a guy over his misinformed facts. Here's how it starts... an innocent tweet directed at River Ave. Blues blogger, fellow law student tweeter, and yankee fan Benjamin Kabak.


""@bkabak i noticed somewhere amidst a string of tweets ripping my reporting you erroneously tweeted rep giffords was dead. thats irony

@jmhs thank god for that! i do think its funny he comments on reporters as if he has any knowledge of it. he has zero. & this is exhibit A

@jmhs the story said she critically injured. perhaps he doesn’t know what critically injured means. if thats case, he should go back to hs

@shanabartels it was reported critically injured. it says that in the story he linked to! he obvs doesnt know what critically injured means

someone who has less than hs reading level should not be commenting on my reporting"

-Tweets from Jon Heyman, respected SI baseball reporter.

And that’s just the first barrage. He’s still going on.

Meanwhile, I’ve sent him dozens of tweets, a few of which were answered, but he refuses to accept what I’ve shown him via many links- that it is very likely by a great preponderance of the evidence that the article in question, an NPR article, was likely changed after the fact to reflect updated news and information.

Here’s an article from NPR admitting they corrected their initial erroneous report http://www.npr.org/2011/01/09/.....038;f=1001

Here’s a web post about how the media (NYT, NPR, CNN, FOX, Reuters) all erroneously reported her death, and screenshots of how the NYT changed their article from saying she was killed to saying that she was injured.

http://bit.ly/gE9EEb

Obviously NPR did the exact same thing, but Heyman either knows this but refuses to back down or simply can’t grasp the concept. Heyman could not take the time (apparently) to look at my evidence, but was able to respond, for over an hour, to well wishers and critics alike, including me. As you can see, at first he wants to argue about the article. I sent him dozens of tweets trying to explain what had most likely happened. He then admits that he doesn't know exactly what went down that day but he'll take a look. Clearly he does not. 

Then he changes the topic, saying the issue here is Kabak's attacks on his reporting and questioning of his ethics. I have no opinion on that, nor would I be able to make a judgment on the accurateness of either party. What I am concerned about is the clear mis-information campaign Heyman is pepetrating against Kabak and how he refuses to acknowledge the information I've sent him, many many many times, that exonerates Ben.

@LawStudentDiary i dint know who got the story right or wrong that day. i was probably busy with baseball minutaie.i'll take a look.

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman 

@LawStudentDiary he linked to a story saying she was critically injured.

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman 

@LawStudentDiary he tweeted that she was dead over a story saying shes alive, then corrected a few mins later.

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman 

@LawStudentDiary i fault him for ripping me for months based on ill-informed innuendo, first to me, then behind my back.

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman 

@LawStudentDiary where is your buddy to stand up for himself, studying libel laws?

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman 

@LawStudentDiary i'll castigate him because he repeats ill-informed innuendo, and thinks hes hiding by no longer using my tweet name

Sighhhh. Frustrating. Waste of time. I COULD BE WRITING COVER LETTERS. But, since he's now shifted his focus to Kabak's allegations against him somewhat, hopefully the stuff about the Gifford story has gotten through a little bit.

5 Years Ago

With the new year dawning, I'm closer to being another year older. I found myself feeling nostalgic when I was out and about the hometown over break.

5 years ago I was also feeling sentimental as a senior in his last semester of high school. While it was was very enjoyable to embrace senioritis with open arms, I remember writing on my personal blog of old (way back when everyone had a livejournal) how I felt sad thinking about everyone would be going their separate ways in a matter of months.

Of course, everyone promises to keep in touch, but 5 years later it's interesting to think about who I've actually kept close with and who I've sadly drifted apart from.