News: Wednesday, Nov 09, 2011

This article made me want to puch the writer on the face. I don't think all he says is bad or a lie. But there are ways to do it without sounding like a prick.

 

How dare that Beckham not give this a s s h o l e an interview. He is so pissed!!!

I actually love it.

This is the beginning of the end for people like T J Simers.

 

I imagine Leiweke manipulated Simers here. He got what he really wanted, which was a) his team in the paper and b) for Beckham to look like a sympathetic character next to this douchebag.

 

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Here's the original Simers piece if you want to read the comments:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers-20111109,0,2631557.column

 

I couldn't get through it. Any one who makes each sentence it's own paragraph really needs to go back to composition 101. Just unacceptable for some one trying to convey an actual thought. And from a columnist in the LA Times? Wow.

 

It's standard news writing style. Nothing unusual about it, to be honest.

 

I once heard most newspapers are written at an 8th grade reading level. But that was years ago. I often think it's even lower these days ...

 

Actually, I've heard they're written on a 5th/6th grade level. Judging by some of the comments posted under some of the articles......I'd believe it.

 

That Simers article really is a piece of crap from a true windbag. He gets on sports radio down here in San Diego and just trashes everything "San Diego" as much as he can. He's a prick.

At least 90% of the readers in the comments section are calling him out for all the idiocy in that piece.

 

agree.

Everyone should realize that Leiweke is sitting in his office and laughing at SImers over this article. Leiweke acheived everything he wanted: got publicity for MLS cup final, sympathy for Beckham, and forced a soccer piece out of Simers while at the same time making him look like an idiot.

 

I'm glad I read the article at the appropriate place during my morning dump; this guy is completely clueless. The comments hare hilarious; I wonder how
the Editor thought that this pile of crap was publishing worthy.

 

Juninho is pure class and has helped elevate the quality in MLS. I hope he stays with the Galaxy as long as possible. He is one of the reasons the Galaxy have been so good this year.

 

I don't think this "executive shakedown" is what the revs fans were expecting.

 

I take it you are not familiar with Bill Plaschke. Semi-literate blowhards writing one sentence paragraphs are quite common at the LA Times.

 

The one-sentence paragraph is rampant in American newspaper writing, period.