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You said you doubted he WASNT a victim did you not? Or did I mis-interpret what you said.
Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax
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You said you doubted he WASNT a victim did you not? Or did I mis-interpret what you said.
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This.
It's easier for these people in the media to be the one to say "First" on Twitter rather than to hit the bricks and do some journalism.
The shooting in CT is a prime example on terrible ethics in the journalism world.
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what I was saying is that there are some things that you could look at that could make you think he was just a victim, but if you look at all the evidence, it's pretty overwhelming and I have a hard time believing he wasn't a part of it.
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I think Obama should address this with an executive order. to me this is more pressing than gun control. I think he should make an executive order that states any person representing themselves as a journalist for a media outlet online, must abide by all rules and regulations of that media outlet throughout all forms of media representation. Whether its' in print, online, or on tv, they should have their word held and scrutinized to the same journalist integrity standards.... but I'm not even sure those are there anymore.
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Perhaps this story should be discussed a bit more.
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No kidding, I know someone who used to teach there and she is disgusted at the whole university for just this shit. You try to tell this stuff to a fan and they don't believe it. They think it's just a hate and smear campaign because of jealousy of ND and how much people hate them... no it's not. We hate them so much because of this type of thing. And the fans that thing this way.
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This is not a new story. This story has been told countless times since the advent of Internet chat rooms, fan-fiction forums, dating sites, social media, etc. I know of several people who have engaged with fake people online or have made up stories about their fake partners for a variety of reasons. I spent the better part of a year listening to a co-worker tell me about a woman she met online and her tragic "story" about her boyfriend, named Valentino (don't even try and fool me with that name!) and how he saved her heroically from harm on multiple occasions and then slowly and dramatically died of an undisclosed illness. Then, via the internet, my friend and this woman began a relationship and are now engaged. To this day I have to pretend that this whole fucked up story was true even though I believe my friend knows it was all a lie in those early days. But now she loves this person. It's so bizarre.
People do things because they want attention, are lonely, etc. The continue to perpetrate lies because they like the response they are getting.
Maybe I'm sick because I want to hear more of these stories, but not necessarily about famous athletes. Regular people are pulling this shit or falling for it all the time.
Maybe I'm sick because I understand their motivations.
Maybe we should all just watch Catfish. I really enjoyed that film.
People do things because they want attention, are lonely, etc. The continue to perpetrate lies because they like the response they are getting.
Maybe I'm sick because I want to hear more of these stories, but not necessarily about famous athletes. Regular people are pulling this shit or falling for it all the time.
Maybe I'm sick because I understand their motivations.
Maybe we should all just watch Catfish. I really enjoyed that film.
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The word entitlement is perfect for the culture that surround these type of schools.
My wife's stepfather is a county police officer that works ND games as a side gig. He's pissed off the university in the past by arresting people on the campus due to varying offenses. ND has stated multiple times NOT to arrest anyone. They don't want that stat on their record-- that's why you'll never see the Notre Dame police do anything (Notre Dame is their own zoned city).
If you get too drunk, they will pick you up and take you to a big holding tank on campus until you sober up, or someone can escort you off campus (one of my friends was lucky enough to be held there). You will hardly ever see someone arrested for public intoxication. Walk across Angela/Edison road and SBPD will escort you into their welcome van.
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Oh I know, I've been to enough games to know how it works... that's why it's so much fun to tailgate there in someone else's yard.
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Haha, yeah that's kinda telling. With everything that has happened around Notre Dame the past couple years, they've had a death during a practice because of Kelly's ignorance I believe it was 2 years ago, then over this last year there was a player who had raped a girl who later committed suicide after harassment from people/players on that team (of whom were never named and never reprimanded in any way that's been said, whoever was involved, they all continued playing for the team) and all that kinda gets pushed under the rug, because the football program, unsurprisingly now, is more important to the school than something like rape is (that sounds familiar). And now this which blows the coverage of everything else, and of which it seems Notre Dame and it's fans care about a whole lot more than everything else, a bizarre story with no real consequences other than a player looking like an idiot or just something stupid he kept up for too long and more importantly to these people, putting an embarrassing light on Notre Dame.
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NCAA loves to throw around the lack of institutional control penalties, but ND is untouchable for some reason. It's honestly, it's because they cover most of it up much better. A lot of this stuff unfortunately happens everywhere, only most of the time it's a big deal.
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http://www.chicagotr...0,5077395.story
Chicago Tribune to the rescue!!! where is my white night. Apparently Deadspin is not as thorough as they appear to be becuase all this new evidence is coming out of him just being extremely dumb.
but oh wait... keep reading... and boom.
Chicago Tribune to the rescue!!! where is my white night. Apparently Deadspin is not as thorough as they appear to be becuase all this new evidence is coming out of him just being extremely dumb.
but oh wait... keep reading... and boom.
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The NCAA will not bite the hand that feeds them.
The ND/Alabama game probably generated truckloads of revenue. The only way I see ND getting hurt would be Digger Phelps and Lou Holtz carpet bombing daycares-- then maybe, just maybe there might be a fine. Maybe Austin Carr can fly the plane.
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Nah, ND would blame it on ESPN...
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Did you see C.S.I. (the original Las Vegas version) last night? They did an episode on a news anchor getting murdered. One of the suspects freaked out in front of some cops and CSIs and about 50 news reporter types. You can guess what all the media members behind microphones and cameras were doing while the suspect stabbed himself in the chest.
It was a fictional show playing off of a meme, but I think they did so quite accurately.
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The new out of no where rantings that I am hearing from fans is that he is actually *** and it's an elaborate hoax to keep it secret.... hahahah oh my. I'll hold to my USC theory. It will all eventually point to USC and they will be blamed.
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You do have to kind of question why a virile young man who could probably nail any piece of tail he wants to, would continue on an internet relationship with a girl he never met.
People are starting to widely accept that he was duped and not in on it. I am sorry, the fact that he already lied about shit kills his credibility to me, and the fact the person behind this fake girl was someone he knew.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130117/manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-quotes/
After reading this. No way is Teo just a victim here. This is the most fake story ever. No way it holds up.
After reading this. No way is Teo just a victim here. This is the most fake story ever. No way it holds up.
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At the very least he continued to lie and be deceitful because they have him on record talking about his girlfriend after they have it on record that he was told it was a hoax... so if he knew it was a hoax why would he keep talking about her like it wasn't.
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