Daily Oklahoman writer Jake Trotter showed remarkable focus and determination yesterday - on a par with Pete Rose putting his legal troubles behind him to manage the Cincinnati Reds, or Barry Bonds pursuing the HR record while the size of this head and the allegations of his drug use both increase - and was able to resume writing duties after the tragedy invoked by James W. Conradt, aka Darth Husker. Trotter and the Daily Oklahoman filed suit on Monday as a result of the "harm to the journalistic reputation" (see page 7) of said reporter and the Daily Oklahoman.
Trotter published an article on the newsok.com web site yesterday where a simulated season was played out om EA Sports NCAA 09 college football game and OU was proclaimed champion. He also participated in a video game against the Boone State beat reporter for the paper.
There is some debate as to what causes more "harm to the journalistic reputation" a) internet satire, mean spirited as it may be; b) or playing video game contests between beat writers and publishing the results. I would even argue that Berry Tramel's video tirade, proclaiming message boards the equivalent of porn sites, to be a greater harm to the journalistic reputation of the newspaper.
Trotter, presumably exhausted from these events, was unable to cover Jenna Plumlee's arrest for allegedly stealing cosmetics from Wal-Mart. Why wouldn't Jenna just join Carol Stoop's Mary Kay pyramid. Surely she could get some free product in the starter kit?
Finally, if you link to the documents filed in the lawsuit, the entire article that Conradt allegedly posted is there. The fake story also states Manuel Johnson was arrested in June after taking a handgun to an elementary school, and d lineman Alan Davis and Cory Bennett were arrested after "an alleged carjacking incident". I have yet to hear any complaints from Johnson, Davis or Bennett, their families or their lawyers.
I'm done. I have work to do.
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