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"Nor do I have any idea what 'Special to washingtonpost.com' means. Does it mean that this is exclusive to the newspaper's website ? My guess is that in this case it actually describes Mr Shapiro's reduced faculties and no one wants to use a pejorative adjective. Hence the use of the word 'special'."

-- Mark Cuban addressing the idiocy of the Washington Post's Leonard Shapiro.

p.s. Kudos to Cuban for running his own blog. Do you see that Dana White? He's one of us. This billionaire mogul is one of us. Please take note. Thank you.

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Re: Quote of the Day 2
Luke, I'm assuming you saw the recent controversy over Cuban's decision to ban bloggers (and credentialed media members associated with blogs) from the Dallas locker room over "space" issues.  

I like Cuban, but sometimes it seems he's "one of us" only when it suits his needs.

by Morgan Marx on Mar 19, 2008 8:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Quote of the Day 2
Actually, I haven't. Can you link me some info?

by Luke Thomas on Mar 19, 2008 8:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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basically ... the dallas morning news does a blog on their website about the mavs... they have the guy who does the blog credentialed separately from the mavs beat reporter for the DMN.  Cuban said that he felt it was unfair to credential the guy for the DMN but not credential all the other BLoggers out there, so he yanked the DMN blogger credential.  

 i don't have a problem with it.... they are a main stream media outlet that is already credentialed to cover the team.... just have the beat writer do double duty and feed info to the blog. I don't think the paper's blogger should be treated better just because he is associated with the paper.

by robnashville on Mar 19, 2008 9:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/03/cubans-policy-bans-bloggers-from-locker.html

Here's the link, and Cuban's motivation might have been legitimate, but his decision did come after a blogger reported dissent within the team.

by Morgan Marx on Mar 19, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Most bloggers and writers of any kind are idiots, and anytime they write something "worth reading" it's typically something outrageously untrue or some kind of attention grabbing headline that has little bearing on reality.

Hard to find a truly good written article about anything in sports.

by DirtyML on Mar 19, 2008 11:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Quote of the Day 2
Cubes will also respond (himself) to intelligently written emails to him...he's responded to my emails many times...

by hankd on Mar 20, 2008 12:04 AM EDT   0 recs

Re: Quote of the Day 2
Dana posts on the UG(posted this past weekend)...so he's a blogger..

by Tha Realness on Mar 20, 2008 12:13 AM EDT   0 recs

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Someone who posts on a messageboard is catgeorically not a blogger. Running, maintaining and keeping a blog over time is completely different than posting a message or two a year on someone else's website.

by Luke Thomas on Mar 20, 2008 8:23 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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