It’s one thing when some fluff piece, re-written press release makes its way around the poker press but when you keep seeing it pop up over and over again you have to wonder how damn slow is the poker news biz these days. Case in point is a press release / news article that PKR …
I know it may be hard for some of you to imagine but I’ve made a few mistakes. I’ll pause for a moment to allow some of you to come to grips with that or phone your therapist and work out what that means for you but I’ve said it and it’s out there. Are …
Now, it might seem like I’m being harsh on poker journalism these days but I’m really not trying to pick on anyone. However, sometimes you see something and you’re like WTF!?!? Case in point is Gambling911. It’s not like the site has ever been known for its rigorous journalistic vetting of stories. Nobody is ever …
Recently Pokerati Dan posted the following on Twitter: @Pokerati: the (temporary) lack of inspiration and passion in poker media’s coverage of late (guilty) makes me giggle. His Tweet struck me because I have long been on the verge of writing something about my disappointment every year with the WSOP coverage. Once a year every poker …
I ran across this on Bluff Magazine’s Europe site: I could understand if they used a headline saying that someone was offering to pay Obama’s way into the WSOP main event but to imply this is even realistic is pretty sensationalistic journalism. Since when did Bluff Magazine become Gambling911?