Carli Lloyd rips Trentonian
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Actually, if her injury is really worse than reported, then it is a legitimate news headline. She's the reigning FIFA Women’s Player of the Year. Given her stature and notoriety in the sport, and the upcoming focus on the Olympics, that would be newsworthy - certainly far more newsworthy than some other garbage that gets covered. If you are a celebrity, you can't control what the media will say about you.
All of this assumes that her injury is really worse than reported and not a rumor or exaggeration.
-Scarlet Jerry
All of this assumes that her injury is really worse than reported and not a rumor or exaggeration.
-Scarlet Jerry
Notoriety? That's not a word I would ever use when describing Carli Lloyd.
Kind of a no-class move by the reporter.
She was at a soccer event for the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County ahead of the Special Olympics New Jersey opening ceremony.
Even the biggest half wit of a reporter knows that if you show up at a charitable /community event and essentially disregard the event itself and jump on trying to grab some exclusive "scoop" on the athlete making a supportive appearance - - you often justifiably get curtly told to buzz-off.
A smart reporter lets it be clear that they are getting the human interest story - that the cause that the athlete is there to support is going to get the desired coverage ... and then maybe there is some candid chat about the athlete - for a separate piece of coverage.
She was at a soccer event for the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County ahead of the Special Olympics New Jersey opening ceremony.
Even the biggest half wit of a reporter knows that if you show up at a charitable /community event and essentially disregard the event itself and jump on trying to grab some exclusive "scoop" on the athlete making a supportive appearance - - you often justifiably get curtly told to buzz-off.
A smart reporter lets it be clear that they are getting the human interest story - that the cause that the athlete is there to support is going to get the desired coverage ... and then maybe there is some candid chat about the athlete - for a separate piece of coverage.
Rumba,
I agree with you, but infortunately that's not the way news works these days. Reporters try to get clicks and eyeballs, and celebs have to be ready for coverage of anything related to their fame.
-Scarlet Jerry
I agree with you, but infortunately that's not the way news works these days. Reporters try to get clicks and eyeballs, and celebs have to be ready for coverage of anything related to their fame.
-Scarlet Jerry
Ceru00,
I said "notoriety," not "notorious" - I only have the highest respect for Carli.
Notoriety is a "person of note" a famous person. Here is the definition from the American Heritage dictionary:
2. Wide recognition for one's deeds:
celebrity, fame, famousness, popularity, renown, reputation, repute.
-Scarlet Jerry
I said "notoriety," not "notorious" - I only have the highest respect for Carli.
Notoriety is a "person of note" a famous person. Here is the definition from the American Heritage dictionary:
2. Wide recognition for one's deeds:
celebrity, fame, famousness, popularity, renown, reputation, repute.
-Scarlet Jerry
You need to look again. As per the linked article (and the American Heritage dictionary link), which talks about etymology of the word and preferred usage, "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) defines notoriety as the “quality or condition of being notorious; ill fame.” The adjective “notorious,” meanwhile, is defined as 'known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous.'" While usage connotation hasn't always been negative, historically, certainly in modern usage, there is a negative connotation.
http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/10/notoriety.html
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=notoriety
The first definition in Merriam Webster states..."the quality or state of being notorious". They have the same root.
Very few people pay attention to the Trentoninan. By retweeting that article she drew attention to it. It would have passed unnoticed If she would have stayed quiet.
Does anyone really thing Lloyd was NOT the biggest news at that event? Would they have gone to it if she was NOT there?
