Completely agree; however if you watched 10 minutes of the news you would walk away believing that Lebron funded, paid for an entire school on his own. All things being equal if I gave 10k to fund a school would it be reported that I funded a school?
Yep. Still a pretty cool thing to do.
You're infuriated not because of the content of the article, but because it doesn't fit your narrative.
Who's outraged/biased. Just giving an article that reports a slightly different side of the story than what I have heard on most other news outlets. I would hardly call NBC sports click bait. I do find it interesting while you use words like "bias" and then seem to think you have any idea of what the purpose, my intentions etc. are.
Whatever dude. I love guys like you that think you know a person, their thoughts or intentions by message board posts. I won't jump to conclusions like you are; but I think I get the drift of what you are saying. If that is the case just say what you really mean. Honestly what you think has no bearing on how my day goes or how people who know me think about me.
You, sir, are a treasure.
Nope not a charter, as the article states IPS is a district-owned and administered school. Yes the curriculum is different and a more wholistic curriculum but it's not a charter.
Thank you and I think I even said that. One of the biggest issues in our country is how people read something and then jump to a conclusion they already had forming in their head. Kind of sad when a person can source multiple articles that say the same thing, repeat that it was an awesome gesture multiple times and yet be told they are "bias" or "hating". I think I even said that Lebron didn't tell the media hey make sure you tell everyone I paid for this school. Whatever though it is a message board.
I would argue, using my previous couple posts as evidence, that seemingly every major news source did mention in their reporting that IPS is public and launched as a partnership between LJFF and Akron Public Schools. Not one tried to make it seem like this was all Lebron or not a public school.
I'd love to - and I've got a hair trigger in doing so, no patience for pandering to snowflakes - however having dealt and argued with Ranger for a while in the LR, I don't think his viewpoint is necessarily (or at least entirely) what you're getting at. Sure his thinking is often flawed or baffling (no offense Ranger lol) but I'd suggest there are a number of contributing factors not the least of which are being subject to a lot of one narrative and not enough of the other and maybe a god complex that comes with being some sort of futuristic warfighting cyborg.
No offense taken and there is no way my thinking is flawed. I did think that once but I was mistaken.
Maybe they did and if so I am a possibly maybe incorrect; but surely not. Anyways I admit I only heard bits and pieces from mainly espn sc and some talking heads. I heard funded and thought dang Lebron is funding an entire school; that is amazing. I often take words to their literal meaning. If someone says I will be there at 0900 I expect them to be there at 0900. If I tell or someone says rangernole funded my mortgage my thought is rangernole paid for your house; not just a month of your mortgage. To be clear since some folks read things that aren't written I think what Lebron did is awesome; I think I might have said that before though.
Not so much media bias although I am sure many reporters will go out of their way to present athletes and celebrities in general as good as possible; they need the access. Pretty sure the guy who broke the urbie piece will never get an interview. I just think it is lazy reporting and since so many other news outlets have written about this and highlighted that is a joint partnership; others besides me likely thought what I did. That Lebron funded an entire school.
Is that a challenge because I could write a few posts that would get this place rocking. I just don't want to destroy my perfect record of never being banned.
