Journalistic Kapow

When you nail a fictional author who wrote with high fantasy tropes and gets celebrated but the one who gets shunned gets pissed on for writing something much harder in the same era. It's the thing that would invoke a flamewar. Kealan Patrick Burke and Christine Morgan had been the subject of the journalistic kapow, the more hardcore term is getting freight-trained.

Author Kealan Patrick Burke flies off the handle when he was delivered a journalistic kapow from an author who appeared on a defunct e-zine he also appeared on two years later. A known fanfiction.net writer of 100 fanfics celebrates him. While the author who gets urinated on wrote a true crime piece that played up like The Tell-Tale Heart with stronger language as it was introduced on AuthorsDen, ThoughtCafe and FictionPress a year later. "Why don't you ask Bram the Talking Wonder Dog about The Cabbie Homicide."

by illinoishorrorman February 10, 2018

Bored Journalist Syndrome

affliction causing Beltway stenographers to pine for return of Casino Mobster

At a recent White House Press Briefing, journalists whined to Karine Jean-Pierre about not having enough pizazz, bells and whistles to keep their attention and on reporter said "but trump used to come in to talk to us!" those dickbags have Bored Journalist Syndrome and need to take up a fucking hobby if they miss the fascist so much.

by Uncle Joosie July 9, 2024

January 6th journalists

I'm technically one of those...

Hym "Oh? They're coming for the January 6th journalists? I wonder if they'll come for me... Welp... I guess if the social media cowards won't provide a challenge the federal government will have to suffice... WHO HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO FREE BATTLE BEAST!?"

by Hym Iam December 23, 2023

Wiki-journalist

A lazy journalist who does research by doing a quick scan of Wikipedia.

That idiot was a wiki-journalist, he knew nothing about me or my work.

by Dogbiscuits4humans January 9, 2019

Journalist

Why go to a journalist rather than the police?

Hym "Because a journalist wouldn't be encumbered by a case-load that may limit the amount of time they can spend on a case. They aren't subject to laws in the same way that a state-sponsored investigative body would be. They may have resources the police might not. Easier for them to do undercover work. The reasons are legion."

by Hym Iam September 19, 2023