'Did an intern fill in today?' Mother Jones aims for 'damn dumbest' Michael Sam headline

Posted at 8:06 pm on August 30, 2014 by Sarah D.

“Real journalism” doesn’t take a break over a holiday weekend, as evidenced by this offering from Mother Jones:

Michael Sam, Who Is Better At Football Than You Will Ever Be At Anything, Has Been Cut By the Rams http://t.co/4epZi8Qad4
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 30, 2014

Mmmmkay.

.@MotherJones & @BenDreyfuss think this headline is clever & deep, neither of which is true: http://t.co/M3pm83ejFn #KruiserFeelings
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) August 30, 2014

This isn't helpful. RT @MotherJones: Michael Sam, Who Is Better At Football Than You Will Ever Be At Anything, Has Been Cut By the Rams
— Tommy (@FirstTeamTommy) August 30, 2014

Huh? Is this supposed to make sense?MT "@MotherJones: Michael Sam, Who Is Better At Football Than You Will Ever Be At Anything, Has Been Cut
— LittleMissRightie (@LilMissRightie) August 30, 2014

That’s a bold statement tho. RT @MotherJones Michael Sam, Who Is Better At Football Than You Will Ever Be At Anything, Has Been Cut…
— Rex In Effect (@RexHarrisonsHat) August 30, 2014

.@MotherJones That certainly applies to the writer of that title. That's the damn dumbest thing I've read in a long time.
— Jill (@ItsJustJill) August 30, 2014

@MotherJones did an intern fill in today?
— kelly ransford (@kellyransford) August 30, 2014

Pretty sure even Michael Sam would think this is idiotic… https://t.co/ygEKFo13sV
— Kimberly C (@conkc2) August 30, 2014

https://twitter.com/McCarthyKnew/status/505852283192893440

"Okay then."-Every successful individual in history.https://t.co/9oB1yR5AVS
— E. Myers (@EvanDMyers) August 30, 2014

Yep. Whatevs, MoJo. Speak for yourselves.

@MotherJones @bendreyfuss Not really man. I'm one of the best at my job in the country.
— EducatédHillbilly (@RobProvince) August 30, 2014

.@T3H_ARCH3R @TacoFetus @MotherJones I bet I am better at a lot of things than Sam is at football
— Not you (yay me!) (@LittleSlav) August 30, 2014

On the other hand:

.@T3H_ARCH3R @TacoFetus @MotherJones but he is better at football than O is at being president. Gotta give him that.
— Not you (yay me!) (@LittleSlav) August 30, 2014

Truth. Not to mention:

That said, having watched @MichaelSamNFL and read @MotherJones, I can report Sam is better at football than they are at thinking rationally.
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) August 30, 2014

Amen to that.