As Twitchy reported earlier, USA Today wrote an entire story about Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray’s ‘homophobic tweets’ from when he was FIFTEEN YEARS OLD on the very night the young man won the trophy.
We’re not even making this up. What sort of stick-up-his-as* journo would go after a kid for well … being a kid. God forbid if Twitter had existed when this editor was 15 years old. Yikes.
Several people in social media are pissed off at USA Today and the guy who wrote the garbage, Scott Gleeson, and rightfully so.
The tweets are from 6 years ago when the guy was 15-years-old.
If you get outraged over this kind of crap you might want to get a life
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 9, 2018
Truth.
"Oklahoma Athletics did not immediately respond to an inquiry by USA TODAY Sports regarding the tweets late Saturday night."
Seriously? The athletic department did not respond while they were celebrating that their guy won the Heisman trophy?
What a joke. This writer is a clown
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 9, 2018
That’s one word for him.
Look at the way it's worded: "But the Oklahoma quarterback's memorable night also helped resurface social media's memory of several homophobic tweets more than six years old."
If Gleeson found these tweets on his own then this is a dishonest way of framing the article. @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/D3ktsC5qHL
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 9, 2018
Oh, it gets better.
A resume that appears to belong to Scott Gleeson says he's covered LGBT issues in sports, specifically "on homophobia"
There's no problem with this, so why's it relevant?
Gleeson wrote in his report that the tweets just "resurfaced" tonight.
Is this true or did he dig them up? pic.twitter.com/ovnNwkz5zz
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 9, 2018
Full disclosure, this editor did a search on Scott Gleeson’s handle and the word ‘gay’ on Twitter just for sh*ts and giggles and boy howdy, Gleeson spends a lot of time writing about gay athletes and of course, homophobia. So this and his resume beg the question, was Gleeson sitting on these tweets from Kyler waiting to ‘pounce’ with them if and when he won the Heisman?
Who DOES that?
You know what, don’t answer that.
Self-promoting thought police. The worst kind ever…
— Artifical AI (@AiArtifical) December 9, 2018
Today’s journalists (using term loosely) will do “anything” for 15 minutes of attention…Including ruining a life or career.
— Michael G. Hutchings (@DaCustomBuilder) December 9, 2018
It’s clear that he dug them up. His career thrives off generating hit pieces on those who find athletic success.
— Noah Daves (@RealDealDaves27) December 9, 2018
Voice is everything. He "resurfaced" them.
— Natalie_Page (@Natalie_Page) December 9, 2018
Yup.
What a scumbag.
— Super Elite Todd?? (@mmitoptech4) December 9, 2018
‘Nuff said.
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