To everyone bashing Pokernews

[Cactus Jack]

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PokerNews has done a great job. What are you guys talking about? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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This thread would not have happened last year. Nobody defended Card Player's coverage.

[PITTM]

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How is PN setup to cover the ME? Is it a few roving reporters who do the chip counts and report on the hands and each one uploads their own stories and counts to the main site? Or is there an editor who takes their reports and counts and sends it to the site?


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from what i say at the bay 101 wpt. they have like 5-6 roaming reporters who periodically go back to their laptop to type up an update. i imagine this is done on a much larger scale for the wsop.

[doublejoker]

doesnt CardPlayer generally favor Fulltilt players in their coverage?

[La Brujita]

i haven't read this whole thread but of those complaining how many were at the wsop?

the pokernews guys are working super hard, the conditions are difficult and every single one i have talked to has been super friendly.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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i haven't read this whole thread but of those complaining how many were at the wsop?

the pokernews guys are working super hard, the conditions are difficult and every single one i have talked to has been super friendly.

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the counters are doing a good job, I just think there is a lack of overall strategy at the top. the fact that I still don't know who the final tablists are/where they come from is really poor.

[Dids]

Still pointing out the lack of an editor/proof reader/whatever.

[ESKiMO-SiCKNE5S]

Dids - with live journalism there is always going to be a trade-off between quality of information received and the speed it gets out there. Clearly PN prioritises speed over quality and for me and im sure most others this is exactly how it should be done. small errors that are later fixed are a small price to pay for the fact that we are getting almost live coverage which we wouldnt with an editor....

[Dynasty]

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doesnt CardPlayer generally favor Fulltilt players in their coverage?

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My impression is that they favor their advertisers' players.

[Dids]

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Dids - with live journalism there is always going to be a trade-off between quality of information received and the speed it gets out there.

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Disagree. Strongly.

Accuracy > Speed. Take the time to get it right, we'll understand.

[grdred944]

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Dids - with live journalism there is always going to be a trade-off between quality of information received and the speed it gets out there. Clearly PN prioritises speed over quality and for me and im sure most others this is exactly how it should be done. small errors that are later fixed are a small price to pay for the fact that we are getting almost live coverage which we wouldnt with an editor....

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We are receiving near-real time coverage. Even a small operation like PN can setup workflow processes that include a filter before posting. The editor does not have to blue line items and send them back. Simply correct any obvious errors and post.

ANY publication has a responsibility to ensure quality and accuracy over speed. In this case they can have both and the hit on speed, per update, would literally be measurable in seconds if they had the correct processes in place.

I've been OK with PN's coverage and will parrot those who have said that it is far superior to the crap CP gave us last year. But, they do need to look at how they process information.