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Did ELIE MYSTAL make some major mistakes today?
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:41 AM Author: electric bonkers orchestra pit half-breed Lat is shitting on him big time on facebook/twitter I think...
"is wondering if there is a remedial class in grammar and spelling that he can make a colleague of his attend"
1. We have numerous contributors on the site now; it's really more of a group blog than an individual blog. Not all of us suffer from these problems.
2. These days I'm writing more myself, sometimes three or more posts a day. My prose tends to be relatively clean.... Read More
3. I try to edit the error-prone colleague when I am around. I enjoy cleaning up other people's messes. (See my earlier status update about tidying up public bathrooms.)
Unfortunately, I was offline for most of today, attending my law school reunion. That's when some embarrassing errors were committed (some of them substantive as well as grammatical).
I kind of feel bad for Elie..i bet he resigns soon..I guess he should take more pride in his writing
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:42 AM Author: exhilarant bbw explain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13008751) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:44 AM Author: yellow background story holy shit. lat must be drunk. usually keeps this shit in house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13008766) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:45 AM Author: Saffron vibrant chapel fortuitous meteor Elie Mystal: Lat's keyboard is liable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13008774) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:46 AM Author: Blue tantric sound barrier under good samaritan laws no doubt
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:46 AM Author: yellow background story lulz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13008783) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 3:22 AM Author: stimulating persian hissy fit I believe you mean "held guilty" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13009716) |
Date: October 17th, 2009 12:46 AM Author: yellow background story lat's twitter is pretty entertaining. the little queen has the gift of snark.
http://twitter.com/DavidLat |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 12:54 AM Author: Zombie-like racy resort If true, this thread should have Drudge Sirens!
I hope hope hope this isn't flame - link? |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 1:05 AM Author: electric bonkers orchestra pit half-breed http://twitter.com/DavidLat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13008888) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 1:42 AM Author: Pea-brained milk antidepressant drug Elie posted an email from a Quinn Emanuel partner that a tipster had added to (making the partner look like more of a dick than he was), and also made his usual bouquet of editorial errors. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13009131) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 1:48 AM Author: fragrant nowag gas station DESCRIBE the additions the tipster made (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13009165) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 1:50 AM Author: Pea-brained milk antidepressant drug http://abovethelaw.com/2009/10/quinn_emanuel_wants_associates.php
see comment 52 onward |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 3:05 AM Author: Zombie-like racy resort Specifically - look at comment 98:
Posted by Elie Mystal | Permalink Friday, October 16, 2009 7:17 PM
Thanks to the commenters and tipsters that pointed out the mistake in the original version of the story. As I explain above, it looks like one of our tipsters added their own commentary to Urquhart's email. The version above has been passed off on by the tipsters who pointed out the initial error.
This was an honest mistake, there was no desire to sensationalize on my part. I apologize for the error, thanks again to the QE people who emailed in,
Elie = guy who checks his email after business hours.
What trash Elie is - it's all fine and dandy to get tipster emails - but get confirmation before you blast it to the world on a "legitimate" website. If Lat has any integrity, he'll fire Elie for this.
THATS RIGHT DL - IT'S YOUR WEBSITE. |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 6:13 PM Author: Kink-friendly Maniacal Love Of Her Life Ticket Booth wow MysTTTal is a disaster
I wonder how he stayed employed be Debevoise for so long. makes me think less of the firm |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 6:14 PM Author: fragrant nowag gas station how long was he at DP? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13012976) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 6:15 PM Author: Kink-friendly Maniacal Love Of Her Life Ticket Booth 4 years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13012981) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 6:21 PM Author: Bistre spot holy shit this is real (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13013024) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 7:00 PM Author: Twinkling chest-beating candlestick maker brutal. but that mistake on the quinn post was egregious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13013363) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 8:41 PM Author: Mischievous Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13014187) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:04 PM Author: opaque center juggernaut . . . I think everyone knows who it is.
(And I'm not being passive-aggressive with this status update. I have voiced my displeasure in a series of angry, aggressive-aggressive emails.)
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. . . It isn't just the typos. There is also an issue of perhaps not caring enough to fix them. For example, if you go back into a post to, say, correct a misquoted email, wouldn't you reread the whole post to see what other errors you notice?
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Spelling and grammar can be taught -- but what about perfectionism and anal-retentiveness? How can those values be inculcated? |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:11 PM Author: Contagious Weed Whacker Cuckoldry where are these posted, lat's facebook? twitter seems to be down (and has been all morning) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13018974) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:13 PM Author: opaque center juggernaut yeah his facebook comments (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13018980) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:08 PM Author: 180 property legend it's truly unbelievable how incompetent that fat piece of shit is. he's a walking (waddling) argument against AA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13018967) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:17 PM Author: Ebony Boltzmann Prole he's not that bad. why does everyone give him so much shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13018999) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:17 PM Author: Ebony Boltzmann Prole hi elie! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019000) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 7:22 PM Author: talented bipolar market kitty wait, did you say hi elie! to yourself?
Date: October 18th, 2009 12:17 PM Author: ,,,.,.,
he's not that bad. why does everyone give him so much shit?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13018999)
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:17 PM Author: ,,,.,.,
hi elie!
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019000)
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Date: October 20th, 2009 7:26 PM Author: opaque center juggernaut Someone forgot to change monikers lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13039961) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:18 PM Author: fragrant nowag gas station i agree with this, lat's being a bitch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019002) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:33 PM Author: Twinkling chest-beating candlestick maker lat is being a bitch, but elie is pretty terrible. the error on this quinn post is almost unforgivable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019076) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:36 PM Author: Motley parlour I'm not sure he's being a bitch. If your job is writing, you shouldn't be fucking up so consistently in your writing. It's as simple as that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019096) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:38 PM Author: Twinkling chest-beating candlestick maker lat totally has the right to chastise elie, i just don't think he should be doing it on his twitter and facebook. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019113) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:40 PM Author: Motley parlour oh, yeah. I'll agree with you about that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019121) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:19 PM Author: 180 property legend "Good Samaritan Liability"
hth |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:27 PM Author: Contagious Weed Whacker Cuckoldry He's not awful, but there's a steady stream of small mistakes (grammar, spelling) that were never present when Lat was around. Then there are the massive errors, like "good samaritan liability" as pointed out above, which are unforgivable. He's also a blatant shill for Obama and anything/everything "left," while Lat was slightly more nuanced in his support for hillary and the FedSoc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019053) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:36 PM Author: Motley parlour oh yeah lol that good samaritan thing was fucking terrible. I couldve pwnd him on that after a few weeks of 1L. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019102) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 1:00 PM Author: Puce passionate dingle berry id somehow missed that post. my god (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019236) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:44 PM Author: aromatic forum Isn't it great that a megafirm sweatshop refugee like Lat would turn into the very sort of passive-aggressive, anal-retentive asshole that pushed him out? ROFL.
(btw, Elie deserves it...he's awful) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 12:47 PM Author: mewling sanctuary what was the error in the quinn post? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019168) |
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Date: October 18th, 2009 2:14 PM Author: Magical point Lat seems realllly fucking pissed about this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13019864) |
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Date: October 19th, 2009 4:06 PM Author: opaque center juggernaut BREAKING: Looks like Lat took down his Twitter and Facebook rants. Elie must have caught him. LULZ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13029540) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 9:25 AM Author: cobalt elite water buffalo cuck It's only in the legal profession can someone do substandard work for so long, and yet still not get fired or demoted.
I just don't get why he doesn't hire Marin as editor and make Elie just do the fake reader letters. |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 8:13 PM Author: Navy nighttime menage ape LOL @ your first statement. Take a look at anybody in any government or union job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13040359) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 10:19 AM Author: deranged hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13035934) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 11:29 AM Author: deranged hell "is wondering if there is a remedial class in management (or anger management) that he can attend." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13036341) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 11:37 AM Author: Beta boyish windowlicker abode damn so i guess that means he's not going to fire him.
Lat: on the off-chance you're reading this, don't let elie mystal convince you you're being unreasonable. that dude can barely put together a coherent sentence, and now he's making factual errors. he's destroying what you built. fire him, demote him, whatever...just get someone else in there with some actual journalistic instinct and skills. he's in over his head. |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 11:40 AM Author: Light appetizing university Kash and Marin are both much better writers and journalists. Also, Elie's whiny tone about the job market has gotten so irritating. Every single post he somehow connects to the job market for junior-midlevel BIGLAW associates. So annoying.
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Date: October 20th, 2009 11:46 AM Author: Beta boyish windowlicker abode yeah i actually think he's done a great deal of harm to the legal industry...he's in a really powerful spot, and instead of being thoughtful and balanced he just throws out crap, combines news posts with poorly-reasoned editorials, doesn't fact-check (apparently), and has a really narrow, unsophisticated view of the legal industry and ITE. it's like he got a little bit of initial support back in '08 for his posts decrying layoffs, etc. and now every time someone scales back car service or something it's all ZOMG S&C HALF-SKADDENS ASSOCIATES ON TOWNCARS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13036451) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 2:06 PM Author: Light appetizing university Agreed. He even lapses into that shtick in posts tenuously related to ITE and legal employment.
"So the Obama administration won't be going after medical marijuana. But this means laid-off associates can't get jobs representing marijuana dispensaries."
Or some stupid bullshit like that. |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 11:40 AM Author: Spectacular indigo nursing home trust fund Elie doesn't get it. It's a blog but there are journalistic standards because you're fucking around with people's reputations. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13036410) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 1:57 PM Author: deranged hell So, anyone else find it odd that Elie hasn't had a single post today? None since one late last night, shortly before Lat's tirade? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13037520) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 4:27 PM Author: deranged hell ONE FULL DAY WITHOUT ELIE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13038829) |
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Date: October 20th, 2009 8:20 PM Author: spruce low-t mediation state Marin should be EIC. she's much funnier. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#13040418) |
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Date: July 14th, 2011 4:06 PM Author: Vigorous Dark Whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112962&forum_id=2#18505195) |
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Date: July 14th, 2011 4:09 PM Author: razzle peach dysfunction look at all these faggots actually caring about this shit lol
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