Has the end come for Examiner.com's stranglehold on content farm journalism and professional pandering? In a recent article by The Boxing Tribune's Tim Harrison, it was revealed that several writers engaged in pay-to-play practices with the mega-powerful and mega-visited Pacland news aggregator (now located at PinoyGreats.com), handing over a percentage of their earnings to … [Read more...]
Pacland and its pay-to-play culture
Future hall of famer Manny Pacquiao is truly worthy of his eventual place in Canastota. His accomplishments in the ring prior to his lightning-fast rise up from junior lightweight all the way up to junior middleweight – well, almost all the way up to junior middleweight – were probably enough to save his place in the hall. It is his fights dating back to his nine-round … [Read more...]
Fear and Loathing in Pacland; Magno’s Monday Rant
Against my better judgment and at the expense of potentially more productive hobbies, I have to admit that I enjoy watching the odd and often frustratingly humorous world of Team Pacquiao. The center of the self-contained Pacland universe, of course, is Manny Pacquiao. Around the Filipino Phenom, though, is an ever-growing mish-mosh of dim-wits, dip-shits, criminals, and … [Read more...]
The Pacquiao Press Corps Wants Your Loose Change; Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to Magno's Monday Rant, the nasty, floating turd in the mainstream boxing media's punchbowl. There are two sure things in the world of big-time boxing reporting-- Daily mustard stains on Dan Rafael's Triple XL blazer and the perpetual tin can rattling of the Pacquiao Press Corps. In case you're blind, deaf, or have a low IQ blocker installed on your internet … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Tuesday Rant
Yes, yes....The Monday Rant is on a Tuesday this week...I offer no apologies. I just wanted a day off. There's not much happening in boxing, anyway...but I'm rested and ready to rant some more...So, let's do this: ______________________________________________________ Rant #1 Last week, I took on the mainstream boxing media and made one especially angry enemy. Writer … [Read more...]