PFT Commenter

PFT Commenter (alternatively spelled PFTCommenter or Pro Football Talk Commenter) is a pseudonymous and satirical sportswriter who covers the National Football League for online publications including Kissing Suzy Kolber, SBNation, Football Savages, and his own site, StrongTakes.com, as well as on Twitter. PFT Commenter, whose name references Profootballtalk.com, mimics the "macho posturing and racism",[1] or "hot takes",[2] in the website's comment sections.

His writing style is characterized by "didactic misspelling, erratic punctuation, barely veiled racism, not-quite-latent homophobia, conspiratorial anxiety, and arrogant disdain for critical thought" and the character is "dumb on purpose",[3] earning a comparison to the Stephen Colbert character on The Colbert Report[1] with his ability to "undermine the league’s resident apologists and party-liners."[3] PFT Commenter often overpraises white players for their blue-collar attitudes, criticizes black players for being selfish and overrated, and “eagerly takes the truth-y NFL party line on every possible issue”.[1] In response to criticisms of his poor spelling, he wrote, "Im on record that I dont care about spelling, I care about TELLING."[2]

PFT Commenter began as a commenter on ProFootballTalk.com[4] before starting the @PFTCommenter Twitter account in 2012 and eventually becoming a contributor for SBNation, Kissing Suzy Kolber and Football Savages.[2]

PFT Commenter has also written a self-published[2] e-book, Goodell vs. Obama: The Battle for the Future of the NFL, which imagines a dystopian future in which President Barack Obama attempts to turn the Dallas Cowboys into a soccer team in Kenya, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fights him in a boxing match to stop him.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mathis-Lilley, Ben (September 15, 2015). "PFTCommenter: What Stephen Colbert is to dumb, infuriating politicians, this anonymous Twitter user is to the dumb, infuriating NFL.". Slate. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hoffberger, Chase (May 24, 2014). "Football's funniest Twitter parody has an ebook you should be reading". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lohmar, Jim (October 13, 2014). "Grit, Grammar And Road-Grading: A Conversation With PFT Commenter". The Classical. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  4. ↑ Cavanaugh, Pete (June 30, 2014). "A Hard-Hitting, No Nonsense Interview with PFT Commenter". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  5. ↑ Borcast, Matt (June 3, 2014). "The Triangle Sports Book Club: PFT Commenter’s ‘Goodell vs. Obama: The Battle for the Future of the NFL’". Grantland. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

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