Where Are They Now? Josh Anthon

[CaptainAnhyzer]

http://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2016/06/02/now-josh-anthon/

 

[Halcón]

This writer is MTL, right?

 

[Halcón]

Not sure who MTL is.

He is a former member here who made some pretty legendary threads. His goodbye thread was most memorable.

 

[@iDiscGolf]

What's discgolf.uliworld? Paul's new website?

 

[onemilemore]

This writer is MTL, right?

It is, and he is a damn good feature writer.

What's discgolf.uliworld? Paul's new website?

Lulz. :clap:

 

[Atvizory2000]

Is Josh still in prison? Does he play disc golf anymore?

 

[LukeButch]

He is a former member here who made some pretty legendary threads. His goodbye thread was most memorable.

he had already achieved legendary status on the PDGA Discussion board over 10 years ago.

 

[Um...]

Is Josh still in prison? Does he play disc golf anymore?

Read the article. :doh:

 

[unclemercy]

im glad for josh

 

[THUGNIFICENT763]

Props to him for using jail as a chance to better himself.

 

[cheese dog]

I read all of the articles on Josh Anton last year, Still on the fence about the guy .

 

[corin_brown]

I wonder what the victim's family thinks about JA getting a free, open, uncritical channel with which to rehab his image? I'm hoping the writer at least tried to give them a chance to respond, even if it was only to deliver a "no comment." Not doing so would be journalism malpractice.

 

[Kodachrome]

I wonder what the victim's family thinks about JA getting a free, open, uncritical channel with which to rehab his image? I'm hoping the writer at least tried to give them a chance to respond, even if it was only to deliver a "no comment." Not doing so would be journalism malpractice.

...

come again?

 

[corin_brown]

...

come again?

Yeah, I wonder if the writer simply asked his victim's family how they're doing. You know, like any credible journalist would.

 

[AndyJB]

Well-written article that I felt was very fair-handed.
However, I have no interest in Josh Anthon until his sentence is complete. People make mistakes, but that doesn't mean they don't have to pay for them. When he does his time, we'll see how he carries on from there.

 

[onemilemore]

Yeah, I wonder if the writer simply asked his victim's family how they're doing. You know, like any credible journalist would.

For the sake of transparency, I'll chime in on this. He considered it, but preferred to let them be due to sensitivity of the issue. Even if he had tried, I am not sure how he would have been able to contact them other than hounding them on Facebook, which isn't ideal.

I understand how some people might have wanted to see that part addressed, but I don't think that limits his credibility. The breadth of sourcing is otherwise strong.

 

[pauldst]

http://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2016/06/02/now-josh-anthon/

Good story

 

[Stable]

Could be an epic story if he's able to come back and make a big splash in the game again.

 

[Halcón]

That's a very positive story about Anthon. It sounds like he's a new man, and will be a much better person when he's released in a couple years.

 

[JTacoma03]

Yeah, I wonder if the writer simply asked his victim's family how they're doing. You know, like any credible journalist would.

On a disc golf website, with an article geared towards disc golfers, you would include a section on the victim's family?

How exactly do you imagine that conversation going?

"Uh, Hi, yeah I'm doing an article on that guy who pleaded no contest to killing your (insert relation) a couple of years ago. It's really about letting his disc golf fans know how he's doing - care to comment?"


Absurd.