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The new full headline reads: "Kumail Nanjiani opens up about his wife Emily V. Gordon’s illness, which inspired them to write ‘The Big Sick’"
Jan 10, 2018 6:09 PM
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The new full headline reads: "Kumail Nanjiani opens up about his wife Emily V. Gordon’s illness, which inspired them to write ‘The Big Sick’"
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foriambill
Excellent movie. this just adds to it.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
The Washington Post has restored my faith in the press, and is like three-fiddy a month for a digital sub for Prime members. Good Shit.
NiCk1e
Proceeds to text "lol jk! Someone stole my phone! I was possessed by demons ...LOLLLLL"
effigyoma
I've worked in news, as so long as you're not a dick about it I'll always make adjustments like that.
alanivar75
Poaitive post? No possibel dissenters? Upvotes all around!
songsinthekeyofheck
Fuck. Could comoanies please start following this sort of goodness? we'd all feel a little better about everything in the world, eh?
iflushednemo
That was one of the worst movies ever
shahbrahdaman
Wow! Journalists who actually listened to another person?
ScottishPower
Why did he want them to change the headline?
BreadyStinellis
Because she co-wrote it and got no credit for it in the headline.
ScottishPower
I understand now thanks
Kilsim1v
WE LOST LIKE 7 OF OUR BEST GUYS!
Kilsim1v
Literally the hardest I laughed in 2017
DOWNVOTEALLEMOJIS
I’m confused how this is a win? I thought he was asking for her to be named as a writer, not just put her name in the title?
DontAskMeAboutTheDeadKidsInMyTrunk
I'm just glad Gilfoyle didn't ruin anything this time.
yepthatguy
Meanwhile the NYT is all like
Sionas
He's awesome, loved the big sick, can't wait to see more from him!
Beshuu
I read it in his voice. Normally only happens with Arnold.
SerDire
“That's not our logo, is it? It looks like a guy sucking a dick, and had another dick tucked behind his ear for later. Like a snack dick.”
iSoulend
kinda sounds like his wife is named Emily V. and has Gordon's illness, maybe add a comma or something
omegaentity
I initially read it as 'Emily v Gordon', like a court case.
SectsDryve
Prismo makes the best pickles.
simplestrick
SirBrendan
So apparently the secret to a happy marriage is just acknowledging the work you both put in-- weird.
xanthio
That or comas.
stren
Kumail is on fire on Twitter lately
Roboholic
He seems like a genuinely nice guy, even when he is in character
Samshumanmaid
Seems like a solid dude - would hang out with over beers
uglyshirts
He's Muslm, though, so...you might be doing the actual DRINKING part alone. Totally agreed, though. I dig the dude.
jjflash78
Shoulda changed it to: Emily Gordon's husband opens up about her illness...
Qirish
I'm glad he was polite about it and even complimented them first instead of getting mad and insulting
Skornish
Twitter is the hub for childlike complaints and snarky comments, so this is quite a breath of fresh air.
MayTheTriforceBeWithU
Yeah all the complains and snarky comments make me feel gross. Unlike Fresh Air that makes me feel some Terry Gross.
WowSoSparkly
Yes, we must police our speech to make sure lazy journalists with a mild case of casual misogyny are not uncomfortable.
caramia8
I hear you, but here it isn’t about discomfort. True policing your speech would be staying silent or tempering your opinion. However, 1/2
caramia8
Being polite and civil but maintaining your opinion is not policing your speech. You can’t convince someone if you start off hostile.
TheGreatBlueHeron
He seems like a fairly stable, mature person. We really enjoyed the movie, too.
rindawg
He’s a real class act! Big fan of him and Emily.
Qirish
Same! Their movie was fantastic too!
ShadusMacAoidh
Start out polite. You can always get mean later. It has more impact than starting out raging and then calming down.
HadMeSomeChickens
Well, he seems like a good guy. Good people do that. It's wonderful.
freeelf
Yeah, he must be new on the internet. Or, rather, he is tired of people not being polite, so he wants to change that, starting with himself.
HenryMHoover
Tis a pretty common managment/manipulation tactic, complement then request.. happy people will say yes easier
Grabbsy
If read in his voice, I can see it dripping with sarcasm. That is, if he's bringing out any of his character from Silicon Valley.
MisterPeachum
Yes.
spammer206
I mean if you come from a place if respect it's not hard to educate people. It's when you start from anger that you get a backlash.
LumpWithaLeafHat
It's almost like being polite works as often or more often than being a raging bootyhole.
author365
Amazing but true. I always spend as much time, when I complain, on the politeness as the complaint. Never felt it was wasted time.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
True! When customers are polite and noce I work hard trying to solve whatever the complain is about. Also, I complain in a polite way and >>
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
>> it works just fine.
fiery831
+1 for raging bootyhole
PommedeTerreur
I agree but most of the characters I've seen him play are sarcastic so I had that tone in my head when I read it.
zmbbb
Who would be insulting towards The Post? Oh, right...
TezuNii
Well it seemed more like it was an honest mistake.
ladyjayinator
Honest, sure, but ignorant.
AlkeneThiol
But journalists who make mistakes are nothing but fake news purveyors who should be jailed, sued, and have their licenses revoked. -Trumpy
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azazyel
I'm so glad for his success. I remember when he was just starting out on the Nerdist.
eastmangh
He is a great guy. Graduated from my college, gave a grad speech last year. Grinnell pride!
probablywithmyanimal
The X Files Podcast he did was really great!
DolphinNoise
The X-Files Files. http://www.feralaudio.com/show/x-files-files/
colealexander11
First saw him in Portlandia. He's hilarious.
youngfantom
I think I first saw him as a treacherous janitor on Community
DannyComplains
Same! I used to listen to The Indoor Kids all the time!
Tehadam
He's still a massive nerd; that's not a bad thing tho.
Snooj
I first fell in love with him when he did Prismo.
ToksanAlpha
What a cool character
thesmelge
I got into him with Harmontown. Was sad when he stopped being on it.
MattDude
I just discovered him on Silicon Valley a few months ago. Seems like a good guy and is a pretty decent actor too.
Horsenippleking
His stand up album "beta male" is pretty God damn good.
azazyel
I'm pretty sure he came to LA just do Stand up but ended up doing some acting.
chocolatedashtea
I really liked him in Franklin and Basch, shout out to the other two people who watched it
DeathPro
I LOVE that show, but I rarely see it mentioned.
chocolatedashtea
Because no one watched it ;_;
akita8
yayyyyy i loved it, the old boss and his nephew were the best!
chocolatedashtea
It ended on a bit of a cliffhanger too IIRC
carbzilla
Ah buddy I loved this show.
Highlander8795
Man I wish they’d make more, but that 4th season did suck
chocolatedashtea
Because Kumail had left, someone else too I think
bootboymn
Goodguy Kumail is good
kanodogg
He's an Indian minstrel. Fakes that accent because he has no comedy chops.
DammitIHadSomethingForThis
He's Pakistani
kanodogg
Same shit man, you're splitting hairs, what do you think Pakistan was before the split.
fullofsith
Pakistani Denzel
MattDude
SerDire
I want all the guys from Silicon Valley to make it big! They all seem like good guys, except TJ Miller. He seems like a jerk
barf1189
As a male mid 30s East Asian decent person, seeing/hearing him on screen makes me feel like less of a foreigner in my country, finally.
BloodyKreiger
Just not good at coding, his shit java code
captaingrump
Emily Gordon is fucking cool as hell too.
Bobsbullshit
She is comedy mom, according to the podcasts I listen to
Counterfit
If you watch The Meltdown, she totally is
MrZiddz
He's a funny fucker too!
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
Good on them for actually changing it, too
wooshheeyonnn
why does it say "6th" next to your comment
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
I’m on mobile so I don’t see it. I have no idea.
wooshheeyonnn
now it says 5th - so weird. @sarah ?
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
Ooooh hang on. I think it’s the rank of most upvoted comments? @sarah did I pick it? Am I a detective?
ArentWetheWaggies
Who are these people?
DarkUranium
News reporters.
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
Watch “the big sick” - it was a great movie
AhhhThisStinks
The authors of "The Big Sick"
flavivsaetivs
Yeah. They did the same when someone pointed out Fukushima resulted in no deaths and the Tsunami is what killed the 16,000 they mentioned.
flavivsaetivs
EDIT: That was the NYTimes, whoops. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSz8VGyU0AAu7HW.jpg
AhhhThisStinks
Look at you being like the Washington Post and NYTimes by being all responsive and correcting your error! Kudos!!
flavivsaetivs
Why ya gotta break balls, man?
AhhhThisStinks
I wasn't...I thought the edit was cool
flavivsaetivs
Definitely seems like the Washington Post and NYTimes are responsive to errors in their reporting.
berneigh
Yeah, isn’t it nice when the media acknowledges when it’s fucked up?
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Proudfoots
I mean it technically was not a mistake, theres nothing wrong with their original title, Nanjiani just didnt want his wife percieved as 1/2
Proudfoots
Nothing more than an inspiration. He wanted her named and credited. Which imo the WP deserves even more kudos since they didnt have tochange
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
Every time I get an upvote notification I’m hoping it’s my post but it’s this comment. Then I read the post and get happy again.
bigblackbetty
7 journalists disagree with you
TheHappyHermit
They were at least professional about it & not kinda snarky about it, like the NYTimes https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/950186147707346947
RitzkinNeverCameBack
The media will never acknowledge when it is fucked up. The ball just keeps rolling.
Argurant
Despite it just doing so.
RitzkinNeverCameBack
Yeah, I was joking by pretending I thought "it's" ie "it has" was "it's" ie "it is." No one noticed and I got downvoted so whatever.
Argurant
Ah, my bad.
OverthoughtUnderedited
Agreed, I kneejerked the downvote. Call it fake news triggering. Here's an upvote and a comment in trade.
modularized
I gave you an upvote to compensate.
WannaHaveACatch
I’m fairly certain all reputable news organizations do. Fox, Blaze, and Brightbart aren’t reputable news organizations though.
SomeCrazyNerd
Fox is generalally a bit more credible than Breitbart and the Blaze.
RussianMathNinja
True, although that isn't a very high bar to clear.
Keairan
Eh, fox will do retractions and edits. They just happen to normally be buried about 5 meters down.
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
It’s the owning up to it - oftentimes the error will be amended without any acknowledgment it’s been done. Like deleting a wrong comment (1)
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
In a thread so you don’t look like an asshole (2)
PerhapsAnotherPerspective
To be fair, most of the major, reputable media organizations are pretty good about that too. Eg- the NYT details all changes they make 1/2
PerhapsAnotherPerspective
to a story at the bottom on their online edition, and they include a "corrections" page near the front of the daily paper. 2/2
TheUpdootist
I can confirm: most news organizations do correct the record. Except that admitting you were wrong and fixing it isn't held in high esteem 1
TheUpdootist
Any longer. Perceived wrongs outlast even retractions followed by corrections. 2
Proudfoots
Thats because other news sources (and every online shit rag) report the fuck outta wrong and demonize the source that published it