And here’s a third question: can Barstool maintain its delicate tonal balance indefinitely? If the lowbrow content gets too lowbrow, attracting new readers could prove tricky. Last week, for example, a post at BarstoolSports.com featured a letter on Reynolds’s cover shoot that ran in the Heights, BC’s student paper. The author, a BC alum, argued from a feminist perspective; as an aside, she said she’d once been approached by a modeling scout.
Here’s part of Portnoy’s response: “[S]top lying. A model scout never approached you to do modeling. . . . [A]s an FYI, real model scouts don’t go after ugly chicks and clearly that’s what you are.” Easy there. Back to steak and BJs, please.
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