You’ve heard of the “Razzies,” right?
Officially, they’re known as the “Golden Raspberry Awards,” and they’re awarded each year (the day before the Oscars, in fact) in honor of Hollywood’s worst actors, actresses and movies.
On Wednesday, readers of The (Columbia, S.C.) Free Times may have unofficially christened a new set of awards – the “Nimrazzies” (after S.C. Gov. Nimrata Randhawa Haley).
Haley was “honored” by Free Times readers in numerous “Best of Columbia, S.C.” categories – capturing awards for “Best Media Hog,” “Scariest Local Politician,” and “Biggest Local Zero.” Readers also picked her election as South Carolina’s “Biggest ‘Our Dumb State’ Moment.”
Ouch …
Oh, and as if all that hardware weren’t enough, Haley also won the award for “Biggest Waste of Public Funds” – marking the first time this “honor” has ever been awarded to an individual.
(To check out all of the Free Times’ reader awards, click here).
While Haley was getting “razzed,” FITS was receiving beaucoup love from the publication.
“No matter how you feel about Will Folks’ in-your-face brand of newsmaking and his occasionally thin sourcing, you can’t deny that he speaks the truth about South Carolina politics,” Free Times‘ reporter Eva Moore wrote in the writers’ picks section of the awards. ” Whether doing his own reporting or giving context to stories from other outlets, he helps drive the discourse.”
Our girl Nancy Mace in Atlanta also received some love for FITS’ aesthetic appeal (which we’d like to point out is something she has in common with our website).
“FITSNews is better designed — more visually appealing (yes, including the naked ladies) and easier to navigate — than any other local media site,” Moore wrote.
FREE TIMES “BEST OF COLUMBIA” AWARDS
FREE TIMES WRITERS’ PICKS
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By Maxwell August 10, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Excellent… Congratulations… Well Deserved… Quite The Honor
By Nikki's Twitter August 10, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Get Excited. I won Best Media. Foxs & Friends with Love. Great News
By Society of Ethical Journalists August 10, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.
Journalists should:
— Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
— Be sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.
— Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance.
— Recognize that private people have a greater right to control information about themselves than do public officials and others who seek power, influence or attention. Only an overriding public need can justify intrusion into anyone’s privacy.
— Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity.
— Be cautious about identifying juvenile suspects or victims of sex crimes.
— Be judicious about naming criminal suspects before the formal filing of charges.
— Balance a criminal suspect’s fair trial rights with the public’s right to be informed.
If Will Folks would abandon his laissez-faire attitude towards certain posters, who hi-jack this site on a daily basis, and implement a few rules this site would gain National prominence. Will Folks, you are the captain of this ship. If you let every galley hand tell you how to trim your sails you will never get out of port. I agree with Maxwell above except for, “Quite the Honor.”
I mean is Free Times patting you on the back the high bar? Their stated opinion is from maybe one local twenty year old reporter. (?) Come on. You need to aim higher. Take control. To many tails wagging this dog. Go for it, my man!
By Rapture August 10, 2011 at 12:47 pm
SEJ, fucking-a, dude…. the crazy posters make this great.
By SEJ August 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm
@Rapture. You can still be crazy, funny, articulate, avant garde, sarcastic, bitchy and insightful and still adhere to the above. Throwing sh*t up against the wall is graffiti. It ain’t posting.
By Michael's strap-on August 10, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Get excited. I will be the best thing ever.
By jimlewis,owb August 10, 2011 at 1:18 pm
“IF Will Folks would abandon his laissez-faire attitude towards certain posters, who hi-jack this site on a daily basis, and implement a few rules this site would gain National prominence.”
Yep, you are dead on Bud. Believe they already have a site like the one you describe. It is called “The State”. Regardless,
Go ahead willie pull the plug on certain posters
Go ahead willie limit the number of posts
Go ahead willie start censoring posts
Go ahead willie have rules
Yes, rules. By God how can we function without rules. We have got to have rules, more rules. Aren’t you listening Loftis, you dummy. We have to have rules. You just can’t blurt out whatever. We have to have rules. So people ain’t gettin paid big deal. You just can’t walk in here and say what you want. We have to have rules. Rules I say. We are not going to be adding agenda items just because, just because someone isn’t getting paid. Why, my expense reimbursements for my trips to Paris and New York are overdue by three days. Three days, are you listening to me Loftis? You big dummy. Three days and you don’t see me jumping up and down throwing a hissy fit. We have to have rules. I won’t stand for it. I am the Governor. I am in charge and I just won’t stand for it, just because.
Go ahead willie, be like the Gypsy Queen. I double dog dare you to buy into sej’s dribble.
Within a month your willie won’t be a cucumber it will be a fucking pickle.
By Rijiv August 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Ah yes, OWB, Haley ruled on Loftis…spanked his monkey in front of friends.
By Prince Poppycock August 10, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Get Excited. The SEJ has decided to mentor Sic Willie through the rough patches. Now that he is a journalist award winner and all that !
By Danny L. August 10, 2011 at 1:45 pm
The world is your oyster especially when you view it through the glare of a neon Amber Bock sign and your bar stool throne at Fat Buddy’s 2. OWB, you are no bigger than the things that annoy you. OWB, did I notice your mug trembling when you attempted to down your Amber Bock?
You are starting to shake like a chihuahua trying to pass a razor blade. Calm down. Take another drag from your nicotine stained fingers.
You ain’t got nothing to worry about. Will Folks has got his pedal to the metal and he isn’t about to let off. Let the good times roll. Will Folks needs old foul mouth farts like you to make fun of Nikki’s body parts and his other posters to ridicule dead US soldiers.
Your wife puts your balls in a jar by your front door every night when you get in from happy hour. When she goes to bed your sweet release is FitNews. Keep up the good work and tell all the floozies at F.B. II I said hello. Also, iF U C Kay tell her I said hello, too.
By FoxsNews August 10, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Congratulations Nikki, on your one journalistic award, one political award, and two awards based on state-wide recognition of non-performance.
By Observer August 10, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Ah, Danny, you’re bitching at a screwed cartoon character….chilax, man.
By The Coincidence August 10, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Dan -”make fun of Nikki’s body parts” her two front teeth and bubble butt?
By Nikki's Twitter August 10, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Get Excited. I won the most awards. Great for me, SC, and America.
By Nikki's Facebook August 10, 2011 at 2:36 pm
“Gov. Nikki Haley recognizes BE&K/Turner for 4 million safe hours… What a great achievement for South Carolina!”
Maybe for BE&K/Turner, how is that a SC achievement? SEJ, is that the type of throwing shit up against wall you were talking about? It’s like Walmart inventory inefficiencies being a SC failure?
Dizzy dimwit.
By Danny L. August 10, 2011 at 6:36 pm
@Observer. Thanks for pointing out the “screwed cartoon character.” I understand now. He’s like an impaled Square Bob Sponge Pants kinda’ guy? Its all starting to make sense now. I be chilling and relaxing…
By James August 10, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Haley wins “Best to Make you Puke” award.
By Fred August 10, 2011 at 9:31 pm
hopefully Sheheen won the most likely to beat Haley out of office award!
I’d vote for him
fred
By That Boz Guy @ The Beach August 10, 2011 at 10:17 pm
SEJ, you are in SERIOUS need of some anal lube. Loosen things up so you can pull your head out.
By BeefCake's Tongue August 11, 2011 at 8:08 am
Nice awards, Nikki. Glad to see you have everybody’s respect and admiration.
By Toby K August 11, 2011 at 11:41 am
@Boz. Boz if you plan on running for office you are going to have to clean your act up. You can’t go around sounding like the other sh*t slingers here at Fits. Show some class, dude. You can only get so many votes if you sound like you just stepped out of the Beaver Bar in Murrells Inlet.
By That Boz Guy @ The Beach August 11, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Toby K,
But I DID just step out of the Beaver Bar, and may step back into it again before the day is over. (I barely drink, but I like that place a lot, and I like the people that own and run it. I suck back a lot of water, coffee, ginger ale and cranberry juice.)
I am who I am, I say what I say, and I do what I do.
Think about what your are saying. If I “clean up my act” now, there is still tons of posts on here and elsewhere that they would dig up to use against me. It would only prove that I’d chosen to be the typical phony, hypocritical pol. We have enough of those already.
The truth is, I have far less to hide than the criminals who are in office now, at every level in the state. A shitload of them are running. They have extremely deep pockets funding them, to buy dirty tricks from scum-sucking low-lifes like Walter Whetsel and his boy Green. I don’t. I just have guts, grit, humor, passion, determination and some writing and computer skills. And the dirtiest trick I know is to tell the truth about people like Viers, Clemmons, etc.
I would likely not win in any case. Maybe I’d seriously run to win, but in any case for many people I’d be a “protest candidate”. Maybe I’d run just for the platform, and raise as much hell as possible. Maybe I would end up dropping out and supporting Mande Wilkes, currently the only one in the race not in deep with the crony cabal down here, if someone on the right side of the issues and more qualified to serve than either of us does not emerge. So what? It’s legal, and it can be effective.
But I’m not kissing Mande’s lovely ass either. I like her and admire her spirit, but I’m nobody’s boy. I may take her on, too, just to keep it interesting, before I fold and turn the stage over to her (IF it plays out that way).
Yep .. you read it here first: I’m not askeered to take on Mande.
We can debate the issues, we clearly don’t agree on everything. I think she’s far smarter than people give her credit for, she’s definitely fiesty, and that would be fun. Maybe we could debate over just how crooked the other candidates are.
Metaphorically speaking, of course, I’m saying that I’ll put my substantial man-boobs up against her big fine girlie ones any day of the week!
- Boz Martin
bozthebuzzman@gmail.com — email AND PayPal, FYI.
By Toby K August 12, 2011 at 7:34 pm
A lot better Boz. I’ll give you an A- on the above post. I think you have what it takes and you certainly have my support. (whatever that’s worth) I’ll shoot you a couple greenbacks here shortly.
You have to appeal to a lot of different people to win their votes. Sorry, but that’s the game. When you are out kissing babies and you come across a really ugly rug rat you can’t say, “I’ll be goddamned, did you wear this one out with an ugly stick?”
You have to suck it up and put on a grin and say, “that is one healthy baby you got there, mam.” A little polish and you’ll put this one in the bag, Boz. I’m counting on you big guy!
By That Boz Guy @ The Beach August 12, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Oh, hell, Toby, I can put on a suit and talk real nice. My public speaking skills are top-notch, and even though I cuss like a sailor in my standup act and emceeing burly shows, I know that won’t fly when I’m out on the stump.
It’s just that all my posts to FITS that are down and dirty are out there. I won’t ask for them to be pulled and wouldn’t expect Will to do that anyway. They are what they are. And they will be used against me, sure.
Thing is, is that really what matters?
I have a kajillion cousins out there in the counties of Horry and Georgetown, many in the boonies. And they have lots of friends. Not saying I can win just on relatives (and most of them are distant), just that the doings of these pols are HATED by most out there in the small towns and in the country.
Many of them are hurting as a direct result of actions taken by our “leaders” here and our legislators. They don’t give a damn about party label, or about me posting all nice and pretty here. They want jobs, and they want to turn these crooked assholes OUT!
Thanks for your support.
email/PayPal me: bozthebuzzman@gmail.com