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Chuck Klosterman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2297 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Sure, that's true. But what I'm saying more like is, okay, so I asked you this question, I could have asked myself this, because I've had profiles written about me too. And I would say, if somebody asked me, what percentage of those stories had something wrong in them, I would say probably, it feels like 100%, right? Feels like 100% to me.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Sure, that's true. But what I'm saying more like is, okay, so I asked you this question, I could have asked myself this, because I've had profiles written about me too. And I would say, if somebody asked me, what percentage of those stories had something wrong in them, I would say probably, it feels like 100%, right? Feels like 100% to me.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

But there's always been something in there that was either, that was like, if nothing else, like a misinterpretation of what I meant. Like they used a quote of mine and they quoted me accurately, but that wasn't really what I meant. So I think to myself then, so let's say I had control over that profile. Let's say that the writer had to send me the piece and I got to fix these.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

But there's always been something in there that was either, that was like, if nothing else, like a misinterpretation of what I meant. Like they used a quote of mine and they quoted me accurately, but that wasn't really what I meant. So I think to myself then, so let's say I had control over that profile. Let's say that the writer had to send me the piece and I got to fix these.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

But there's always been something in there that was either, that was like, if nothing else, like a misinterpretation of what I meant. Like they used a quote of mine and they quoted me accurately, but that wasn't really what I meant. So I think to myself then, so let's say I had control over that profile. Let's say that the writer had to send me the piece and I got to fix these.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Yes. I will say like, you know, because sometimes, you know, younger writers will do that sometimes. But I think to myself, it's like, so would that, that would better reflect what I actually meant. If someone is reading this story, you would think that what they would want from it is to know

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Yes. I will say like, you know, because sometimes, you know, younger writers will do that sometimes. But I think to myself, it's like, so would that, that would better reflect what I actually meant. If someone is reading this story, you would think that what they would want from it is to know

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Yes. I will say like, you know, because sometimes, you know, younger writers will do that sometimes. But I think to myself, it's like, so would that, that would better reflect what I actually meant. If someone is reading this story, you would think that what they would want from it is to know

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?