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Sideline reporter gave fake news

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HanSenSE, Nov 16, 2023.

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  1. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    I did notice on Twitter that Jamele Hill is somehow finding a racial angle to this. I like her and her writing, but she is all about the same thing.
     
    Webster, Nov 17, 2023
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  2. Dog8Cats

    Dog8Cats Well-Known Member

    I think @KVV nailed my disbelief best in his tweet: "Rolling the dice that your employer won’t fire you from your $700k a year gig so you can seem funny and cool on a podcast ... ."

    Doesn't Thompson realize that she has enough (had enough?) going for her already that she doesn't need to feel a part of whatever cool-kids club she was trying to gain entry to?
     
    Dog8Cats, Nov 18, 2023
    #74
  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    It would be a decent movie - similar to The Slugger's Wife - player meets media person - they fall in love, idiot producer moves media person to some other sport/job - player starts to go on a slump - since the cable outlet is partly owned by the team, they bring back the media person and they all lived happily ever after.
     
    DanOregon, Nov 18, 2023
    #75
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    She who doesn’t know how to ask the UNLV football coach the only question viewers would’ve cared about in the moment. But hey, race.
     
    Songbird, Nov 18, 2023
    #76
  5. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Except that too many times coaches/politicians will say "I never said that" when they DID say that. So I never believe them when they go there anyway.
     
    BTExpress, Nov 18, 2023
    #77
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  6. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I'd be stunned if she gets fired. I'd love to be wrong, but a lot of public opinion on social media thinks it's no big deal (also not stunning given the lack of respect for our profession) or they miss the point by going on the tired rants against sideline reporters. Maybe her employers will be OK with that half-hearted mea culpa. Or it would be awesome if this is the last year of her contract and she isn't renewed.
     
    playthrough, Nov 18, 2023
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  7. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Wasn't there some shit with Heidi Whatney and Jason Varitek that blew up into a fight in the clubhouse?
     
    Huggy, Nov 18, 2023
    #79
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  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Did it bring in more eardrums? Yes? Then she/they won.
     
    Songbird, Nov 18, 2023
    #80
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Nov 18, 2023
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  10. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    Not sure, but that would track correctly with the end of their timelines in Boston, when it was a shitstorm to end all shitstorms for the Red Sox.

    There was at least one other player from that era reliably linked to Heidi.
     
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo, Nov 18, 2023
    #82
  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    2muchcoffeeman, Nov 18, 2023
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  12. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Hampus Lindholm and Ashley Brewer were a very visible couple. And it was crazy that she kept mispronouncing the names of the Swedes when she was reading the news.

    And don't forget, in Mr. 3,000, Bernie Mack was banging ESPN reporter Angela Bassett.
     
    ChrisLong, Nov 18, 2023
    #84
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