FIU doesn't issue Miami Herald beat writer a credential

I'd like to know exactly what the writer did to piss off FIU.

Not that FIU wasn't wrong, but ... what happened?

 

I hope our guy had the express written consent of the TV people because any rebroadcast, reproduction, or other use of the pictures and accounts of the game without....
[Yes, that was sarcasm.]

 

"See that ship over there? They're rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent, not express written consent - or so the legend goes."

 

Either they're worth covering and you do it access or not, or they're not worth covering ... and you don't cover them.

It's really no more difficult than that.

 

They're outside the vision of your cubicle, so how would you know?

 

Don't be snide because you made a questionable point. It's distasteful.

 

That's funny.

But really, everything a paper covers is on an effort/reward scale. FIU is barely worth covering as it is, but it's worth covering. It's just over that line. Make it difficult and it goes under that line.

There is no advantage to the Herald in moving heaven and earth to get a useless game story that includes no stats and no quotes. For The U, they'd be stuck doing that in a situation like this. For FIU, they don't have to.

This goes on at papers all over the country every night. The number of college basketball games that get covered -- because of legacy thinking or good relationships or whatever -- is far far greater than the number of college basketball games that deserve coverage on the basis of readership.

 

If you say so. And if it keeps you from channeling Fartboy.

 

As a matter of principle, I'm supportive of the newspaper's stance on this, but Riptide's question is what I've wanted to know since this began.

With regard to FIU's view of the reporter, this is obviously personal. Something started it, or exacerbated it, or was a final straw. What was it?

If I knew, I wouldn't necessarily be unilaterally supportive.

 

FIU's statement is obviously unclear.

Short of some kind of creepy behavior/sexual harassment, I don't know what he could have done to make them think he should be denied a press pass.

If he did something grossly inappropriate, they should make that clear.

They didn't, so I assume he didn't.

If they just don't like his coverage, they should go fuck themselves, and should never have put out that statement.

 

We have a solution, via the Herald:

Full story: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/02/4323553/fiu-provides-credential-for-miami.html

 

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure that, "We've always done it this way," is a great argument in an era of limited resources.