Jim Gray: Hypocrite

I don't understand why everything thread about some big-time reporter becomes a bitch session on why everyone hates him. Why does it matter? The mark of a good reporter isn't how many people like him. It's how many stories he breaks and how accurate he is.
Obviously, Gray botched this one, but he certainly is one of the few respected TV reporters around, I think.
Reporters who have great access, great contacts, and generally kick everyones ass usually aren't loved, right?

 

Moland - My point is that Jim Gray trying to avoid talking about it - pledging that he just wanted to move on, yada, yada, yada, is a stance that a reporter should never, ever, ever take. Considering what we do, you screw up, you sit there and you answer every goddamn question about it, particularly if you're a guy who made his name badgering someone on national television.

 

yay! another jim gray sucks thread! /sarcasm

pringle, you're right. far too many reporters and editors plead the fifth (figuratively) when media reporters expose them. it's bush league, immature and pathetic. but it doesn't seem like it'll ever change.

 

I know some people sound a little different on the phone, but wouldn't he have recognized Iverson's voice? Or did the guy on the other end do that good a job impersonating AI?

 

Pringle: That, I agree with. If I were him, I'd take every interview request.

 

Jim Gray just ass-kissed Jay Z during the Nets-Cavs game on ESPN.

 

I remember shortly after the 1996 Olympic park bombings in Atlanta it was Gray who asked some law enforcement official if another bomb was going to go off. Huh?

 

Did he ask Allen if Pete Rose bet on baseball?

 

YOU F@#$ him.
I would NOT F@#$ him.
Not my type.

 

Why wouldn't you. It's obvious he swallows and takes it in the ass.. wait. It's Bill, not Boots... my bad.

 

Good one Slapster ... it would appear to be true for both Jim Gray and Boots.

 

But apparently got completely ignored by Beyonce, despite asking her questions, if this report is to be believed:

http://www.the411online.com/news/12210601.html

"Shrugging off an opportunity for free publicity for her new movie, Beyonce looked the other direction as Jim Gray tried and failed to interview her..."