Royals revoke credentials - UPDATED AGAIN

leo1 · Jun 13, 2006

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jason_whitlock said:

I was in Dallas at the Finals...and I'm having to follow this story over the Internet and cell phone.... I consider this whole affair an indictment on how I run my corners. I'd like to think this wouldn't have happened had I been home and able to meanmug a couple of my working boys (David and Dan Glass)...But that's no excuse.

Here's an example of Rhonda Moss' questions to Glass. This is cut and pasted from someone else. Again, I was in Dallas and didn't hear for myself. But this is consistent with what Rhonda Moss and Bob Fescoe told me was asked.

One question asked, "you said sweeping changes needed to be made, obviously the GM position was a change... so why did you leave Allard Baird twisting instead of hiring an interim GM?"

Good question.

Another question by Rhonda... "Dan, How has your role changed with the hiring on Dayton Moore?"

The other question "In what ways did you support Allard as GM?"

reasonable questions... they should have had a Press conference after Baird was shitcanned.

Man, the Glasses suck asses.

Rhonda Moss is good at annoying people. She continually ask people hard questions the fans want answered. It's her shtick and she's good at it. As a clubhouse interviewer, she's exactly what any radio station would want. Pretty much the same goes for Fescoe. Yes, you can call them both "blowh**ds" but that's fine. They show up to every event and practice. They work hard.

KCSP (Moss' station) is the station I quit last March. I'm not surprised the idiots on air talked about Roethlisberger for an hour rather than one of their own reporters being embroiled in a controversy that is being picked up by the national media. (Rhonda was on the Stephen A. Smith show yesterday and an LA Times story mentioned it.) KCSP is a horrible, horrible radio station with quite possibly the worst instincts in the entertainment industry.

As for why I didn't call for action? Because I'm in Dallas and Miami covering the NBA Finals. I'm praying the Glasses don't back down before the end of the Finals. I can use them to send a message to everybody else that I don't allow this kind of behavior on my corners. But right now I'm embarrassed. This would be a good time for those Herm Edwards-hating New Yorkers to come around and rip me. I'd have no defense.
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i've never in my life heard the phrase 'run my corners' but i can figure out its meaning from the context. in any case, i don't know why people are giving whitlock shit about this. JW, i'm glad you're on top of it and even more glad to hear you won't let the issue die even if you don't get back to KC for a couple of weeks.

YaaySportsRule · Jun 13, 2006

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I'm giving him shit because Jason Whitlock truly, really believes that he owns Kansas City.

His ego has reached disturbing heights. It's amazing.

kingcreole · Jun 13, 2006

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I heard on Kevin Keitzman's show yesterday that Rhonda Moss was caught eavesdropping on a closed-door meeting somewhere at Kauffman Stadium and also that she always makes the interviews she's at seem like exclusives between her and the person/people being interviewed among a group of journalists.

Just for what it's worth.

BYH · Jun 13, 2006

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kingcreole said:

I heard on Kevin Keitzman's show yesterday that Rhonda Moss was caught eavesdropping on a closed-door meeting somewhere at Kauffman Stadium and also that she always makes the interviews she's at seem like exclusives between her and the person/people being interviewed among a group of journalists.
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a.) She's married to Jay Leno?

b.) If every reporter who tried to make a group interview sound exclusive, either in print or on the air, there'd be a lot more press passes yanked.

Moderator1 · Jun 13, 2006

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BitterYoungHack said:

kingcreole said:

I heard on Kevin Keitzman's show yesterday that Rhonda Moss was caught eavesdropping on a closed-door meeting somewhere at Kauffman Stadium and also that she always makes the interviews she's at seem like exclusives between her and the person/people being interviewed among a group of journalists.
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a.) She's married to Jay Leno?

b.) If every reporter who tried to make a group interview sound exclusive, either in print or on the air, there'd be a lot more press passes yanked.
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True that.

Local guy years ago on TV says "in an interview with (station), so and so said ***"

I see him the next day and say, "You realize a bunch of us were there, too?" And he replies, "Did I ever say you weren't?"

Uh, well, maybe not directly but *** hell, it never sank in.

jason_whitlock · Jun 13, 2006

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Splackavellie said:

I'm giving him shit because Jason Whitlock truly, really believes that he owns Kansas City.

His ego has reached disturbing heights. It's amazing.
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i love guys like this....idiot.

InTheSkeller · Jun 13, 2006

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And they always say she's hot. She's not. Liars!
Give us a photo, and let us decide for ourselves!

Lugnuts · Jun 13, 2006

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Johnny Dangerously said:

Someone starts a thread, and someone responds with an affirmation, and then someone else plays devil's advocate in a smart-ass way, and the person that starts the thread gets defensive, and then someone else chimes in to support the original post, and then support for the contrary position emerges, and then people start calling each other names, and then someone hijacks the thread, then someone complains about the momentum of the hijacking, and the next shift comes on and adds substance to the original topic, only to be met with more angry rants from both sides just looking for a fight, and then the topic becomes political, and the usual pissing matches find a new home, and someone asks people to keep the politics out of the thread, and someone reminds us this is why one political thread would be best, and then the original poster clarifies the original post, and people renew their arguments and redraw their lines in the sand, and then a moderator steps in and warns that the thread is dangerously close to crossing the line because of the NSFW posts and pictures nobody saw because they were removed too quickly for anybody to see them, and then everyone asks what they missed, and nobody knows, and it becomes this big thing, and then the thread finally gets back on track, and then it dies for a day or two, and languishes on Page 3, and then someone who was busy for two days finds it and restarts the whole argument, and someone really likes that take and declares the thread ended, and then someone says they hate when someone does that, and then someone says too bad, and then someone lists their own pet peeve, and then you get five pages of pet peeves, and then someone starts a new thread on pet peeves, and then someone complains about run-on sentences and throws out a reference to their old English teacher, as if we are using old English nowadays ...

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Moderator1 · Jun 13, 2006

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UPDATE:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Press Club is asking Kansas City Royals management to reconsider its decision to revoke the credentials of two reporters who asked contentious questions at a news conference.
Bob Fescoe of WHB and Rhonda Moss of KCSP, who work at competing sports-talk radio stations, had their credentials taken away Friday, a day after Dayton Moore was introduced as the Royals’ general manager.
David Witty, the team’s vice president for communications and marketing, has said the credentials were withdrawn for the remainder of the season.
At the news conference Thursday, the two reporters questioned Royals owner David Glass about his handling of the firing of general manager Allard Baird.
â€œThe questions asked at the press conference were tough, but fair. The game played at Kauffman Stadium is hardball, not softball, after all,â€ a statement from the Kansas City Press Club said.
â€œDecisions made in the heat of the moment often lead to mistakes,â€ it said. â€œBut now that time has elapsed, the Kansas City Press Club trusts that cooler head will prevail, credentials will be reinstated quickly, and the focus will return to where it belongs: getting the Royals back to winning form.â€
A spokesman for the Royals did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Tuesday.

rolling · Jun 13, 2006

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Give us a photo, and let us decide for ourselves!
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She won't put one on the KCSP site. She showcases the cartoon Betty Boop instaed. That's how bad it is.

wickedwritah · Jun 13, 2006

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Glad to see the Press Club step up and back the guys.

Pilot · Jun 13, 2006

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rolling said:

Give us a photo, and let us decide for ourselves!
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She won't put one on the KCSP site. She showcases the cartoon Betty Boop instaed. That's how bad it is.
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I don't know. She kind of looks like Betty Boop in the way that they both have .... hair. Really, I hadn't seen her until just a few days ago when this whole thing broke and someone ran a picture of her. Of course I can't remember where I saw it now, but imagine Betty Boop plus 100 or so pounds and with a snout.

Really, that's fine though -- it's not like we're the most fit of all workers or anything, but I doubt many of the rest of us spend much time talking about how hot we are.

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