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USC bans LA Daily News reporter for 2 weeks for reporting an injury

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by LongTimeListener, Sep 12, 2012.

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  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    And Al Davis, from the grave, says "I tried to tell you, but everyone thought I was crazy."
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 12, 2012
    #61
  2. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    And just a few years ago, she was sitting in the middle of The Black Hole with their spawn.
     
    HanSenSE, Sep 12, 2012
    #62
  3. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    We as journalists have given football coaches, many of whom aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, too much power. From Bobby Bowden calling up scribes at 5 a.m. to bitch about a story, to Dan Mullen's childish edict, to this Lane Kiffin clusterfuck, when will it all end? Stop putting these ass clowns on pedestals and I believe stuff like this will cease. Until then...
     
    Drip, Sep 13, 2012
    #63
  4. Dawgpound17

    Dawgpound17 Member

    Steve Sarkisian is pulling the same stunt at Washington except not saying what the punishment will be
     
    Dawgpound17, Sep 13, 2012
    #64
  5. Diego Marquez

    Diego Marquez Member

    Phase 1: Punish media member

    Phase 2: ???

    Phase 3: Profit!
     
    Diego Marquez, Sep 13, 2012
    #65
  6. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty New Member

    post of the day.
     
    Tom Petty, Sep 13, 2012
    #66
  7. sportsnut

    sportsnut Member

    First of all, USC and ESPN are in bed together with ESPN Radio being the exclusive provider of USC Football on the radio. So, currently I think they can pretty much report or do whatever they want.

    Also, what is the third paper in the Los Angeles market???
     
    sportsnut, Sep 13, 2012
    #67
  8. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    Good luck with that,
     
    trifectarich, Sep 13, 2012
    #68
  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    It's notable only the newspapers stood up for the talks with Haden. Everybody else there I'm guessing just wants their piece of the USC money machine.

    That's why postmodernism is dangerous. It inspires no loyalty and few principles. It renders everything bullshit except that which benefits you personally.
     
    Alma, Sep 13, 2012
    #69
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    We only thought that because you were crazy Al.
     
    Armchair_QB, Sep 13, 2012
    #70
  11. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    One example: "Well, the other paper is writing it, so we have to write it."
     
    Riptide, Sep 13, 2012
    #71
  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Postmodernism? As defined, how?

    Fighting for principles, or choosing not to, is not some new dilemma. Those forward-thinking enough would realize that if USC is going to limit access to the Daily News one day, they might decide to limit access to their media outlet the next day. It would be the reason you might choose to stand together.

    Those media outlets also operate in a competitive world, and at the end of the day, if they take the (shortsighted, at least in my opinion) approach that their only job is to get USC into the paper the next day, and not worry about the situation affecting another media outlet, yeah, like most people they are going to be focused on what benefits them personally in the short-term. They are just looking at what is right underneath their nose.

    The difficult part here is understanding that it might benefit you personally to take a stand. In order to believe that, though, you have to look at what happened to the Daily News and say to yourself, "If they get away with that without any pullback from the media outlets covering them, it is going to embolden them to fuck with our ability to cover the program somewhere down the line."

    That is very difficult to do when you are looking at a current situation that isn't personally affecting you. But none of this is all that new. It's human nature.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 13, 2012
    #72
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