Journalists should report, and stay out of the story

2009-09-08T11:20:50-04:00

2008-12-22T21:23:36-05:00

2008-12-23T16:02:08-05:00

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Egon196

Rochester 499290

Google it. Do I have to do everything for you?

74 Uh, yep. Burden of proof is on you. 3752930

2008-12-27T10:18:09-05:00

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200mphrocker

Harlingen 622271

Uh, yep. Burden of proof is on you.

76 No you are lazy because it is all over the internet. And probably a loon like Olbermann so you will deny until you die. 3780262

2008-12-24T13:32:38-05:00

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a benji

14634

75 you cant get any lower than what he said 3764108

2008-12-23T15:20:12-05:00

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200mphrocker

Harlingen 622271

Um, what? Please link me to a video or story where Olbermann actually uses the phrase "piece of crap" in reference to Bush. Besides, you're not even comparing apples to oranges, this is more like apples to... umbrellas.

72 Google it. Do I have to do everything for you? 3751997

2008-12-23T16:02:08-05:00

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Egon196

Rochester 499290

Google it. Do I have to do everything for you?

74 Uh, yep. Burden of proof is on you. 3752930

2008-12-23T15:29:08-05:00

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200mphrocker

Harlingen 622271

73 But really, how big of a dumb **** do you have to be to hire your son or son-in-law as a coordinator. Give him an unseen but nice salary job within the organization. Why give the opportunity to have all this attention drawn to it in the first place? Remember that is one reason Marty is not in San Diego now, he wanted to hire his son as offensive coordinator. 3752249

2008-12-23T10:57:06-05:00

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Egon196

Rochester 499290

So Keith Olberman can get by with calling Pres Bush a piece of crap and then everyone crucxifies Rob PArker. What a great country.

63 Um, what? Please link me to a video or story where Olbermann actually uses the phrase "piece of crap" in reference to Bush. Besides, you're not even comparing apples to oranges, this is more like apples to... umbrellas. 3746849

2008-12-23T15:20:12-05:00

238

200mphrocker

Harlingen 622271

72 Google it. Do I have to do everything for you? 3751997

2008-12-23T14:40:57-05:00

Vberger

Dublin 429606

71 I wish Rod would have responded, "Does your wife's father wish she would have married a better sports writer?" 3751209

2008-12-23T08:21:17-05:00

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Southern Discomfort

Charlotte 569747

53 Arash isn't bad. He actually accepted my freind and group invites and he takes time to write back to his readers I see. And Weapon X was is the kind of guy you are talking about----- "but we both know these online "journalists" are nothing better than guys with a computer who decide to throw big words in between their diatribes to confuse their everday readers into believing that something they type actually matters" ----- on this site( FN user)??? 3744604

2008-12-23T11:43:09-05:00

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Weapon X

82257

Arash isn't bad. He actually accepted my freind and group invites and he takes time to write back to his readers I see.And Weapon X was is the kind of guy you are talking about----- "but we both know these online "journalists" are nothing better than guys with a computer who decide to throw big words in between their diatribes to confuse their everday readers into believing that something they type actually matters" ----- on this site( FN user)???

70 I don't understand what you are trying to say here..... 3747634

2008-12-23T03:14:30-05:00

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Hank Hill

Arlen 8090

Quit kissing his arse b/c he took one of your TDs...........I like you Hank...but we both know these online "journalists" are nothing better than guys with a computer who decide to throw big words in between their diatribes to confuse their everday readers into believing that something they type actually matters...they've transformed for the simple reason, that, it's much easier to fool people who make a pit stop onto a web site than it is to get by on the same people who make an effort to buy a newspaper because traffic is much easier to come by.....say what you want about the media has become........but thus the non creative get to reap the rewards of being "journalists".....weak....try being original there, Rakesh, rather than mailing in your efforts and being happy you have Jenn Sterger on your speed dial.Here's a suggestion.........write something people care about.

37 X, I have no idea how you took my comment as arse kissing, it was a neutral comment. Beside that this story has nothing to do with A-Rash, its been on Fox Sports, ESPN, Deadspin ect, its interesting to see different points of view and surprising to see A-Rash (who just wrote an article the other day defending a sports journalist) attacking one of his own. I dont agree with A-Rash on a lot of thing but at least he responds and interacts with FN users. Plus X, you need to be worried about my Cowboys coming to your home town putting a stomp to the Eagles! 3743988

2008-12-23T11:42:14-05:00

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Weapon X

82257

X, I have no idea how you took my comment as arse kissing, it was a neutral comment. Beside that this story has nothing to do with A-Rash, its been on Fox Sports, ESPN, Deadspin ect, its interesting to see different points of view and surprising to see A-Rash (who just wrote an article the other day defending a sports journalist) attacking one of his own. I dont agree with A-Rash on a lot of thing but at least he responds and interacts with FN users.Plus X, you need to be worried about my Cowboys coming to your home town putting a stomp to the Eagles!

69 I was only joking...sarcasm button must be broke. 3747681

2008-12-23T11:38:27-05:00

yu78

Calgary 623280

68 I get enjoyment from watching a sports game, watching players give their all any given sunday or any other day of the week, not from all the bullsh!#+ that happens on the side. Why can't people shut up and play or let players play without all the controversy. 3747528

2008-12-23T11:22:42-05:00

479

Rey's crew

Charlotte 170280

67 the lions could be 0-50, there is no excuse to go after a coach's family. 3747256

<p> <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/marinelli.jpg" alt="Marinelli" width="298" height="397" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli isn't accepting apologies.<br />Chris Graythen/Getty Images</div> </div> </p> <p><strong>Rob Parker</strong> says he's sorry. Sorry for asking Lions coach <strong>Rod Marinelli</strong> if he wished his daughter had married a better defensive coordinator than <strong>Joe Barry</strong>, Marinelli's son-in-law and the Lions' defensive coordinator.</p> <p>I’m sorry too. Sorry that my profession has gotten to the point that some of my colleagues feel the need to become the story rather than trying to shed light on a story.</p> <p>Parker, who is a columnist for the <em>Detroit News</em> and a frequent contributor to ESPN, isn’t alone in this respect, but he is the epitome of the type of journalist who has risen to fame during ESPN’s scrollbar era. The proliferation of shows such as Around The Horn, Pardon The Interruption and other similarly themed shows have turned many print journalists into bombastic talking heads who have become more comfortable being instigators rather than thought provokers.</p> <p>Instead of interviewing coaches, players and others around the league to explain to readers why the Lions are struggling, it has become more convenient to badger a head coach with one condescending question after another with the hope that one of his answers will be a juicy sound bite or a headline-grabbing quote. It’s the laziest form of journalism and one that is far too often becoming the norm amongst columnists auditioning for their own TV or radio show.</p> <p>“It's almost a running joke,” writes Parker of his weekly questions calling for Barry to be fired. “A news conference isn't complete unless I ask it.”</p> <p>The joke, however, only seems to be in Parker’s mind.</p> <p>Parker wrote that he and Marinelli “have a different relationship.” That it’s “one built on mutual respect” because, as Parker puts it, “I respect what Marinelli is trying to accomplish as Lions coach, and he respects what I do as a sports columnist -- ask questions, tough ones, to get at the root of his team's woes.”</p> <p>There is a fine line between asking tough questions and being a bully and far too often Parker has drifted towards the latter this season. His behavior during many Lions news conferences has been akin to a heckler repeating the same tired chant at a beleaguered coach rather than trying to get to, as he puts it, “the root of his team's woes.”</p> <p>As a recognized columnist who insists he has a good relationship with Marinelli, Parker is able to do what many of his colleagues can’t. He can talk to Marinelli on the side after a press conference. He can engage him with questions away from the cameras and microphones. He can talk to him candidly over the phone. He can get him to open up about topics he may not be able to do so at a podium moments after a tough loss. Parker, however, has repeatedly chosen conflict and confrontation over tact and tenderness, electing to turn Marinelli’s press conferences into an extension of his talk show.    </p> <p>Parker apologized to Marinelli for his crass question through his column and on ESPN, making it seem as if he and Marinelli were on good terms after the incident. It would have been nice if Parker had apologized to Marinelli in person rather than shed the light on himself again and assume Marinelli’s refusal to blow up at him and give him the controversial quote he was looking for was in someway an acceptance of Parker’s behavior.</p> <p>If he had, he would have discovered that Marinelli wasn’t fine with Parker’s question and didn’t accept his public apology. “I didn't read it. I was told a little bit about it," Marinelli said of Parker’s apology column. "I don't accept anything." His apology, like his line of questions was just another example of Parker taking the easy route, rather than the right route this season.</p> <p> </p> http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA

Arash Markazi

Los Angeles 3987 34982 <p> <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/marinelli.jpg" alt="Marinelli" width="298" height="397" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli isn't accepting apologies.<br />Chris Graythen/Getty Images</div> </div> </p> <p><strong>Rob Parker</strong> says he's sorry. Sorry for asking Lions coach <strong>Rod Marinelli</strong> if he wished his daughter had married a better defensive coordinator than <strong>Joe Barry</strong>, Marinelli's son-in-law and the Lions' defensive coordinator.</p> <p>I’m sorry too. Sorry that my profession has gotten to the point that some of my colleagues feel the need to become the story rather than trying to shed light on a story.</p> <p>Parker, who is a columnist for the <em>Detroit News</em> and a frequent contributor to ESPN, isn’t alone in this respect, but he is the epitome of the type of journalist who has risen to fame during ESPN’s scrollbar era. The proliferation of shows such as Around The Horn, Pardon The Interruption and other similarly themed shows have turned many print journalists into bombastic talking heads who have become more comfortable being instigators rather than thought provokers.</p>