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NFL sideline reporter says she made shit up.....

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2023/11/16/charissa-thompson-make-up-fake-nfl-sideline-reports/71608786007/

So stupid to admit this and secondly, what a joke 'journalist' she is. This goes on way more than you think. This isn't a newspaper where you go through an editor and there's a semblance of journalistic peer review (more so in the past, less so now). I guarantee you some of these 'NFL insiders' make up shit all the time and either don't have sources or don't talk to the persons involved in the story, yet have 'quotes'. Who's going to check? You aren't supposed to reveal your sources in true journalism to protect their identities and keep the information coming. Erin Andrews also admitted a few years ago she did this as well and nothing came of it. You can make up that you spoke to a source and its taken at face value. 

Then you have excellent journalists like Andrea Kremer, who did things the right way always, and she's rightly outraged by this. Too many pretty faces jammed into sports media and the journalistic chops and ethics aren't there. 

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#2 · Nov 17, 6:22 AM
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Lets be clear...I could give a F about how good of a reporter she actually is...

#3 · Nov 17, 7:37 AM
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@"purplefaithful" said: Lets be clear...I could give a F about how good of a reporter she actually is...
Careful. We all know WHY she was hired....her and about 25 others in the NFL and CFB.....but the younger crowd think these people have actually earned something besides hitting the genetic lottery. Riiiiight. 
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Unless they're former players on these sports shows, the pretty girls probably know very little about football and are asked to read the monitors and react with a little excitement.  But a pretty face, large breasts and long legs really does help.  :)

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The only thing they really say that’s of any importance is
if an injured player is done for the day or not.  Other than that, the coach never says
anything of value anyway.  It’s not like
there’s real journalism happening.

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@"ArizonaViking" said: Unless they're former players on these sports shows, the pretty girls probably know very little about football and are asked to read the monitors and react with a little excitement.  But a pretty face, large breasts and long legs really does help.  :)
its probably a safe assumption for some,  but I think there are likely quite a few that could talk most fans under the table when it comes to knowledge of their covered sports.   Wasnt Sam Ponder a coaches daughter that grew up in football?  I think there are likely a few more that would bury most of us with their knowledge of areas of expertise in the game.
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If I never heard or saw a sideline reporter again during a TV broadcast or a stupid running after the coach at halftime interview for generic soundbites it would make the game more enjoyable to watch from my standpoint.

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I hate these in game interviews the coaches have to give now... WTF is that about,  doesnt KOC have better things to do while the game is going on than talking to the press?  Cant the color guys fill the time with some more of their witty reparte?

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I normally mute all football broadcasts so I have no clue any of them are saying. Sounds like I am not missing anything.

#10 · Nov 17, 8:48 AM
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Not the smartest thing for her to say but I doubt anything comes of it. She is no longer a reporter. It’d be different if this was Schefty or Rap. 

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Not only has the so called sideline reports that talk to the coaches at the half or between quarters gotten stupid so have the pregame programs.  Now they have like 6 or 7 talking heads all giving their opinions about meaningless crap and some didn't even have an impact during their playing days.

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@"medaille" said: The only thing they really say that’s of any importance is if an injured player is done for the day or not.  Other than that, the coach never says anything of value anyway.  It’s not like there’s real journalism happening.


Yeah, I would say this is really a non-story because nobody cares anyway.  It just reveals the sideline reporters to be what they are, affirmative visual props.

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On the surface this sounds pretty bad, however when you look at it in context, they are sent on the sideline to grab these head coaches either coming off the field or entering it at a time when the coaches are usually not in the best mood to talk and do not have time for it, so it is almost an impossible interview.  I am always surprised when I see the coaches that do stop especially when they are losing badly and have to answer questions on what is going wrong, often looks so awkward. I am sure a lot of them blow the reporters off and then the camera comes down on them and they are expecting to give an interview or some kind of report, so as Andrews said it was almost like she was protecting the coach that was blowing her off by just making something up rather than having to report to the league they didn't do the interview.  

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@"greediron" said:
@"medaille" said: The only thing they really say that’s of any importance is if an injured player is done for the day or not.  Other than that, the coach never says anything of value anyway.  It’s not like there’s real journalism happening.


Yeah, I would say this is really a non-story because nobody cares anyway.  It just reveals the sideline reporters to be what they are, affirmative visual prop


Its lying regardless. Don't get the free pass because 'nobody cares'. People do care. That's bullshit.

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"Hey coach, even though your winning 28-0 your red-zone offense on 3rd down is non-existing, what do you plan to do in the second half to correct it?"

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"medaille" said: The only thing they really say that’s of any importance is if an injured player is done for the day or not.  Other than that, the coach never says anything of value anyway.  It’s not like there’s real journalism happening.


Yeah, I would say this is really a non-story because nobody cares anyway.  It just reveals the sideline reporters to be what they are, affirmative visual prop


Its lying regardless. Don't get the free pass because 'nobody cares'. People do care. That's bullshit.


I say nobody cares because it doesn't matter what they say, very few people are paying attention.  Lying is bullshit, making up stuff taints their already low bar, but they were already visual props hired for affirmative action.  So does it really change much?  Not in my world.

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15 seconds of Andrews and Thompson's podcast make it pretty clear how crappy they are at life. They believe their useless careers as glorified ring girls give them cover. 

#18 · Nov 17, 9:34 PM
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Somewhat interesting reading across the web on this topic.

psst, journos….you were already held in low esteem, this is nbd!
Unless of course you’re worried about journalism’s reputation falling below politician’s. 

“A 42% plurality of Americans think journalists have “very low” or “low” ethical standards, 35% rate them as average and 23% as high”

https://news.gallup.com/poll/467804/nurses-retain-top-ethics-rating-below-2020-high.aspx

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@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"medaille" said: The only thing they really say that’s of any importance is if an injured player is done for the day or not.  Other than that, the coach never says anything of value anyway.  It’s not like there’s real journalism happening.


Yeah, I would say this is really a non-story because nobody cares anyway.  It just reveals the sideline reporters to be what they are, affirmative visual prop


Its lying regardless. Don't get the free pass because 'nobody cares'. People do care. That's bullshit.


I say nobody cares because it doesn't matter what they say, very few people are paying attention.  Lying is bullshit, making up stuff taints their already low bar, but they were already visual props hired for affirmative action.  So does it really change much?  Not in my world.


So I did something I haven't done in 10 years on Thursday night as an experiment: watched the pregame show before Thursday Night Football. It was nauseating, contrived and insulted one's intelligence. The chick that was interviewing Joe Burrow for a sit down session was ridiculous. Blowing smoke up the guy's ass so hard one second, asking tired and basic questions the next. Garbage TV. Tony Gonzalez was saying some of the most idiotic crap I've heard recently. The premise for these guys to have hardcore takes leads to mind-numbing interactions and opinions. I'm all set now until its dirt nap time. 

So my point is I'm forced to see the sideline reporters because they are in-game, so they have my attention as a byproduct of that. My basic, lowest expectation is whatever drivel they are spewing isn't something they made up. 

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@"mgobluevikes" said: 15 seconds of Andrews and Thompson's podcast make it pretty clear how crappy they are at life. They believe their useless careers as glorified ring girls give them cover. 
Yep. And I know some younger guys validate themselves this way as well that are in the media industry, but they believe their own bullshit now. They operate in an echo chamber and go to great measures to keep it that way: block the ones you don't want, engage the ones that kiss your ass. 
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