Whitlock: Emotion And Clicks – Not Journalism – Ruling Hardy Coverage

[DandyDon1722]

Whitlock just left "panderers r us" ESPN and he writes this article. Anybody else think this is NOT a coincidence.

Excellent observation - BTW did you see ESPN and especially Berman rip us today. It was non stop.

Berman says, "Yeah, you are America's Team? Start acting like it."

 

[Bigdog]

Best article I've seen on this topic. Thanks for sharing.

Agree but mainstream media aka ESPN won't see this article on the front page

 

[Alexander]

Excellent observation - BTW did you see ESPN and especially Berman rip us today. It was non stop.

Berman says, "Yeah, you are America's Team? Start acting like it."

The day I start giving a good damn what a flunky like Chris Berman EVER says is the day I put I gun to my temple and wave goodbye.

 

[Sportsbabe]

This article does an excellent job of articulating what I've been thinking all along. I wish more people would take the time to read it, but as we all know, people are going to read what they want and what they want is to read something that will validate what they believe regardless of the facts.

I've already stated my position from day one. But these people won't be satisfied until he's banished from the face of the earth. Never mind that he went through the legal system; disregard that he already received and served his punisment from the NFL. EVEN if they kick him off the planet...oh well...on to the next one.

SMH in disgust & disdain.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I really liked the article. We see part of the problem with our society here...if somebody wants to have a serious, legitimate discussion that looks at the point of view of the male in a situation like this...our society has such a problem with that it cannot even entertain the thought of a serious discussion. Instead of coming up with intelligent replies, there's a lot of people on Whitlock's FB page that resort to ad hominem attacks against Whitlock.

The other readers have the blinders on that they believe that Whitlock thinks that Hardy did not abuse Holder.

That's not what the point of the article is about. It's about journalists doing a poor job of being professional journalists. They are more interested in sensationalism instead of seeing the entire story so the readers do not get an accurate picture of the story so they can then make a more informed decision on the story.

If you still believe that Hardy should be banned for life after that, fine. But, if you're not consistent with all of the other similar type of cases with players in the NFL, then you're being a hypocrite. That's kind of beside the point other than the journalists/reporters/writers are being hypocrites (like Diana Moskovitz who thinks we have no right to judge Hope Solo, but should judge Hardy) and that in turns creates hypocritical readers.

The more and more I read about the Hardy case, the more I think it makes it look like he pushed her but it also makes it look like Holder was out of control and prompted that. It's becoming murkier in terms of whether Hardy was offensively pushing her or defensively pushing her. Holder admitted to heavy drinking and doing coke prior to the incident. She claimed that Hardy choked her and there are no strangulation marks on her throat. The DA has publicly admitted that he could not reconcile the contradictory statements that Holder made in her testimony versus the police report.

All of that is very different from how the media has portrayed it. They have made it look like he offensively punched her, slapped her, choked her and threw her around the apartment and that Holder did nothing but verbally argue with Hardy. As Whitlock points out, what we have on record is far different from that.







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[Alexander]

I've already stated my position from day one. But these people won't be satisfied until he's banished from the face of the earth.

Not true. It has flopped back and forth over the months and then just erupted into a grotesque display of fake concern based off of one article.

Anyone who really really gave a rip about this case or domestic violence in general has been more than welcome to state their case for more than a year. Yet, they needed shock and awe to give them the soapbox they apparently were too scared to step up onto until now.

 

[nalam]

It's a pity that the journalism today is based on sensationalism rather than facts . Media as a whole gets discredited because of this.

 

[marchetta]

I can't say how much I respect Whitlock for refusing to join the lynch-mob media and speak the unvarnished truth. Nothing like a good dose of facts, and truth, to wash away the bad taste of bull**** the corporate mediots have been feeding us.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I have never been the biggest Whitlock fan, but he has never fit in at ESPN. Wonder why?

I don't think he's been the greatest fit in anywhere. Even at FOX Sports, he was kind of left alone to do his own thing.

I've always liked him. Can't say I always agree with him, but I like him for the same reason why I was a big Dr. Z fan...he always wants to make sure that he goes after *his* story and gives *his* take on a story instead of doing what everybody else does and having the same opinion everybody else has. But, he also does it without some goal of being a contrarian.

So when I disagree with him, I have the respect for the fact that he has likely researched the topic and is informed and that he truly believes in what he's saying. I can respect that because by a writer researching topics and informing themselves about the topic, that means he's showing me the respect as a reader.






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[gambit187]

See none of this would have happened if their drug of choice would have been WEED....They would have had an argument......Lit up , laughed, smoked and been having whoopee later on that night...I'm laughing but some of yall know i'm serious.

 

[Vanilla2]

Every other week of the year it's all about how Dallas isn't Americas team.

All week I've heard Dallas being called Americas team

It's almost as if these journalists are pandering to the average NFL fan who IMO is not very intelligent (along with most of America) and poking fun at the Cowboys in an Idiocracy type of manner.

None of these people truly care about these people they just want clicks from the knuckle draggers who will take every opportunity to troll cowboy fans and the mouth breathers who will take every opportunity to defend the Cowboys.

 

[Alexander]

Excellent observation - BTW did you see ESPN and especially Berman rip us today. It was non stop.

Berman says, "Yeah, you are America's Team? Start acting like it."

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/pack...c-violence-charges-b99595657z1-336695811.html

I keep hearing how the Packers are really America's Team. I demand they start acting like it too.

 

[slick325]

Great piece by Whitlock...thanks for posting.

 

[DandyDon1722]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/pack...c-violence-charges-b99595657z1-336695811.html

I keep hearing how the Packers are really America's Team. I demand they start acting like it too.

Exactly - by the way has Mark Chumera got out of the hot tub with the underage girls yet?

 

[Nightman]

NextGenBoys posted this yesterday but it got moved to the Rant Zone. It is a great take.

He makes a ton of great points that everyone else is afraid to because of the power of mob and Groupthink. His actions may be shameful, embarrassing and possibly criminal but he faced the music and took his punishments. To suggest he is the one player deemed "Not Allowed" to play in the League again is hysterical. He had no previous record and hasn't done a thing since. Playing for DAL and JJones has upped the exposure x100.

*I do wish they wouldn't say the case was overturned or dismissed on appeal. All the charges were dropped before he exercised his Constitutional rights to face his accusers in front of a jury of his peers. The bench trial conviction carried only probation as the punishment, but it still wasn't a real trial or conviction. That 'conviction' is the how the League was able to get him on the Commissioner's List and suspend him for 10 games.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Not true. It has flopped back and forth over the months and then just erupted into a grotesque display of fake concern based off of one article.

Anyone who really really gave a rip about this case or domestic violence in general has been more than welcome to state their case for more than a year. Yet, they needed shock and awe to give them the soapbox they apparently were too scared to step up onto until now.

I think they have repeatedly stated their case once the Cowboys signed him. There was outrage early on when his incident happened, but that was because of the Ray Rice incident which had more to do with the NFL, once again, covering something up (allegedly). There was outrage over Rice and that spilled over into Hardy and McDonald. Then it quickly died down. In fact, McDonald was never suspended and nobody really cared by halfway thru the 2014 season.

The outrage didn't pick up until Hardy signed with the Cowboys, again. And the outrage picked up before the 'remarks' that Hardy made about Gisele and 'guns ablazing.' I think the outrage over the remarks Hardy made is PC Police nonsense and hypocrisy. But, it gave the Hardy (and Cowboys) haters a leg to stand on.

The concern is completely fake. Not a one of them gives a damn about Holder. My take is that it's a Cowboys thing. Adrian Peterson can permanently scar a 4-year old kid with photos to prove it and nobody has called for Peterson to be permanently banned. He didn't even serve a 4-game suspension this season. Nobody called for Ray McDonald to not be playing last year. Same with Aldon Smith being signed by the Raiders.

And my guess is if Peterson had signed with the Cowboys and Hardy had not....they would be calling for Peterson to be banned and Hardy would be playing like nothing happened. Whether we like it or not, the Cowboys bring in ratings and Web site clicks. There's blatant proof of hypocrisy when it comes to other players in the league playing for other teams. I just don't see how anybody can reason that the concern is genuine and it has nothing to do with Hardy playing for Dallas.






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[WPBCowboysFan]

Only 20 posts in this thread? People have a hard time with anything other than the click bait sensational sound bites.

 

[visionary]

Someone please send this to Mike and Mike so that there is some perspective tomorrow

 

[Staubacher]

I'm white as snow and pretty conservative in most areas, but this treatment of Hardy vs how Big Ben is worshipped for 2 sexual assaults is pure racism

 

[Alexander]

I'm white as snow and pretty conservative in most areas, but this treatment of Hardy vs how Big Ben is worshipped for 2 sexual assaults is pure racism

Well, there were no pictures of the Roethlisberger thing.