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

[WPBCowboysFan]

Well, there were no pictures of the Roethlisberger thing.

The mental picture of Big Ben . . . . . . . . . . well, thats bad enuff.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

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

U really think their employer would go for an honest presentation of all factors involved?

 

[Nova]

Great article. Wish it was on a bigger platform, though.

This week has been tough with regard to dealing with media scrutiny. And not just for the team we like, but we as fans are being scrutinized too for supporting the team.

Wish we had more fair/unbiased representation-- but we are the Cowboys. We do not get that luxury in the national media. We, like Pats fans, are the persecuted.

 

[mattjames2010]

It's kinda like most here aren't just being blind fans, we are actually talking sense.

Now to await the Internet lawyer to come in and talk like, you know, a lawyer on the wrong side.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

I didn't realize he got a misdemeanor. Based on everything else I read it sounded like he was going to jail had she shown up in court. It's amazing how slanted the media can be.

 

[Nightman]

I didn't realize he got a misdemeanor. Based on everything else I read it sounded like he was going to jail had she shown up in court. It's amazing how slanted the media can be.

He only got 18 months probation from the bench trial which would be up in January.

And that was from a single judge with a strong anti-DV platform.

Even if he was guilty it was more similar to a drunken argument than some vicious one-sided beating.

A NYJet player sucker punches a teammate at work and breaks his jaw over some money. He is picked up immediately by another team and no one says a word.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Hardy and his victim, Nicole Holder, did not live together at the time of the incident. Both parties reportedly drank to great excess. Holder admitted using cocaine on the night of the altercation. She also conceded hitting and/or attacking Hardy and his assistant, Sammy Curtis. She attributed the injuries on her arms to Curtis, whom she claimed forcibly carried/removed her from the tiny bedroom/office where the main incident took place. Hardy, not Holder, called police.

This is the main point of the article. Those that want to vilify Hardy go ahead. But your leaving out the truth. Those wounds did not come from Hardy. If it was Hardy she would be dead by now. If Hardy laid a hand on her should would not have a couple of cuts and bruises.

I don't support domestic violence and I'm entirely against it. But we live in a system of justice and truth. When the court system is much lenient to Hardy than the NFL you need to see why that is and really dig in to see the real truth. Unfortunately, most people don't care for the truth and go off spewing garbage to fill their agenda laden egos. Thats the same with the NFL and ESPN and all the media that rather focus on sensationalism rather than truth. Thats really too bad.

 

[Fletch]

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

C'mon now. ESPN, like so many other outlets will have none of that. It's all about social justice these days.

 

[DallasEast]

Are we in the media and blogosphere qualified to play judge and jury? At the moment, we’re struggling to play journalists.

The answers are no and get real. The 1st Amendment protects the press' right to question others and disclose that information to the public. It was established to encourage fact finding without restriction. It was never meant to validate opinions as facts.

Greed has tarnished American journalism. Every year, the media holds itself less accountable for accuracy and simply reporting information. Instead, the media formulates opinions about topics and uses television, radio, newspapers and the Internet as the means to tell the public what its thoughts are about those topics. Once upon a time in the not so distant past, it was customary for the press to give their opinion and ALWAYS precede or follow with a disclaimer like:

"The commentary expressed by [fill in the blank] does not necessarily reflect our viewpoint."

These disclaimers were self-reminders for the media to tell their viewers, listeners and readers that their opinions should not be accepted as truth. Nowadays the media ignores societal influencing safeguards and hide their transgression behind "validators" such as "sports talk" and "for entertainment purposes only." It's a farce. The country's forefathers wanted to protect the press as a means of educating the citizens of the country because knowledge is power--power to grow and power to withstand corrosive forces. They did not intend for those with the power to inform to justify misinforming the public, shielded by the law of the land, over a buck.

Mr. Whitlock, there are journalists in America's media who do not struggle with journalistic standards. They ignore them. To get paid. To gain fame. The media's failure may eventually rise too high for integrity to counter in the long run. And we will all be to blame if that is allowed to happen.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

C'mon now. ESPN, like so many other outlets will have none of that. It's all about social justice these days.

Their own idea of social justice. If they were really concerned with true justice it would mean they would have to actually look at and present the facts.

 

[NextGenBoys]

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.

Thank you for the hat tip

 

[9of11]

To me,this is what journalism is about.all facts are presented. Not pick and choose what facts you only want people to see and read. ESPN and all their cronies jumped all over this and gave negative commentary on this about Greg and the Cowboys right from the beginning.

 

[AsthmaField]

Nice job by Whitlock

 

[Nav22]

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.






YR

Exactly. It's been a Cowboys thing all along.

The media's placating to (and also consists of) envious haters. Point and laugh at them. We're America's Team and 5-time SB Champs, they're not. No matter how much they slam Jerry Jones and co. to deflect from THAT reality.

When you can't say, "my team's superior to yours" the next best thing is to attack them as being "classless scum." That's the true basis for the outrage.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

It's kinda like most here aren't just being blind fans, we are actually talking sense.

Not so fast . . . . . . . . . . . this is still the Zone bro.

 

[tyke1doe]

I thought Jason Whitlock was a hack, a racist and among the great masses known as the mediots.

 

[tyke1doe]

I have always liked Whitlock in the way he is not afraid to give his view and he does not care what people think. I have not always agreed with his takes, but he at least takes the time to intelligently explain his stance.

That is probably why he is not writing anymore for one of the big media sports outlets. Not enough of a fraud.

I agree, but isn't he writing for Fox Sports?

 

[jimmy40]

so Whitlock's not the fat racist idiot he's been called here at the Zone since 2004?

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

I thought Jason Whitlock was a hack, a racist and among the great masses known as the mediots.

He is. Maybe since he got booted at BSPN he is bucking the trend out of spite.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

so Whitlock's not the fat racist idiot he's been called here at the Zone since 2004?

Like they say, even a broken clock is right 2 times a day