Anyone see Kornblut questioning WIS
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USCBatgirl21
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USCBatgirl21
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He's so full of it. He was wrong. Plain and simple. He is simply refusing to admit it.
USCBatgirl21
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But he took the time to mention roots here in SC. What a crock!
He's acting like a petulant child, much as he did during the CCH "resignation" presser.
Honestly? With all the biased media love of politicians on both sides, he is questioning coverage of an athlete that made historic contributions to a local school? Smh
USCBatgirl21
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The issue is that he continually claims to call out others (specifically those who prefer the color orange) with regularity, in many of his responsive tweets to his listeners who overwhelmingly disagreed with his opinion. Which we all know is a bunch of poo-hocky!
Kornblut is technically right here. However commercially I don’t think it is a winning argument.
Sadly people prefer fanboy “journalists” today who reinforce their own opinion and biases. Obviously this is not just with sports. Look how commercially succsssul propaganda news outlets can be.
I haven’t listened to his show in years, but if he really is a straight down the line objective sports journalist, then more power to him because there are not many left.
Sadly people prefer fanboy “journalists” today who reinforce their own opinion and biases. Obviously this is not just with sports. Look how commercially succsssul propaganda news outlets can be.
I haven’t listened to his show in years, but if he really is a straight down the line objective sports journalist, then more power to him because there are not many left.
Based on his opinion, there should be no positive coverage of any athlete or athletic team that accomplishes something of significance. Think that one through and you realize how ridiculous what he is saying is.
USCBatgirl21
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That's just the issue. He isn't. There was nothing wrong with what was tweeted by WIS. The same thing was tweeted my organizations that are required to be even more impartial than WIS, those being the SEC and NCAAWBB. But he didn't have the balls to call them out. He picked a fight, and he lost.
You are technically correct because there are not too many true journalist out there anymore but let's face it this is athletics not politics. Refusing to acknowledge someone's accomplishments because it may appear as cheerleading is just as much irresponsible journalism as anything.
WIS has never been accused of impartiality but in this case, they are correct. I'm no judi G fan (far from it, she buddied up with crooked mayor Steve) but she is right on this.
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The SEC and the NCAA should promote their member institutions and athletes. Journalists should just be fair.
And in the spirit of me being fair, I’ll agree that any reporting on A’ja is inherently going to sound positive because she is just that fantastic.
USCBatgirl21
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Ok, I don't tweet, but how do we know this was Phil Kornbult???
Looks like an account that anyone can tweet out...
I always wonder if Hillary can actually tweet and maybe she just hires people to run her twitter account. Just using Hillary as an example....
Looks like an account that anyone can tweet out...
I always wonder if Hillary can actually tweet and maybe she just hires people to run her twitter account. Just using Hillary as an example....
USCBatgirl21
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Someone asked in one of the tweet threads if it was Phil and he admitted it.
Does Kornblut even go to women's basketball games? Tired of how some media claim this "holier than thou" attitude when they're all scrambling for attention and clicks by sensationalizing any story to keep it alive, call for coaches heads etc.
Kornblut should have just kept his mouth shut and moved on.
Kornblut should have just kept his mouth shut and moved on.
Korn will regret his angry tweet re: A'ja Wilson. I don't care about his silly rationale. What he did was just . . . . stupid and hateful. The loud bangs he's hearing are doors being slammed . . . on his career!
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You are right about that. It's almost worth a laugh that a sports-journalist takes a hard-line approach to preserve his "journalistic integrity." His entire career is based on covering _games_. There's nothing wrong with that, but to act like a bias in sports journalism actually effects anything of significance in this world is ridiculous. A sports bias won't effect an election, it won't prompt a special-counsel investigation, it won't effect foreign policy, change interest rates, destroy or build a company, or start a war. A local sports journalist who pulls for a particular team won't effect the results of their games any more than a Weather Channel meteorologist's love of snow will make a blizzard more likely.
He's taken "impartiality" to the nth degree. Should journalists be unbiased? Yes, but we're talking about college sports and the local team. He graduated from USC so I think he tries too hard to appear unbiased.
He is not unbiased... You should have heard him howling because Deshaun Watson didn't win the Heisman.. That was far more emotional than any appreciation Judi Gatson ever expressed for Gamecock WBB
The world turns as Kornblut tries to keep Sports Talk relevant. Twenty five years ago I use to buy his recruiting newsletter and even with the horrible spelling, repeats and obviously misleading information, you could tell some effort was put into it. Since the internet....I honestly can see no reason for most of what Korn does. However, I listen for about 45 minutes riding home to screaming Will, holier than thou Kornblut and sadly stuck in the middle Prof who over analyzes EVERYTHING.
With all that being said, Kornblut definitely has stepped in it this time.
With all that being said, Kornblut definitely has stepped in it this time.
Teddy Heffner told a story on the radio this week that when he worked at the State, some of the employees would use their parking spots on Saturday to tailgate for the Carolina games! The horror! Can you imagine the gross unprofessionalism?
I've been listening to him for about 15 years myself. Even interviewed him for a story back when I was in journalism school at Carolina
Everyone stop following sportstalk on Twitter. Tell every Gamecock fan to do so. Then call his sponsors and tell them you are done supporting them as long as they support that show
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