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Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:06 am
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:06 am
It just hit me.
Is this the same Selena Roberts that started the whole Duke Lacrosse scandal that ended-up being bullshite?
She should have been metaphorically crucified for that one.
Is this the same Selena Roberts that penned the unauthorized A-Rod bio that ended-up being bullshite? Didn't she make her bones claiming A-Rod did PEDs or something?
Is she Auburn alumna?
Will this latest thing sound the death knell for Selena Roberts' career? Or will she get this one right?
This thread is not about what she is reporting this time around, but rather it's about the reckless record of the messenger - her total lack of credibility and why she is allowed to continue to do these sort of things?
Is this a desperation move on her behalf and she used her Auburn alumna insider status to assemble these latest findings?
She really does appear to be a not very believable, likable or ethical person.
Why do we pay attention when she speaks?
The Decline and Fall of Selena Roberts
Is this the same Selena Roberts that started the whole Duke Lacrosse scandal that ended-up being bullshite?
She should have been metaphorically crucified for that one.
Is this the same Selena Roberts that penned the unauthorized A-Rod bio that ended-up being bullshite? Didn't she make her bones claiming A-Rod did PEDs or something?
Is she Auburn alumna?
Will this latest thing sound the death knell for Selena Roberts' career? Or will she get this one right?
This thread is not about what she is reporting this time around, but rather it's about the reckless record of the messenger - her total lack of credibility and why she is allowed to continue to do these sort of things?
Is this a desperation move on her behalf and she used her Auburn alumna insider status to assemble these latest findings?
She really does appear to be a not very believable, likable or ethical person.
Why do we pay attention when she speaks?
The Decline and Fall of Selena Roberts
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Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:07 am to scrooster
Yes
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:08 am to scrooster
We as Auburn fans don't. SECR does for some reason.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:08 am to scrooster
She's right this time, though.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:09 am to scrooster
She also broke the A-Rod PED story though.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:10 am to Patton
Agreed, but the fault also falls on ESPN for not doing their own work to check her facts and just blindly reported on her story to get ratings, etc.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:13 am to sorantable
Why do people who went to Auburn hate Auburn so much?
ETA: In all seriousness, this type of journalist has become a plague on this country with horrendous negative results that are hard to fathom. Duke Lax. Trayvon Martin. Manti Te'o. All stories of varying degrees of seriousness where sensationalist media has completely taken over and driven the story that sells. It is unfortunate that, considering there power, journalists aren't held to any kind of standard or accountability similar to other professionals.
ETA: In all seriousness, this type of journalist has become a plague on this country with horrendous negative results that are hard to fathom. Duke Lax. Trayvon Martin. Manti Te'o. All stories of varying degrees of seriousness where sensationalist media has completely taken over and driven the story that sells. It is unfortunate that, considering there power, journalists aren't held to any kind of standard or accountability similar to other professionals.
This post was edited on 4/4/13 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:16 am to TaxmanMSU
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Agreed, but the fault also falls on ESPN for not doing their own work to check her facts and just blindly reported on her story to get ratings, etc.
You mean the same ESPN that failed to follow up on that whole Manti Te'O girlfriend thing?
Surely you jest.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:17 am to scrooster
Journalists today work hard to get attention. That is the gist of it all. They are willing to print things that are half true or flat bullshite in order to make a zesty story.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:19 am to Camp Randall
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:19 am to scrooster
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She really does appear to be a not very believable, likable or ethical person.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:21 am to Camp Randall
The job of the journalist is no longer to collect and pass on information. Anyone and everyone can and does do that on a daily basis nowadays. We here on the SECr are journalists in that case.
The modern journalist's job is to entertain and stir the pot. Unless you have been contacted by some whistleblower or have uncovered the next Watergate, as a journalist you're just a ringleader of the daily circus.
The modern journalist's job is to entertain and stir the pot. Unless you have been contacted by some whistleblower or have uncovered the next Watergate, as a journalist you're just a ringleader of the daily circus.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:22 am to Camp Randall
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Journalists today work hard to get attention. That is the gist of it all. They are willing to print things that are half true or flat bullshite in order to make a zesty story.
This.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:22 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
Chicken gonna ban you...
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:27 am to scrooster
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her total lack of credibility and why she is allowed to continue to do these sort of things?
Exactly the reason why she is doing it on some blog. She is a hack and I don't think that this story is going to get her credibility back once it is all said and done.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:27 am to scrooster
Reporting these days is just like advertising in that you have to break through the clutter.
This lady isn't just some blogger with an unconventional opinion, she has quotes from Auburn players implicating coaches in wrongdoing. That's why the story is big, not because she's a sensationalist or lying to drive traffic to her web site.
Her tools for breaking through the clutter are the quotes from Auburn players. And that's the story, not Roberts herself.
This lady isn't just some blogger with an unconventional opinion, she has quotes from Auburn players implicating coaches in wrongdoing. That's why the story is big, not because she's a sensationalist or lying to drive traffic to her web site.
Her tools for breaking through the clutter are the quotes from Auburn players. And that's the story, not Roberts herself.
This post was edited on 4/4/13 at 9:29 am
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:29 am to Stonehog
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Her tools for breaking through the clutter are the quotes from Auburn players. And that's the story, not Roberts herself.
This the SECr. We deal in fallacious reasoning. If you want to be a logical member of society... um. To be honest, I don't know where the logical crowd hangs out
This post was edited on 4/4/13 at 9:30 am
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:31 am to Stonehog
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she has quotes from Auburn players implicating coaches in wrongdoing.
She has quotes that the players themselves are saying they either did not say, or she twisted them to paint her article the way she wanted it to.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:32 am to tylerdurden24
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:32 am to Stonehog
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Her tools for breaking through the clutter are the quotes from Auburn players
This is her hail mary attempt to get back to her career, If successful she gets her life back, and if it fails you will never hear her name again!
Either way should provide entertainment for the interwebs, which sadly, is all journalism is these days.
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