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Merged: Miami Herald execs reprimand Armando Salguero over Jason Taylor comments

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BY EDWARD SCHUMACHER-MATOS

ombudsman@MiamiHerald.com

Wealthy sports stars such as Jason Taylor aren't like you and me, but that doesn't mean The Miami Herald can take license in writing about who they are and what they think.

The Dolphins defensive end has been the focus of a media barrage for weeks on whether after 11 years as a potential Hall-of-Famer, he will stay with the team. Coming off a successful stint on Dancing with the Stars, the handsome and well-spoken Taylor says he wants to play pro football for only one more year before going into the movies.

Finally, last Sunday, Taylor himself met in Hollywood with the media in what he said was an attempt to clarify his position and deflate an unintended confrontation that has been growing with management.

Miami Herald reporter Jeff Darlington wrote an excellent story, summarizing and analyzing what Taylor said and did not say. Darlington drew a fine line between Taylor's saying he requested, instead of demanded, a trade, and quoted Taylor as saying: ``If [a trade] doesn't work out, then I'm a Miami Dolphin. I love this place. I love Miami. I love the fans. I love everything about it. If it doesn't work out, then I'm here.''

There has been nothing in Taylor's 11 years with the Dolphins to make me doubt the sincerity of that statement. Greg Cote in an accompanying Page One column Monday agreed. Cote added that he thought Taylor's finely-stated position would help maintain Taylor's support among fans. I wonder. I don't think saying you want a chance to win elsewhere is a particularly popular thing to say, and thus requires some bravery. But that is my opinion.

Dolphins columnist Armando Salguero, however, took a totally different view in his blog. ''Although Taylor lies'' -- and here Salguero puts a line through ''lies'' as if to edit it out but leaves the word for readers to see, and then picks up -- ``states he would be happy playing for the Dolphins in 2008, the fact remains he wants to play for a winner.''

Salguero repeats the edited ''lies'' technique later in the same paragraph, writing: ``it is about the chance to go out with a ring and he doesn't think he has that chance in Miami no matter what he lies says to protect his image.''

I agree with at least one blog participant who called the ''lies'' technique a cheap shot. Striking it out but leaving the word all but accuses Taylor of lying, and clearly insinuates that Salguero thinks he is.

''Lie'' is a fighting word in most places I have lived. If you are going to use it in the genteel confines of a newspaper, even in a backhanded way in an opinion blog, then you better present the proof to back it up. Salguero did not.

http://www.miamiherald.com/616/story/561076.html
 
Rumour: Armando to the Pats...

For telling it like it is... I think Sparano backed up Armando's words..., and later JT does his proverbial dance with the media so the fanns don't get too excited about his glow and blow plans....

Screw the ombudsman-homer :boohoo:
 
''Lie'' is a fighting word in most places I have lived. If you are going to use it in the genteel confines of a newspaper, even in a backhanded way in an opinion blog, then you better present the proof to back it up. Salguero did not.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment.

However that doesn't mean that Taylor isn't lying.
 
''Lie'' is a fighting word in most places I have lived. If you are going to use it in the genteel confines of a newspaper, even in a backhanded way in an opinion blog, then you better present the proof to back it up. Salguero did not.
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So is calling someone "soft" or "lazy", but reporters do it all the time when referring to underachieving players ... especially when it comes in the format of informal opinion based blogs. Just because they don't prove it with hard, empirical evidence doesn't mean they don't have anecdotal evidence or off the record remarks to base it on.
 
Canadianfishfan said:
I lost repect for Armando a long time ago.
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I give you credit for ever having any for him to begin with....because I certainly didn't.

The guy is a COMPLETE scumbag. Here's to hoping he loses his job (though I know thats not happening). :up:
 
Good. I am sick of Lazy Journalism. Armando is the king of writing something in his blog and if it comes true, taking credit for breaking the story, while if it is false(most of his stuff turns out to be false) he simply claims it is his opinion and not fact. They should have him reporting on the school lunch menu not the greatest football team in the universe!
 
Considering accountability in the sports media is sadly non-existent, this shows exactly how terrible Salguero is to actually get himself reprimanded. Justice would be to kick his incompetent *** out of the state and have him cover dog fashion shows in Canada where he belongs.
 
Fans want it both ways. They want more coverage than ever. They want opinion based blogs. They want daily reports of OTA's (unheard of even 3 years ago). Then are shocked and awed that everything in the blog isn't backed up by 5 irrefutable sources or if an opinion in aforementioned opinion based blogs rubs them the wrong way. If a reporter says that a rookie draft pick is looking phenomenal in OTA's, that's good reporting. That's what I like to hear. On the other hand ... if the same reporter says a rookie draft pick looks like crap in practice ... doesn't that reporter know it's just his first practice? Shouldn't he cut him soome slack? Why does that reporter have a personal vendetta against that player? It's a sad state of journalism that he can't leave his personal bias out of it.

They don't mind if the reporter make personal accusations, just do it against players that fans don't like ... call the lower performing players "soft" or "lazy". That's perfectly fine. But for God's sakes, don't do it with The Golden Boy. You'll feel the wrath then.
 
FriendofBill said:
Fans want it both ways. They want more coverage than ever. They want opinion based blogs. They want daily reports of OTA's (unheard of even 3 years ago). Then are shocked and awed that everything in the blog isn't backed up by 5 irrefutable sources or if an opinion in aforementioned opinion based blogs rubs them the wrong way. If a reporter says that a rookie draft pick is looking phenomenal in OTA's, that's good reporting. That's what I like to hear. On the other hand ... if the same reporter says a rookie draft pick looks like crap in practice ... doesn't that reporter know it's just his first practice? Shouldn't he cut him soome slack? Why does that reporter have a personal vendetta against that player? It's a sad state of journalism that he can't leave his personal bias out of it.

They don't mind if the reporter make personal accusations, just do it against players that fans don't like ... call the lower performing players "soft" or "lazy". That's perfectly fine. But for God's sakes, don't do it with The Golden Boy. You'll feel the wrath then.
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What are you talking about? You're kind of going all over the place with your critique of inconsistent fans. A blogger reporting on a player's performance in an OTA is an understood opinion by the reporter. The reader understands it's the writer's perception and accepts it for what it is. The only source is the journalist's opinion of a performance which is clearly disclosed. This is an entirely different situation. This is a piss poor journalist insinuating speculation as fact. He's made assumptions about things he is not privy too and instead of countering with any facts of his own he just implies that JT is lying in an incredibly childish way.
 
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