NFL sideline reporter says she made shit up.....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2023/11/16/charissa-thompson-make-up-fake-nfl-sideline-reports/71608786007/
So stupid to admit this and secondly, what a joke 'journalist' she is. This goes on way more than you think. This isn't a newspaper where you go through an editor and there's a semblance of journalistic peer review (more so in the past, less so now). I guarantee you some of these 'NFL insiders' make up shit all the time and either don't have sources or don't talk to the persons involved in the story, yet have 'quotes'. Who's going to check? You aren't supposed to reveal your sources in true journalism to protect their identities and keep the information coming. Erin Andrews also admitted a few years ago she did this as well and nothing came of it. You can make up that you spoke to a source and its taken at face value.
Then you have excellent journalists like Andrea Kremer, who did things the right way always, and she's rightly outraged by this. Too many pretty faces jammed into sports media and the journalistic chops and ethics aren't there.
and i always thought half time was for running to the bathroom, making a snack, and refilling my drink. Usually sliding back into my chair just in time to see the kick off.
The networks would have them do the reports in bikini lingerie if they thought they could get away with it. It is what it is.
I'm not surprised that a human being lied. But wondering why she spilled the beans. Does she need more attention than she already has being plastered all over various national broadcasts of the highest rated reality show in America? Trying to ease her conscience? Jealous of Taylor Swift?
@"ThunderGod" said: and i always thought half time was for running to the bathroom, making a snack, and refilling my drink. Usually sliding back into my chair just in time to see the kick off.Yeah this is 100% the play for NFL. Unfortunately, in college games the halftime is so excruciatingly long (seriously.. why?), that I have to either find another game (which are almost always also at halftime), or actually get off my butt and go do some chores. Sad!
@"purplefaithful" said: Lets be clear...I could give a F about how good of a reporter she actually is...And that's exactly why she can say that shit but it is not helpful to the good women working in sports
@"Vikergirl" said:This. Its detrimental to legitimacy.@"purplefaithful" said: Lets be clear...I could give a F about how good of a reporter she actually is... And that's exactly why she can say that shit but it is not helpful to the good women working in sports
She basically made herself into a meme, looking online I see what a joke she is now
“I just talked to Joey Bosa and he’s doing great.” -Clarissa Thompson pic.twitter.com/J2uwhfvsZE
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This is why Charissa Thompson’s comments are so damaging to female journalists everywhere.
— Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) November 18, 2023
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