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Jay Mariotti

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Tucsondriver, Mar 24, 2015.

  1. Monday Morning Sportswriter

    Monday Morning Sportswriter Well-Known Member

    It's funny how much coverage he got at all.
     
  2. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    He was a huge name for a long time. Definitely a top 10 columnist by fame, if not from talent.

    So many delighted in his fall that there's going to be a lot of curiosity in how he does at at paper that is mostly irrelevant.

    There was a rumor about 2-3 years ago that he was about to be hired at a decent sized paper and it was basically a done deal, but he said or did something that gave them a whiff of what a complete pain in the ass he was going to be and it fell through.
     
  3. Tucsondriver

    Tucsondriver Member

    I assume you mean that Cooper's tweet is ethically questionable. Is it libelous? I would say no because the (since-expunged) charges and convictions are public and Mariotti is a public figure.
     
  4. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    Wouldn't a libel case drum all this stuff back up? I doubt Mariotti would me on board for rehashing that case in court.
     
  5. Tucsondriver

    Tucsondriver Member

    It's all out there anyway. I'm not sure how rehashing does any more damage to Mariotti. Winning a libel case against the editor of Chronicle would vindicate him - at least in his mind. That's all predicated on the supposition that he'd actually have a case. I don't think he does.
     
  6. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    He doesn't. And I think reminding everyone again how he behaved that night would do significantly more damage.
     
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    I just meant that Cooper, as the editor of the Chronicle, should be above that kind of stuff. When you are "the" editor, what you say reflects on everyone beneath you. Some columnist? Fine. But what happens if a news story happens involving Mariotti? A reasonable person could say that Cooper's tweet might make the Chronicle a less that reputable source for objective reporting.
     
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Cooper is commenting on something that is objective truth.

    People are allowed to do that.
     
  9. Tucsondriver

    Tucsondriver Member

    That would never happen.
     
  10. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    Yeah. He would never run afoul of the law.
     
  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    What happened to his gig at that Florida sports web site?
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I wonder if steroids are a worse offense in his world than applauding a dinner speaker?
     
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