It makes no sense to fabricate what a coach says, even if we know it’s all cliches anyway. That reporter could have easily said “I asked the coach for a comment, he said he was too busy (or pissed off) to answer”, then still rattle off the same cliches as the reporter’s own observations.
In fact, I’ve noticed those types of reports far more this year. Maybe it’s because I’m a Bills fan, and McDermott has not exactly been in the best spirits come halftime in the last few games. Yes, we all know the Bills need to stop giving the ball to the opposition on a silver platter, we dont need Sean to say it to know he’s thinking it.
Or, maybe it’s because this type of talk has been going around the Reporter’s Club, and we are now seeing which reporter’s will stuff cliches into a coaches mouth, and which won’t.
Yup, Sports reporting is low stakes, but I have always liked that the tradition in the states is that it’s held to a similar sort of journalistic standard, if rather squishier. Just don’t cross that line, and say all the dumb shit you would have expected the coach to say as the impression you got, or the gist of what you overheard. In the college game at least, there are a few coaches who would be livid if a reporter put cliches into their mouths.
Fabricated stories from a Fox reporter?
I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it
There’s still time to fix that little problem
I love how indignant the other tweets are about this harmless bit of faff. Article states that Erin Andrews admits having done this too. I betcha every sideline reporter has had to do this at some point (with the various coach’s blessing in some cases, no doubt). There’s no ethics to break here, this is sports journalism! We pay attention to sports precisely because they don’t matter! Gimme a break with this shit
People at Fox Corporation just can’t help themselves I guess.
I feel like she just said the quiet part out loud, and is probably getting some extra flac for sexist reasons.
I’m shocked. Shocked!
Well, not that shocked.
