Two things: first of all, whenever using that standard, you be clear and specific that you are not saying claiming that anything you say is true BEFORE you say it.

Second, you can give your opinion on almost anything legitimately, if you are willing to come back after having been proven wrong and both own up to your mistake (because holding and/or expressing an incorrect opinion is a mistake) AND correct it.

That's what a responsible commentator would do. And they surely aren't responsible journalists, because responsible journalists wouldn't be putting any opinions out there in the first place.

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Posted by 4LSU

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Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/12/07 at 5:23 pm to King Joey

Once again I am only talking about M&M in the morning. Not any other show. As a general point I agree with what you guys are saying. I am stating this assuming that you are specifically talking with reference to what Mike Greenberg said in "M&M in the Morning" show. Colin Cowherd said a lot of things today that did not have any basis for and I completely agree with you guys on what he said.

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Two things: first of all, whenever using that standard, you be clear and specific that you are not saying claiming that anything you say is true BEFORE you say it.

Which he did. He started by saying that he probably does not know much, and in fact it could be argued that he did not know anything. All he was referring to was the reported article in the DFP and he read right out of it to be sure he did not add anything else in it. Then he played what Miles had told when he attended the Mike and Mike show. He then went on to say that if Miles now leaves it is bad.

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Second, you can give your opinion on almost anything legitimately, if you are willing to come back after having been proven wrong and both own up to your mistake (because holding and/or expressing an incorrect opinion is a mistake) AND correct it.

Well he did mention that he hopes he is wrong and that Miles was a man of his word and was going to stay at LSU in the immediate future. He also mentioned that if that was the case then everyone can forget what they were saying about this at that point. Basically disregard what he was saying then. He also mentioned that he thought (from Miles on the show) that Miles was genuine so he hoped Miles would stick to his word. I understand the whole idea of CYA here. I guess at this point I doubt they follow up with comments on the show specifically to what you were saying. However personally I think he did cover himself enough to where if he was wrong it would be ok. Off course everyone here may disagree with this...

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And they surely aren't responsible journalists, because responsible journalists wouldn't be putting any opinions out there in the first place.

Right. I dont think these shows are journalistic News shows. They are sports opinions.

This post was edited on 12/12/07 at 5:38 pm

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 12/12/07 at 7:50 pm to TopWaterTiger

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Media won't stop until UM hires a coach.

Until the bowls start, the CFB writers will literally have nothing to write about, so they will have to make stories up. What better subject to write on than Les Miles to Michigan?

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