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what the hell happened in here?

mike misquoted blue?

now i look like an a-hole for standing up for them earlier

I know two of the sportswriters for The Reveille, one of whom wrote the article. They're both douches

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I don't know if he misquoted him but Blue said one silly thing about gay players during a 4 minute interview, and the reporter used that single quote.

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That, and the reporter repeated led Blue to the quote that he got.
The audio reveals the following:

Blue says that no one on the team is gay.

Blue says he doesn't know how the team would hypothetically react to a player coming out.

Reporter asks if Blue thinks the nature of football makes it tougher for someone to come out, Blue hesitates.

Reporter asks again, given the nature of football, what the general attitude of football players would be. Blue responds with the quote that was run.

Reporter asks how the LSU locker room would respond, and Blue says that any harassment would be settled quickly with a team meeting.

Reporter asks Blue's personal opinion, and Blue responds by saying if someone can help win a NC, he couldn't care less.

Some posters in this thread appear to look foolish now. Mr. Haydel was not one of them.

You've obviously never read mother jones

The "journalists" were intentionally trying to sensationalize a topic and exploit a student athlete for their benefit. If the Reveille wants to participate in predatory journalism, that's there prerogative. That being said, there should be consequences.

If I was in a position of authority within the athletic department, I would instruct all student athletes to refuse all interviews with all Reveille reporters. I would also remove all media privileges to the Reveille staff.

A good rule to live by, don't bite the hand that feeds you.

I will say this...

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I would also remove all media privileges to the Reveille staff.

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Would get your arse sued (see GG, he's a dick but still gets in).

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I would instruct all student athletes to refuse all interviews with all Reveille reporters.

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This is more doable, but still not likely. Also, why punish the entire staff for the actions of maybe 3 people?

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A good rule to live by, don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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I still don't agree with this being the case... So you're telling me the media at large should be afraid of LSU athletics if they report on controversial or negative topics? (*cough* Tyrann Mathieu *cough*).

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So you're telling me the media at large should be afraid of LSU athletics if they report on controversial or negative topics?

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What does that have you do with this?

The reporter straight up lied, and then they printed his story. The only controversy is their lies. And they shoukd absolutely be afraid of printing slander, and that's what this is. They need to come out on their front page for a week explaining their bullshite agenda. Otherwise the only losers here is Blue, who did nothing wrong.

People need to be fired over this. It's disgusting.

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but was willing to defend them b/c he did actually say what was run, but they took it way out of context.

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It wasn't just that they took it out of context, the headline starts off as a big arse lie and then they blast the guy before getting to the quote that they hand picked as if he really said it like that.

Why would you even make a story up like that? I thought journalists only liked the straight facts. The times have gotten so bad that it went national before kids got out of school., yes I mean NATIONAL.