Essential The Official ESPN First Take Thread
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What didgrade Bron's performance as today? Prolly some shyt like a C+?
you need to see what they talked about to believe it.
Ruutu
Rookie
And the worst part is Skip and SAS think they are proffessional journalists 
The Tanzanian Prince
Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote
oh wow is ESPN trying to shyt on Michelle Beadle? is this shyt old or new? they on their making her act retarded....green suit shyt hahahahaha
Jesus Shuttlesworth
I Got Game
And the worst part is Skip and SAS think they are proffessional journalists
How do you figure they are not?
It's what they did for years before getting solely on TV. Just b/c they're not doing it now doesn't mean you can discredit them.
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
How do you figure they are not?
It's what they did for years before getting solely on TV. Just b/c they're not doing it now doesn't mean you can discredit them.
thats why i stopped watching. fukking mentioning tebow everyday in May
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
How do you figure they are not?
Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ Code of Ethics
REad the Society of Professional Journalists.
—Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
- Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
— Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
— Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable.
— Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
— Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible
— Avoid misleading re-enactments or staged news events. If re-enactment is necessary to tell a story, label it.
— Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
— Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance.
What they do on TV is NOT JOURNALISM.
At least understand what's a part of the job before defending them.
They continue to cross the line.
And please....do not EQUATE how one posts online to what they do when at work. That was the DUMBEST shyt you ever posted in your life.
gameover82
Pro
oh wow is ESPN trying to shyt on Michelle Beadle? is this shyt old or new? they on their making her act retarded....green suit shyt hahahahaha
when did that happen
I really hope I see that asexual Skip in Manhattan. I see alot of these ESPN personalities on the Upper West Side..
I will shyt all over him right there in front of Gray's Papaya..
I will shyt all over him right there in front of Gray's Papaya..
Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ Code of Ethics
REad the Society of Professional Journalists.
Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
- Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable.
Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible
Avoid misleading re-enactments or staged news events. If re-enactment is necessary to tell a story, label it.
Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance.
What they do on TV is NOT JOURNALISM.
At least understand what's a part of the job before defending them.
They continue to cross the line.
And please....do not EQUATE how one posts online to what they do when at work. That was the DUMBEST shyt you ever posted in your life.
I knew you'd respond.
You can't resist. Fact is, LIKE I SAID, they were journalist, professional journalists before they got on TV.
All those rules u just bolded, and yet you cherry pick my "headline" and leave out the "article" explanation.
That's not responsible journalism in my eyes
Premeditated
MANDE KANG
his whole schtick is so predictable. which is why i haven't watched in almost 2 weeks. I'll start watching when they bring in Bomani, Jalen or Steven Bardo(or how ever you spell his name).lol Notice how during dat segment of Bron's "showboating", Skip 's card was gettin pulled and he quickly deflected n threw out dat random tangent of Bron's Finals performace(which had absolutely nothing to do with da topic being discussed) to shift da conversation away from him being called out for sounding like an idiot.
you're ridiculous. You woudn't be saying this if it had been somebody other than Lebron. You realize we're criticizing him for dribbling inbetween his legs and throwing and basic behind the back pass?
....Well....WHAT ABOUT LAST YEAR'S FINALS?!
Viewer with any shred of common sense-
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
I knew you'd respond.
You can't resist. Fact is, LIKE I SAID, they were journalist, professional journalists before they got on TV.
But folks are clearly talking about with them being ON TV and then HIDING behind it when their behavior is called into question.
What I posted is an example of me practicing journalism????????
Good lord....you're horrific.
Here's an article I wrote on behalf of the late Gil Noble. This is an example of me practicing the art of journalism:
There are fixtures and memories we have housed from our youth that remind us of our parents. For me, the fixed memory was a Sunday morning routine. My father would awaken me, summon me to the living room where he sat in a well worn recliner in front of an empty coffee table. He would then hand me change, and in his gruff Nigerian accent order me to go and pick him up a copy of the New York Times. I would leave our home, and still groggy pass by numerous newsstands and stores on a multi-block trek, to the lone bodega that sold the Pulitzer prize winning newspaper, in our Crown Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood.
I would return home relieved to unload the weight of the NYT Sunday edition and place the paper on the table, where my father would begin the meticulous process of a section after section, page-by-page read of the newspaper. My mother, with my younger sister in tow, would prepare our traditional Nigerian breakfast of eggs and yams.
But by 11:00AM, that part of our Sunday routine gave way to our undivided attention to the news program, Like It Is, hosted by the lege
ndary journalist Gil Noble, who passed away on April 4 at the age of 80.
As I look back on the 20 plus years since watching my late father’s appetite for news, his leap from reading the New York Times to watch Like It Is wasn’t much of a jump at all.
What Gil Noble brought to his audience was the same degree of professionalism, journalistic integrity and attention to detail as the Times. But the brand of news he delivered was unlike what was printed between the pages of the iconic daily. Mr. Noble’s brand of news and his loyal viewers did not have the benefit of daily distribution, nor did they have the media echo chamber to further along his message and perspective.
Gil Noble’s challenge to himself was to fill the void in news coverage from the perspective of African-Americans and the Diaspora beyond. In doing so, the broad scope and intent of his hourlong public affairs program was everything to a neglected, overlooked and often ignored audience. His weekly roundtable discussions and interviews focused on the pressing issues facing people of African decent.
While the program ruffled the feathers of many in the establishment (it was forced to stave off attempts to cancel the show for its “one-sided” perspective), Mr. Noble made his intentions clear, “My job was not to bring objectivity into the business, but to balance an acknowledged subjective industry,” he once said. That was an uncompromising declaration of what Mr. Noble and his program, Like It Is, stood for. The program became the longest running African American produced television program in the country. Gil Noble’s peaceful demeanor, grace and smooth interviewing style carried a regality befitting of his last name. The Harlem-born host eased into our homes with the familiarity of a family member.
Like it Is launched in 1968 during the chaotic period of the civil rights movement. The list of luminaries paraded onto our television screen was long and crossed the oceans. On any given Sunday we would see and hear on Noble’s panel of guests who came from abroad – former South African President Nelson Mandela; Michael Manley of Jamaica; SekouToure of Guniea; Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Stateside, we would see and hear cultural icons Lena Horne, Muhammad Ali, Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, Bob Marley, Sydney Pottier, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Louis Farrakahn. What Soul Train was to the introduction of African American music and style to the world, Like It Is introduced the Black perspective on world and local affairs.
While the show featured a list of well-known guests, Gil Noble also used his Like It Is platform as a teaching vehicle. A noted documentarian, he produced films on prominent African American figures such as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and the first documentary featuring Paul Robeson. The program’s focus also reached its audience at the ground level by spotlighting community activists, educators, as well as hosting everyday people whose stories were not covered by mainstream journalists. By the shows end in 2011, Like It Is amassed the largest volume of programming and documentaries on African Americans in the country.
Although the show was only televised in the New York City area, Mr. Noble’s contribution toward the advancement of the African-American struggle was nationally recognized. He was a seven-time Emmy winner; the recipient of more than 650 community awards; he was honored with five honorary degrees and received the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award.
As I look back at the fixture which was my father’s Sunday mornings and watch myself carry the same habits when reaching down on my doorstep for the New York Times each Sunday, I now often ask myself, where is that restorative balance my father and many of us sought every Sunday morning now that Like It Is is no longer on air?
I attended Gil Noble’s home going at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. To know the story of Gil Noble and his contributions is to know the story of a principled man who committed himself to covering the Diaspora perspective and our concerns. Like it Is carried enough weight to make up for the imbalance that is still – after more than 40 years – missing from the mainstream press. And, as the urgent issues facing the Black community becomes more and more muddled with the belief carried by many that we are living in a “post-racial America” in the Age of Obama, and less a part of the national conversation as it was during the tumultuous era when Like It Is launched, our collective response as people of African descent should be to maintain and build upon the blueprint Gil Noble left as a journalist and communicator.
