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In response to "There's a line you don't cross and giving your subject the whole story before you publish so they can add to or change your story is not acceptable." by Krusty

Your core argument is correct—100%. Unfortunately, this is so common, in sports news. For access, these guys become shills—I can a dozen reporters who

Posted by flavorize (aka Flavorize) Oct 13 '21, 08:53

are actively/obvious shills for NFL teams…Adam does it league wide.

It’s super rampant in the NBA—no other way to get the stories, especially from players

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The point of their job is about marketing an entertainment product. Hard-hitting adversarial journalism is not part of the job description. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 08:56 1
- Bingo -- nm - flavorize Oct 13, 08:57

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Your core argument is correct—100%. Unfortunately, this is so common, in sports news. For access, these guys become shills—I can a dozen reporters who

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