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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Doesn't this get back to the bloggers and press pass argument in the hockey thread? If she's not a professional and a joke then don't let her in. If she's allowed in, she has to be treated as a reporter.
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This is a little different in that she's accredited by an actual news organization, which technically makes her no different than Barbara Walters. It's her behavior at issue, not her title or who she works for. Nobody will ever convince me that she is a journalist, she simply isn't. She's a pretty face with painted on jeans, a low cut top and a microphone. I'm sure she fills her role well, but let's not pretend that we don't know exactly what her role is.
This isn't to say the Jets should have acted as they did, you're right she should be treated as any other reporter. I guess it comes down to the notion that the way you act dictates the way you will be treated. Act unprofessionally, get treated unprofessionally. It doesn't excuse professional athletes from acting like high school kids, but it certainly prevents me from being the least bit outraged by the situation. And I absolutely hate the Jets, I will take any opportunity to curse them and laugh at their misfortune.