Charlotte sports media...

[Tbe]

Just watched a report on WBTV where the sports reporter referenced “Riviara” and “Dan Tepper” multiple times. 
 

Just had to share the laugh.

[SBiii]

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

Just watched a report on WBTV where the sports reporter referenced “Riviara” and “Dan Tepper” multiple times. 
 

Just had to share the laugh.

You nailed it.

Sports media in Charlotte are pitiful....includes print, radio and TV. 

Mindblowingly bad....

[Fox007]

In Teppers presser on the Panthers website I actually love how Tepper kept sly bashing those morons int he room by asking them if he wanted to keep re-reading them the press release....you know that thing for the press....so they have info....to base questions off of and not ask what is actually already answered in the press release....that was great.

I think he knows the clown shoes in the room there and the local derp media.

[Fox007]

Oh yea and then he bash bashes that idiot who asked if we were going to try to win or lose games for draft position lol.

[WarHeel]

Brandon Marshall had it right... it’s Tapper, people.

[ellis]

If only there was a guy who has broadcast/journalism experience providing nonstop Panthers content for free on an hourly basis that they could recruit and hire. 

[ellis]

4 hours ago, Fox007 said:

In Teppers presser on the Panthers website I actually love how Tepper kept sly bashing those morons int he room by asking them if he wanted to keep re-reading them the press release....you know that thing for the press....so they have info....to base questions off of and not ask what is actually already answered in the press release....that was great.

I think he knows the clown shoes in the room there and the local derp media.

Well. I’m not ever gonna call anybody out negatively by name. I’m not freaking stupid. Here’s all I will say: I’ve been working in journalism and broadcasting since 1999. I grew up around it all my life. All that affords me is perspective and occasional inside 411 on the business. Sure: It would be nice to get an occasional press pass. Just doesn’t seem like it’s in the cards right now. I get it. I’m covering the team for the first time since 2011, and I’m sure they don’t have one more chair available. They do have ESPN on site every day, so there’s that. The worldwide leader in sports probably has it all covered.

So, with that said, there’s a small handful of people in that press room that I truly respect. I’ll never question anybody’s passion. I like very granular detail with my reporting, and I do like to ask coaches granular questions, because they actually like that. Instead of having to hear about cam Newton‘s travel plans to Arizona for the seventh time in four minutes....I would probably ask, in advance of that game, when’s the last time you faced an air raid offense? Do you have any specific concepts that work to neutralize a player like Kyler Murray? What’s the biggest challenge playing offensive line for Newton, then Allen—Are you having to teach these guys new blocking concepts with the read option scaled back almost completely? In the off-season, were you comfortable with going into camp having a late round rookie returning punts? Ron, tell me about the new position coaches for this year: Peetz, Hostler, Fewell, etc? What are their personalities like? Do they each have a special coaching philosophy you’d like to share? What was the number one factor that led to the install of a one gap/34 defense? Do you feel this will take some time? 

OK, I will toss out one name, because I know Zack posts here: Josh Klein. That guy truly cares about his work. I’ve only met him one time, it was very brief. But he’s a good writer, approaches a story w/ good angles. He has a good knowledge base, and has a good historical perspective on where this team has traveled over the last 25 years.

So, kudos to the Riot. 

All you really need is about four good beat writers in each market. I think Carolina has that right now. I have a very small circle of media folks I follow in CLT. I like football, I like analysis, and I like folks who deliver content. I’m not a big fan of general, milquetoast takes. (Ex: “Keys to the game today: 1) Don’t turn the ball over, 2) Run the ball with McCaffrey, 3) Protect Kyle, 4) Tackle” — Wow, great preview. I’ll definitely be looking out for those for very specific, compelling storylines!)

THAT feels like lowest common denominator reporting. No curiosity from the reporter. No desire to learn more about nuance, with the opportunity to pass said nuance along to their readers. I study a lot of film, and I grew up around a lot of smart football folks who taught me well. That’s not a prerequisite to provide solid reporting. Here’s a prerequisite: curiosity and effort. The desire to learn more as a reporter so you can shed more light. 

I’m also not a big fan of politics. I actually enjoy politics. But I don’t mix the two. And I’m not mad at those to do. None of my business. Which is why I don’t follow people that do that when it comes to football reporting and analysis. So, if you spend half your day on Twitter ranting and raving about politics, I think that’s perfectly fine. I just don’t really have any interest in it.

Max is cool. And I think given the constraints of being a team employee, he does a good job presenting the story with facts. Jourdan and Joe do a good job with their new freedom at the athletic. The observer is just an absolute mess. I don’t blame the new beat writer. That’s a corporate problem. 

Nick Carboni is good. And works hard to layer his reporting w/ nuance and interesting angles.

Anyway, I’m a media nerd. That’s what happens when you find yourself walking around the halls of WSOC TV in 1986 as a first grader, playing catch with Harold Johnson while your dad preps the weekend weather maps.

Good times.

[ellis]

6 hours ago, Tbe said:

Just watched a report on WBTV where the sports reporter referenced “Riviara” and “Dan Tepper” multiple times. 
 

Just had to share the laugh.

Are you sure that really happened? 
 

My god that is bad.

[Jeremy Igo]

You can't really lump the daily beat reporters in with the people who read the screens on TV. 

[1of10Charnatives]

16 minutes ago, ellis said:

Are you sure that really happened? 
 

My god that is bad.

I didn’t see the report but after literally decades of watching NFL games on tv in which actual commentators paid to do nothing but talk about these players as they play the game mispronounce names repeatedly, sometimes for years (my favorite was the Fox moron who continued to call  Steve Smith “Stephen Smith” long after he’d made the Pro Bowl), I am not in the least surprised. 

My impression is that many people in broadcast journalism, where the emphasis is too much on whether you have perfect teeth and good hair, can’t be bothered to hold themselves to a minimum professional standard of knowing details like how to pronounce prominent local individuals names correctly.

[Tbe]

1 hour ago, ellis said:

Are you sure that really happened? 
 

My god that is bad.

Not putting the reporter down or anything. It was just funny. When she first said “Dan Tepper” and “Riviara”, I thought it was just a slip. But then she said it again and again...lol
 

 

[ellis]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

You can't really lump the daily beat reporters in with the people who read the screens on TV. 

Like I said, a portion of them are really good at their job. 

Yeah, newsreaders are a different breed

[Carl Spackler]

53 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Not putting the reporter down or anything. It was just funny. When she first said “Dan Tepper” and “Riviara”, I thought it was just a slip. But then she said it again and again...lol
 

 

WBTV only has one full-time sports person unless something changed in the last 3 weeks. This ain’t 1997, when their budget was enough for a six- or seven-man operation.

News stations are often on tight budgets so they go for college kids needing a job who have no negotiating power or sports knowledge and will accept meager salaries. 

Besides, WCNC has well surpassed WBTV now, sadly. The King is no longer atop the throne. The peacock has usurped it with a better crew. 

[1of10Charnatives]

19 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

WBTV only has one full-time sports person unless something changed in the last 3 weeks. This ain’t 1997, when their budget was enough for a six- or seven-man operation.

News stations are often on tight budgets so they go for college kids needing a job who have no negotiating power or sports knowledge and will accept meager salaries. 

Besides, WCNC has well surpassed WBTV now, sadly. The King is no longer atop the throne. The peacock has usurped it with a better crew. 

I don’t care if she’s the only person on staff and just got hired a month ago. You’re reporting on the firing of your local NFL team’s head coach mid season. It is a huge story that will bring lots of extra eyeballs to your broadcast. Not knowing how to pronounce the names of the two key people in the story is akin to a news reporter not knowing the names of the governor and the inmate when covering a stay of execution.

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