jtstang wrote:And here's the Chicago Sun Times blog entry confirming that the player disputes parts of the NYT article because he had "spiced up" the English paper the article was based on.
As a journalist who has covered a broad range of topics, I would never quote pieces of an unpublished document without first confirming its veracity with the author. While nothing in the article explicitly says so, the reader gets the impression that the English paper is something that McFarland shared with the reporter and was aware the reporter would be making public. That it wasn't (and he didn't) is irresponsible and shady. The English paper is presented as fact in the article. To not have verified it as the legitimate claim of a source is lazy journalism.
It's a shame Evans didn't do his due diligence on this piece.
But a majority of it was correct. (the English Paper) McFarland tells Rivals.com that he and his mother stand by the rest of the article and that the majority of the English paper was not embellished.
Pony Soup wrote:You sound like a demo whining about the war in iraq at this point.
WHINING about the war? I assume you don't know anyone serving over there. It's not a political party thing when someone dies.
If anything, you sound like a Republican whining about losing the election.
I am not going to start this argument with a guy who never speaks but takes something like that COMPLETELY out of context like a jerk just to have something to say.
Stallion wrote:Please list all violations of NCAA rule violations committed by a representative of the university as defined by the NCAA in that story-because I must have missed them. I don't know about today but when I was in school your description of rules violations that apparently should cause an NCAA investigation could have occurred at just about any fraternity party at SMU. And you blatently misrepresented that Texas offered money to the recruit's Mom-but that's what you do because he are prejudiced against the school.
Here's what is says;
McFarland’s mother, Kashemeyia Adams, said she received numerous offers, including one for an interest-free loan for a former classmate, if her son were to choose Texas. She said she did not believe the offers were affiliated with the Texas football staff.
No University involvement - this is merely an incident of Lack of Institutional Control where UT "fans" invited a recruit to a party where improper inducements (Booze, sex and drugs) were offered to the recruit. Not too different in theory from OU booster giving a QB a job a his car dealership and the QB got paid whether he worked or not. Although to an 18 year old, getting laid is probably worth more than getting paid.
mr. pony wrote:[quote="Pony Soup] You sound like a demo ... [/quote]
You couldn't be more wrong about that, Soupy.[/quote]
Hey dont you do that either. Print the whole quote and if you dont understand what it means then dont comment on it. I didnt suggest anyone here was a demo or a repub, just commented on what they spent an 18month "pre-election" doing. Meant nothing about anyone's politics or war view.
