Oklahoma State coach stooped to article’s level

By Joe McAdory

Published: September 24, 2007

Found this link at another journalist’s blog of Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy berating a newspaper article on a Cowboy quarterback, and berating newspapers in general. I understand his point to a degree, but anytime a newspaper prints WHAT HAPPENS how can that be challenged? He calls this quarterback “still a child.“ Really? Is this child old enough to vote? Is this child old enough to drive a car? He is not a child.

Then Gundy rips into the reporter, Jenni Carlson of the Daily Oklahoman, and tells her that he wishes her child had to endure a similar hardship. When Gundy did that, he stooped to the exact level he was berating. At that point, his argument became invalid.

If a newspaper article prints something that is inaccurate, then a retraction should be forthcoming. Articles should be backed with attribution. Was this story inaccurate? I don’t know. There were some stabs at the quarterback, but he is a public figure. I’m not sure if some stabs were necessary. Carlson used the phrase “word is” regarding the quarterback’s possible transfer. “Word is” doesn’t cut it in my field. That’s only heresay.

But singling out newspapers, coach Gundy, is wrong. There are other means of journalism that deliver dirty laundry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoMmbUmKN0E

Here is Carlson’s column: http://newsok.com/article/3131543/1190474803