Yes, but that's just it – it's a rumour if a sports guy publishes it. News media doesn't exist to publish rumours. It exists to dig into the rumours, find the kernel of fact in them, and report on that. It so happens that in the Monika/Melinda case, that kernel was buried in the legal system. Who better to get it than the crime reporter?
Nope. Different journalists have different talents. It's why there's a crime beat, and a sports beat, and a city beat, and a business beat... just because a story has its foot in one world doesn't mean it's not predominantly in another.
Because we're dealing with actual people here. Rumours are fine when they're within the context of the league and the business. But when you're talking about a person's life, something that affects them outside of the business, it's irresponsible to report on it without solid, credible evidence. Imagine if people in media had been openly speculating about the Karlsson's miscarriage prior to it being confirmed to be true? That kind of thing is so beyond any kind of reasonable ethical code and certainly well beyond the role of a reporter.
This chunk of your post makes me believe that you think these guys are in the business of investigative journalism, which is just not the case. They're radio personalities. They're entertainers above all else. Guys like Mendes really raise the bar because they also do a lot of digging to ensure their discussions are robust. But you'll notice any time a news story is "broken" on TSN1200, it's typically as a result of Twitter. Besides, doing "journalistic work," as you call it, on-air would be so dull and would cause listeners to change channels. If they're not getting listeners, then they're not holding jobs.
Probably the most realistic to address, but it certainly couldn't be that head-on. It's the kind of thing you'd probably have to couch, along the lines of "What's the financial situation surrounding the Sens as you understand it?" asked to the right person. In their role as opinion shapers, they need to be careful. It's the classic loaded question that journalists are taught to avoid.
This has been discussed.
Both discussed, the former in context of the rumblings of a sale, the latter at the time of his comments. No rumour in the latter, though, as the comments were made. That's fact.
Exactly the kind of thing I was talking about with a person's off-ice life. You can't speculate on that. Not in good faith. Not without risking opening yourself up to a defamation lawsuit. And especially not if it's as bad as Duthie seemed to think it was.
So the way I’m reading this - and please tell me if I’m wrong - is that you want TSN1200 to be a real-time audio only version of this board. Not me. I dont need to listen to supposed professionals speculating like us scrubs. That way lays madness.
