Rojo says, "It's a shame Rupp didn't get an IV after the 10,000. He might have won this one."

I completely agree.

Very unprofessional

Oh my goodness, don't start a whole new thread for this. Go tell him that in that thread. Or email him personally.

You do realize that this is a private website and they don't have to stay unbiased right? They can flat out say they hate Salazar and not post a single thing about them in a positive manner. It is ultimately up to the daily website visitors to decide if they want to keep coming back. If you don't like what you are seeing go away. Jesus, it's like someone going to Foxnews everyday complaining about them having a conservative bias, go somewhere else!

Private Website wrote:

You do realize that this is a private website and they don't have to stay unbiased right? They can flat out say they hate Salazar and not post a single thing about them in a positive manner. It is ultimately up to the daily website visitors to decide if they want to keep coming back. If you don't like what you are seeing go away. Jesus, it's like someone going to Foxnews everyday complaining about them having a conservative bias, go somewhere else!

Nice post, Rojo.

People (probably the same poster) keeps accusing any other poster who defends NOP as a Nike shill, Freud Pr drone, etc.

Do they not realize that Magness and the Gouchers have their own free PR agency? Letsrun.

I think it's fair to say that the Brojos, idiotic though they are, have always maintained that this is a 'fan' site and have never made pretensions that it is anything else. Their child-like writing reflects on their enthusiasm for the sport and if you are looking for serious journalism then you're at the wrong place. As with all sports fans, they have their favorites as well as people they don't like for whatever reason. It's best just to accept that and never give much credence to what they write. Treat it as light-hearted fun rather than hard hitting journalism.

I think that's the point.

Rojo consistently reports that he is unbiased about this matter, simply in favor of clean sport, whereas in reality he's been against Rupp/Salazar/NOP for quite some time. His 'writing' pretty consistently shows that he's biased regardless of how often he might say he's not.

It's not about clean sport to him, it's about being vengeful towards Galen. It's been apparent since college and I can assure you it's not going to stop now.

Reality Time wrote:

I think it's fair to say that the Brojos, idiotic though they are, have always maintained that this is a 'fan' site and have never made pretensions that it is anything else. Their child-like writing reflects on their enthusiasm for the sport and if you are looking for serious journalism then you're at the wrong place. As with all sports fans, they have their favorites as well as people they don't like for whatever reason. It's best just to accept that and never give much credence to what they write. Treat it as light-hearted fun rather than hard hitting journalism.

But the brojos want it both ways. They want to be treated seriously in the sport, yet write as if it's a personal blog.

dreamin wrote:

Reality Time wrote:

I think it's fair to say that the Brojos, idiotic though they are, have always maintained that this is a 'fan' site and have never made pretensions that it is anything else. Their child-like writing reflects on their enthusiasm for the sport and if you are looking for serious journalism then you're at the wrong place. As with all sports fans, they have their favorites as well as people they don't like for whatever reason. It's best just to accept that and never give much credence to what they write. Treat it as light-hearted fun rather than hard hitting journalism.

But the brojos want it both ways. They want to be treated seriously in the sport, yet write as if it's a personal blog.

Yup, that's the real problem. The brojos desperately want to be respected as journalists within the running community, but they operate without any professional (or even basic adult) standards.

Yes, FoxNews has the RIGHT to operate in the manner they do, but that's exactly why they're not respected. Same goes for the brojos.

Who said LR or any media is unbiased or without slant? The sports papers of most large city broadsheets are filled with snarky commentary by writers and editors. I am grateful that at least ONE media outlet devoted to running has a say on this issue. I'm not going to hear this on NBC, that's for sure.

What's the point in starting and maintaining a site if you can't express your viewpoint? unpro..why don't you start a neutral site?

No IV drip? I don't see how Rupp is going to do the heats of the 5,000 or 10,000? And any thoughts of doubling is doubly doubtful now.

Do the Brojos have media credentials? Seems like that carries a bit more responsibility to ethics and standards that "just bloggers".

brogan1 wrote:

People (probably the same poster) keeps accusing any other poster who defends NOP as a Nike shill, Freud Pr drone, etc.

Do they not realize that Magness and the Gouchers have their own free PR agency? Letsrun.

Those "people" are the brojos.

What news outlet in the world is unbiased? None. Oh, I forgot, Fox News is fair and balanced.

Most news organizations reflect the owners or editors point of view. That being said, I take recent headlines and spin at Let's Run with a large grain of salt. An ax is being ground over here. Uh, we get it.

OP, you are the butthurt one.

In any real PRO sport, many, many commentators talk all kinds of smack about athletes. Think about the anti or pro Lebron or Brady biases out there.

Get used to it or go play tiddlywinks with A Duck in the retirement home.

There's a difference between reporting on a conflict and actively taking a side in it. The Brojo's time and time again insist they're doing the latter, even as threads like this crop up calling them out for the former.

They're not journalists.

Why does the founder of a forum-run website have to be professional? You guys always call them out and rip them for their articles and journalism but it's only because you place these expectations on them. They're just writing articles for us to read, you don't have to read them.

You people always find something to whine about.

brogan1 wrote:

People (probably the same poster) keeps accusing any other poster who defends NOP as a Nike shill, Freud Pr drone, etc.

Do they not realize that Magness and the Gouchers have their own free PR agency? Letsrun.

Do you not realize that that makes absolutely no sense?

How is making an accurate postulation "unprofessional"?

An IV probably WOULD have helped.

Besides, this was an OPINION posted in a FORUM, not a presumably factual piece of information found in a supposedly unbiased article in a news outlet. And even in major newspapers, professional sports columnists write scathing, insinuating, and largely speculative opinion pieces all the time, so that's not outside the bounds of "professionalism" either.

It's not about writing wrote:

Rojo consistently reports that he is unbiased about this matter, simply in favor of clean sport, whereas in reality he's been against Rupp/Salazar/NOP for quite some time.

Don't confuse "bias" with "unfair bias." He says he's known about the allegations against Salazar for years. If he's in favor of clean sport and believes that Rupp/Salazar/NOP are dirty, then his writing simply reflects this and is consistent with what he believes.

Even if Letsrun were in fact an official news outlet, it wouldn't have an obligation to feign impartiality. It would have to refrain from making knowingly false claims, like "Salazar should be kicked out of the sport this minute," but rojo hasn't done anything this extreme anyway. Have you seen Pro Publica offer "balanced" coverage of the Salazar affair? And why hasn't CNN produced any stories suggesting that Dylann Roof might actually be the victim of a terrible misunderstanding?