We are not talking classified war documents, this is a running story for a running website. They gave Teare the opportunity to comment, and he declined.
I just started listening to the podcast a few weeks ago, and it is great. Well worth the supporters club subscription for the podcast alone. The other perks are a bonus.
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We are not talking classified war documents, this is a running story for a running website. They gave Teare the opportunity to comment, and he declined.
I just started listening to the podcast a few weeks ago, and it is great. Well worth the supporters club subscription for the podcast alone. The other perks are a bonus.
David Willey had a fully syndicated company, a full staff and regional access to athletes because he and his writers knew how to respect boundaries at RW.
Letsrun has one phone number, one office, a core of three staff, no actual publication, and no syndication.
And you believe that THEY have the right to break a story?
We are not talking classified war documents, this is a running story for a running website. They gave Teare the opportunity to comment, and he declined.
I just started listening to the podcast a few weeks ago, and it is great. Well worth the supporters club subscription for the podcast alone. The other perks are a bonus.
David Willey had a fully syndicated company, a full staff and regional access to athletes because he and his writers knew how to respect boundaries at RW.
Letsrun has one phone number, one office, a core of three staff, no actual publication, and no syndication.
And you believe that THEY have the right to break a story?
Furthermore, I'll accept their right to break the story if you can tell me what legitimate press company backs them.
David Willey had a fully syndicated company, a full staff and regional access to athletes because he and his writers knew how to respect boundaries at RW.
Letsrun has one phone number, one office, a core of three staff, no actual publication, and no syndication.
And you believe that THEY have the right to break a story?
Furthermore, I'll accept their right to break the story if you can tell me what legitimate press company backs them.
RW=Rodale Press
LR=????
This is actually pretty amusing, and gives an indication of how clued in you are about the norms of journalism. Rodale no longer exists (RW is now published by Hearst), and David Willey left RW (and perhaps journalism) five years ago. Maybe that wasn't such a great model after all?
More importantly, you seem to be confused between the roles of "journalist" and "publicist." If you're making arrangements with sources about what to report and when you can report it in order to fit in with their plans and make them look good, you're a publicist.
Does it matter? Gault and his employer are on Teare’s sh** list and he will not talk to them or give them a quote. When Teare wins a US championship, makes an Olympic team, or sets an American record, he is now going straight to Citius or Runners World to chat. Hours later, Gault and a sleep deprived Rojo will be having to fill time speculating about Cooper’s training and mindset from message board posts. Was the scoop worth it?
Citius is a fanmag. They don't do real journalism; they kiss up to athletes for access and present them in the best possible light. Real journalists aren't friends with their subjects:
We are not talking classified war documents, this is a running story for a running website. They gave Teare the opportunity to comment, and he declined.
I just started listening to the podcast a few weeks ago, and it is great. Well worth the supporters club subscription for the podcast alone. The other perks are a bonus.
David Willey had a fully syndicated company, a full staff and regional access to athletes because he and his writers knew how to respect boundaries at RW.
Letsrun has one phone number, one office, a core of three staff, no actual publication, and no syndication.
And you believe that THEY have the right to break a story?
Your arguments are wrong, on both counts.
1) How does having a "fully syndicated company" automatically grants a veneer of legitimacy. Have you read Runners World since they killed Running Times?
2) Anyone with a cellphone and the internet can become a reporter in this day and age. No one can lay exclusive claim to the news. There is no ethical or moral imperative to defer to a "legitimate" publishing house.
I listen to the LRC podcast, which by the way is quite entertaining. In this week's segment Cooper Teare put Jon Gault (and LRC) on his banned list for breaking the news regarding his move to BTC. He said it was "lame" that J. Gault did not give him a chance to be the one to break the news.
I've disagreed with Gault vehemently on many occasions, but NOT IN THIS INSTANCE. He is absolutely well within his rights to report the news, especially when he gave Cooper a heads-up and a chance to respond. If anything, the athlete comes across as childish and immature who does not know how to deal with the press.
What say you?
LOL!!! The world of arrogance personified to a whole different level. Cooper didn't get a chance to "break the news" himself. That is too funny to not laugh at. Cooper Who? Did he think people were waiting for his announcement? The Age of Arrogance never ceases to amaze me.
I honestly really enjoy a cooper teare interview. It's nice to hear somebody give real answers and not just giving coach speak or saying the company line. It is so rare nowadays. I hope he continues to be an open book.
But, he went too far here. You can be open without talking like you are hanging out with your frat buddies and drinking a few beers.
Honestly, if he is comfortable having the things he said out there, more power to him. It doesn't bother me. I think it's mostly kind of tongue in cheek stuff that people take too seriously, but I have a feeling he won't like the reaction his fellow runners have. This is speaking to that entire interview in general. Mocking the way people dress, talking about cringe running teams, individual runners, etc.
But He is just plain wrong on the Gault thing. Hope he learns to get over that stuff.
Does it matter? Gault and his employer are on Teare’s sh** list and he will not talk to them or give them a quote. When Teare wins a US championship, makes an Olympic team, or sets an American record, he is now going straight to Citius or Runners World to chat. Hours later, Gault and a sleep deprived Rojo will be having to fill time speculating about Cooper’s training and mindset from message board posts. Was the scoop worth it?
Citius is a fanmag. They don't do real journalism; they kiss up to athletes for access and present them in the best possible light. Real journalists aren't friends with their subjects:
Newsflash - LRC doesn't do journalism either. It is the TMZ of running - hot takes, rumors, message board antics, aggregating the work of others and then using it as the basis of their own reporting, etc. Please name a major story in the sport that LRC has broken? Please cite a moment where LRC got an exclusive interview that had not already been done by another site or publication?
A lot of us come here to keep up on the sport but LRC is not some paragon of sports journalism nor are they the primary conduit of choice for anyone truly important in this sport. If they were, then the content during major championships would not be Gault and The Brojos doing a performative wrap-up show/Zoom meeting from their AirBnB.
What do you mean? It's a fact that Teare is moving to Bowerman. Like any journalist, they acquired information from a reputable source and cross-checked it. Sure, they didn't go out of their way to bend over backwards to Teare's whims, but they certainly did nothing wrong and were just doing their job...
Teare has a grudge over the report that he will be joining the pro team moving into his town. The best in the nation. The team with the same sponsor as his. Somehow this is a secret?
Meanwhile Jakob has had his childhood and personal moments filmed and shown on network tv. He then has an enjoyable interview making light of Rojo at worlds despite disagreeing with his takes.
Guess who I’m rooting for when they go head to head?
Meanwhile Jakob has had his childhood and personal moments filmed and shown on network tv. He then has an enjoyable interview making light of Rojo at worlds despite disagreeing with his takes.
Thanks for the reminder. That was an awesome moment. Jakob clearly has a good head on his shoulders. He probably checks out the threads about him and laughs.
"I guess your opinions are very different... I've seen a couple of your podcasts. I agree mostly with him (Jonathan Gault)," said Jacob Ingebrigtsen to LetsR...
As I said in the other thread. Teare is several years older than Jakob but sounds like he is 8 years younger. What an immature guy, and that at 23. An age where some have their masters degree and their first real job, some have kids while others will have their second olympic gold in middle distance running. No excuse and no reason to behave that way by teare. Definition of a big fish in a small pond. Will he be able to mature?