Some of the reprimand on Salazar with respect to the violations and the Cain situation are deserved. However is it wild to think both situations have been blown out of proportion?
I think Salazar has a right to defend himself given the public beating he's taken.
I'll go even further and say that I think Magness, Goucher, and Cain have all exaggerated to magnify their voices. None of them mind the attention...
rojo wrote:
jiaaf wrote:
No matter how you slice it, Ken Goe is not a journalist who merits respect. Surely he must understand this.
I know many on here think I'm a Salazar hater but I have to stand up for Goe as a journalist here.
There was nothing wrong with Goe's article. The newsworthy part of the article is Salazar is responding to the fat-shaming allegations. Goe mentioned that Kara Goucher, Amy Yoder Begley and Jackie Areson have all come to Cain's "defense on social media and criticized Salazar’s training methods." He then provided a couple more paragraphs on what they've said.
That's way more of both sides than what the original NY Times story and video had. The NY Times had Cain speaking for 6.5 minutes and then included a single sentence about how Salazar had denied the allegations. "In an email, Alberto Salazar denied many of Mary Cain's claims, and said he had supported her health and welfare."
What did he specifically deny and what did he say? We have no idea as they didn't tell us.
It blows my mind how people can't objectively look at things. If you are demanding that Goe re-interview everyone else who has already shared their views on instagram/twitter then you should at least be demanding that the NY Times specifically say what aspects Salazar denied.
Thank you, Rojo, for defending Ken Goe as a journalist. Of course it was news when Salazar responded to him and gave Goe his response to Mary Cain, since Salazar wasn't talking with other journalists. Some of the people who slam Goe on this forum obviously don't understand what it's like to work as a journalist or recognize good journalism when they see it. I live in Oregon and have read Goe's articles in the Oregonian for years. I've never read anything by him I would call bad journalism. He writes a lot of good articles about track and running, and Oregon is lucky to have someone who covers our sport.
Oh yeah, I worked as a newspaper reporter for 10 years early in my career and have a journalism degree from Columbia University. What's your journalism experience, jiiaf?
Kara had six years to mention body shaming and never did because it did not happen. She is obsessed with Salazar and is a hypocrite. She is horrible and needs to go away. Still taking thyroid meds Kara?
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