Bud Kennedy needs to explain himself.

[CryptoMiner]

Barry completely dodges the actual issue. The Star-Telegram made the claims. They said Fields was targeted, insulted, threatened, spit on, repeatedly went to coaches, and TCU made “no attempts to de-escalate.” It is not TCU’s job to prove their unnamed source wrong. It was the Star-Telegram’s job to verify those claims before they printed them.

Now we have the victim’s account, Fields own texts, witness statements and the arrest affidavit. What backs up any of that original narrative?

Barry wants to lecture TCU about how “grown-ups” act. How about some grown-up journalism.

Was Fields being targeted, threatened and spit on? Did he repeatedly complain to coaches? Did TCU make “no attempts to de-escalate”? What backs that up?

Barry is saying they had a chance to address it early on, before publication actually, and stayed silent.

How is this "dodging" the actual issue (which really isn't the "actual" issue, that is the attack):

Buddie, a fellow native Northern Ohioan, was certainly entitled to complain about reporting he believed was wrong.

But he and his first-string media handlers failed to provide factual counter-evidence, on or off the record. And what Buddie was not required to do was punish the newspaper by taking away its access.

That is the narrative and now TCU has a PR nightmare that will last and last....

He doesn't dodge the issue at all and in plain English states that Buddie could have handled it early on and didn't.

 

[gohornedfrogs]

Your argument is completely irrelevant unless you think hashtags mean anything other than quick linking...

Nowhere in his article does Barry mention TCU could not ban the ST, he does not mention the 2nd amendment, etc.

The argument has never been that TCU could not ban the St, it has been TCU was idiotic to do so, and they were.

"Buddie, a fellow native Northern Ohioan, was certainly entitled to complain about reporting he believed was wrong.

But he and his first-string media handlers failed to provide factual counter-evidence, on or off the record. And what Buddie was not required to do was punish the newspaper by taking away its access."

"Was not required" is a lot different than not entitled.

Why is the right to bear arms now being brought into this discussion, lol?

 

[HeidelFrog]

Barry is saying they had a chance to address it early on, before publication actually, and stayed silent.

How is this "dodging" the actual issue (which really isn't the "actual" issue, that is the attack):

Buddie, a fellow native Northern Ohioan, was certainly entitled to complain about reporting he believed was wrong.

But he and his first-string media handlers failed to provide factual counter-evidence, on or off the record. And what Buddie was not required to do was punish the newspaper by taking away its access.

That is the narrative and now TCU has a PR nightmare that will last and last....

He doesn't dodge the issue at all and in plain English states that Buddie could have handled it early on and didn't.

Why does TCU have some obligation to provide “counter-evidence” before publication. That turns journalism backwards. The Star-Telegram made the claims. The Star-Telegram had the unnamed source. The Star-Telegram chose to print it. The burden was on THEM to verify it.

TCU saying “that isn’t true” before publication would not have proven anything anyway. What were they supposed to do, publicly release information from an active investigation involving their own student-athletes just to stop a newspaper from running a story?

So yes, Barry is dodging the issue. “Was the original reporting accurate?”

 

[CryptoMiner]

Why does TCU have some obligation to provide “counter-evidence” before publication. That turns journalism backwards. The Star-Telegram made the claims. The Star-Telegram had the unnamed source. The Star-Telegram chose to print it. The burden was on THEM to verify it.

TCU saying “that isn’t true” before publication would not have proven anything anyway. What were they supposed to do, publicly release information from an active investigation involving their own student-athletes just to stop a newspaper from running a story?

So yes, Barry is dodging the issue. “Was the original reporting accurate?”

They don't have an obligation to do anything, however it sure makes life easier for all. Also, it does not "turn journalism backwards" as asking for a comment or confirmation has always been a key part of jopurnalism.

They tried to verify and felt they had a credible witness (another player).

Barry is not dodging anything no matter how many times you say it.

 

[CryptoMiner]

Why is the right to bear arms now being brought into this discussion, lol?

Thanks, I amended the amendment reference.

 

[Mean Purple]

Why are some in such a hurry to blame TCU, an athletic trainer or others that were there to help. Especially since you people were not there. You read a police report. Police reports are always 100% correct as everyone knows.

It is so typical these days for the actions of thugs and bad actors to receive less attention, ridicule and shame than the bystanders that are caught up in the crap they cause. Perhaps if your mothers hadn't dropped you on heads, you'd think clearly.

While we are at it:
I'm waiting for someone to reply to Gil with ...."You still owe me for that magazine I never got."

 

[Mean Purple]

From the warrant that was linked in another thread and is posted in the article, incident occurred at "approximately 1330 hours" and "victim left for the hispital at approximately 15:12 hrs"

That's just under two hours. I'm guessing that's what he's referring to.

Staff at the school could have been adn were likely attending to him during that time.
Does anybody know if anybody was in the locker room other than those two? Lots of factors. Including Bud kennedy being an a-- hat.

 

[froginmn]

Barry is saying they had a chance to address it early on, before publication actually, and stayed silent.

So TCU had a chance to address the libelous garbage that his paper printed, and that was based on nothing other than a statement from someone tied to the player who assaulted a teammate?

I'm having a hard time figuring out why you think TCU is the one who was wrong here.

 

[Mean Purple]

Bud Kennedy, who turned off replies to his tweets, has claimed that it took 2 hours to get Dozie Ezukanma treatment at the ER. The problem? The article he links to says nothing about how long it took to get Dozie a CT scan.



Either Bud needs to post his source for this information, which he's using to insinuate malpractice on the part of the staff or he needs to correct the record and apologize. His fellow travelers in the disgraceful sports media are already spreading this new "rumor" without even reading the article Bud linked. I know, shocking.

This is all to cover for Stephen Johnson's bogus reporting. Bud Kennedy can shove some m80s up his hole and go sit on a fire.

 

[Mean Purple]

The Musers just accused TCU of sweeping it under the rug. I hope we get to the bottom of this 3 hour coverup!

some slugs on the radio who would Briles out their own family for free third baseline tickets and nachos said something.

yawn.

 

[Mean Purple]

I’d bet $1k that Bud reads ALL comments on here as pertains threads about him.

what if we title the thread ...Free Tacos ...

 

[HeidelFrog]

They don't have an obligation to do anything, however it sure makes life easier for all. Also, it does not "turn journalism backwards" as asking for a comment or confirmation has always been a key part of jopurnalism.

They tried to verify and felt they had a credible witness (another player).

Barry is not dodging anything no matter how many times you say it.

Well that settles it. Barry isn’t dodging because you said so.

The funny part is Barry seems more worked up about TCU’s PR handling than whether the newspaper actually got the story right. Apparently TCU had an obligation to manage the Star-Telegram’s reporting for them.

Maybe before lecturing TCU on how they should have handled their PR, Barry could explain how the Star-Telegram handled its journalism. What corroborated the unnamed sources claims before they printed them?

Barry keeps trying to turn this into a story about TCU’s communication. It’s a pretty convenient way to avoid talking about whether the original reporting was accurate.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Need @tcudoc to chime in here. Only doc we can trust

 

[HornedFrogAz]

Bud's comment was that Dozie wasn't sent to the ER for nearly two hours. You're correct that he didn't say they waited two hours for medical attention but he also didn't say they waited at all. So the direct answer to your question is, he said neither.

As someone who is an avid student of the English language, literature, and got a bachelor's degree in journalism (much as it shames me to admit every time I am forced to, and why I've long since called it urinalism) the headline was intentionally constructed to instill in the average reader exactly the notion that he received no medical attention at all for two hours. Of course, in the chicken [ Finebaum ] way that they do, it is indirect and can be denied/blamed on the reader implying something "that was not intended".

But as anyone adept in the way words are combined to create thought forms would know this was intentional. Subtle injection and/or removal of just a few key terms can completely alter the reception of a message. Bud Kennedy is a particularly slimy gremlin of a urinalist and his career is rife with these kind of sordid attention grabbers... always denied and redirected on a failure of the reader and never on the oily swine that deliberately cobbled it together as you see here.

 

[SW toad]

You could not be more wrong.

I am certainly no Medical guy, but I have an interest in Football injury. The stupidity by ALL of the B12 coaches and the lot to continue to promote a 24 team playoff is a recipe for CTE lawsuit disaster. Why???

24 team playoff (via law of averages) significantly increases the chances of a players lifelong injuries.
I've only had ro cuff surgery, MCL,LCL surgery on 1 knee and cart removal on another knee. I did not play College ball.

You are relatively new so perhaps enlighten us as to the frequency of a Hematoma in the Hospital. Ezukanma's brain swelled after entering the Hospital. Is this normal for the brain to swell?? a couple hours later??

I've only had 3 concussions on the football field where I went to the Hospital and my brain did not swell on any of the visits and I was not given any blood pressure meds in the late 80s.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I've only had 3 concussions on the football field where I went to the Hospital and my brain did not swell on any of the visits and I was not given any blood pressure meds in the late 80s.

Explains this post.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

Bud Kennedy is a fat buffoon

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

I would have spent my entire life in the ER and getting CT scans if every time I hit my head in football, scheissing around, etc I was sent there. And yea, I got my "bell rung" more than once.
Seems like TCU handled it pretty well for the most part. Called campus police and took him immediately to the trainer and then the doctor. It's not like locker room assault procedures are in the HR handbook.

 

[TxFrog1999]

I can't wait to see these journalists scream bloody murder the first time a player goes into a tent for concussion protocol instead of being whisked away to the nearest ER in an ambulance.

 

[Frog79]

The deliberate wording: "Waited two hours to take him to an ER" would lead one to the conclusion that TCU Football Staff callously left poor Dozie confused and in pain while they scoffed at his injuries and obvious pain, only relenting after two long hours of doing absolutely nothing. Bud is using all his scrivening might here to hurt TCU, and could not give a ripe crap about facts which might be inconvenient to his bitter fancy.

Banning those scumbags from TCU was a good move. Crap like this article confirms it.

I could not agree more. I am a physician and nothing about the timeline bothers me. He got quick attention under the direction of a team doctor and unless TCU did something to hinder the process then a sorry excuse for a "journalist" like Bud Kennedy with zero medical training has no business implying that TCU did something wrong. The fact that writers like he and Barry have been employed by the Startlegram for decades tells you all you need to know about why the paper is dying a slow death.