Robers & credibility

long time listener — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:34:51 -0000

I haven't read Roberts's book (obviously, since it's not out), but I'm watching her on the MLB Network with Bob Costas. Roberts is resting a lot on her personal credibility as a journalist.

The problem with that is her poor work on the Duke lacrosse case. She wrote a lot of things that turned out to be flat-out wrong. See, for example, the following link:

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2008/03/selena-roberts-still-misleading.html

(For those who don't know, KC Johnson, who runs Durham in Wonderland, was writing about inconsistencies and problems in the Duke case before the case fell apart.)

I'd love for someone to ask her how she can rest on her credibility when she was so wrong in the Duke case. Is she just following a media storm and piling on someone who has fallen out of favor - like she did in the Duke case?

I'll add that I don't trust Rodriguez in all this either. He's obviously lied about this in the past, and God knows if he's telling the truth now. But a lot of the accusations in her book seems to be based on (1) the idea that Alex got much bigger in high school; and (2) a lot of anonymous sources. Shouldn't we have more before we condemn a man? Shouldn't we have had more in the Duke case? Is anyone going to ask Roberts about this?

here's why I'm confident

long time listener — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:14:27 -0000

We have not lost a game we needed to win since December 2007 (Week 15 v. the Redskins). Every single time since them, when the Giants have needed to win at least as much as the other team, they have won. Our five losses since then:

Patriots, Week 17, 2007: We needed to play well to gain confidence, but the Pats needed the win to finish 16-0. We needed the game as much as they did a few weeks later, and we all remember the outcome.

Browns, Week 6: We were 4-0, but the Browns were 1-3 and needed a win to salvage their season (which went to hell anyway).

Eagles, Week 14: After a long winning streak, we had the division more or less sewn up. The Eagles were fighting for their lives.

Cowboys, Week 15: We had the division clinched, but the Cowboys needed a win to stay in the wildcard race.

Vikings, Week 17: Giants had 1st seed clinched and only really played the first half; Vikings were almost in do-or-die mode.

Other than that, every time the Giants have needed a win, they've gotten it done. That includes all of last year's playoffs, the Super Bowl against an 18-0 team, and every game this year - which includes two of the four teams left in the AFC, and all three of the other remaining NFC games. They've needed a few breaks to get some of those wins, but they've also made virtually every play they had to make.

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Robers & credibility

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