00:00This past week now, we have a storyline coming out with this story
00:05that she got pulled over by a cop and at a traffic stop.
00:08She continues to embarrass herself more and more.
00:12And you're watching this story play out, and I can guarantee you
00:16by the time the start of the National Football League season
00:18starts with that game on a Wednesday night between the Seahawks and the Patriots,
00:23there's going to be more continuing stories.
00:25You even got Dave Portnoy saying that he would end up giving her a job
00:29that it's a no-brainer.
00:31This story here really does put a bad spot on reporting
00:36and also on how you cover the National Football League.
00:41It really also puts, really in bad light, women in broadcasting
00:46or women in journalism.
00:47I mean, to see how she went about getting her storylines
00:51and to see what she did when she had to end up getting her sources
00:55and how she got her sources and how she created her stories,
00:59it really is unbecoming of a journalist.
01:02And again, I'm not a journalist.
01:05I'm a sports talk host that's got an opinion.
01:08I'm more of an op-ed guy.
01:10So I'm not going to give you fair and balanced.
01:12That's not what you're going to get from me.
01:15So anytime people come out to me and say,
01:17well, Sills, you're a journalist.
01:18No, I'm not a journalist.
01:19I've never been a journalist, and I've been in sports broadcasting
01:22for over 35 years.
01:24I've never looked at myself as that.
01:27Journalists are supposed to be fair and balanced.
01:30Well, the way she got her stories is not fair and balanced.
01:34And by the way, something really ugly is going on there
01:38at the New York Times.
01:39In my opinion, it looks like the New York Times has a problem
01:44with the athletic being involved with the Times
01:47and being their sports page, part of that newspaper.
01:52I think a lot of this infighting and all of this intel
01:57and these storylines that have come out on Diana Rossini
02:00have been from the reporting of the New York Times.
02:04There's something sinister going on.
02:07You know, Mike McCarthy, who we've had on from front office sports
02:11on this program, is also echoing my same concerns.
02:15To me, this looks more like the New York Times
02:19has a problem with the athletic.
02:22Diana Rossini was making over $850,000 a year.
02:26That's just on her salary that she was making at the time.
02:29Some people would say, wow, that's really a lot.
02:32Well, for the job that she had and for her contacts,
02:34I think that's right down the line.
02:36You're not counting her television appearances.
02:38She was making well over a million dollars in covering the league.
02:43And I think a lot of people at the New York Times
02:46have had an issue with this.
02:48You know, all these pictures that you're seeing,
02:50all these intel resources,
02:53somebody has hired a private investigator.
02:57Somebody has gone out and hired a professional photograph guy
03:02to go out there and get these pictures
03:04and release them to other platforms like the New York Post.
03:09This looks to me like there's something going on
03:11inside the New York Times.
03:13Now, this is just an opinion that I have
03:15because outside of that,
03:17this investigation that the Times has come down with
03:21and has been investigating for the last three months,
03:25they're taking subtle shots at the athletic.
03:29A couple of years back,
03:31the athletic was absorbed by the New York Times
03:34because the New York Times got rid of their main sports section
03:37and hired the athletic to cover sports
03:40and they made it part of the New York Times.
03:43Well, it doesn't look like that relationship is going very well.
03:47And in my opinion, this is coming from inside.
03:51Now, this is just an opinion again.
03:53And I think Mike McCarthy is also from front office sports
03:56is also echoing, as I said, my sentiments.
04:00And I would like to know what the problem
04:02and how these stories are getting out.
04:05And the New York Times' investigation,
04:07if you read their investigation,
04:10this three-month investigation,
04:12it's a lot of their people attacking the athletic.
04:16The athletic has lost over $700 million
04:23since they have joined the New York Times.
04:26You heard me right.
04:28$700 million they have lost
04:31since they have been absorbed by the New York Times
04:34as their main sports section.
04:37To me, there seems to be an internal issue going on
04:40with that newspaper,
04:42the New York Times, when it comes to the athletic.
04:44And that's why you're seeing such a detailed,
04:47really hatchet job on Diana Rossini.
04:52All the things that she has done,
04:53how she has gotten her information,
04:56all the storylines that she has put out.
04:59No question about it.
05:01To me, in my opinion, this is coming from inside.
05:04And I think people at the New York Times
05:06do not have a favorable thought
05:09when it comes to the athletic.
05:11are
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