OT: Dumbest Question Ever?
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Thought for sure thread title was hyperbole. But no, it could be in the running.
Too funny.
Too funny.
He handled that very professionally; he could have really raked her over the coals for such a stupid and uninformed question.
Many will remember the question and to whom the question was asked, many here will not..."Have you always been a black quarterback?"
Reminds me of those Southwest Airline commercials. Wanna get away? She should have left right then. But Coach Bowles was very gentlemanly about it. Must have been that Elizabeth, NJ upbringing.
what the reporter actually said was, "Doug, obviously you've been a black quarterback your whole life. When did race begin to matter to people?" Which was a perfectly reasonable question on a day when Williams was fielding hundreds of "black quarterback" questions. Problem was, Williams either misunderstood or didn't hear the question because he said, "How long have I been a black quarterback?"
it was meant as a joke actually as you say, after a full day of black qb questions.
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I recently met him in the city as he came to my work. He seemed pretty nice but I spent my time with Carmichael who was just gracious, humble and a pleasure to talk to. Oh he did say the Steelers were the best defense he'd ever faced hands down.
That is really interesting! Definitely a "Mandela Effect" moment then, because I could have sworn I saw video of the question.
So much dense stuff.. I was reading about a lady flight traffic controller telling an experienced pilot what routine move he couldn't do because "she Googled it."
Air Traffic Controller Argues Endlessly With Pilot
https://onemileatatime.com/news/air-traffic-controller-argues-pilot/
That'd actually be pretty funny if you could get a meteorologist to do it with a straight face.
I thought you were referring to a difference question, the one about the black quarterback, Doug Williams.
Your question is a good one. That reporter asking about the weather in a domed stadium should be identified. However, the media, who normally delight in policing themselves, has not disclosed the reporter's identity.
I was going to ask the same thing. Wondering if it was a local general assignment/news TV reporter who never covers sports and was just doing a local interest, "Go Local Team!" segment for the news. Probably not interested in sports at all, but even so, no excuse not to do some basic research and gain some general knowledge about the assignment. There are more basic research tools at your fingertips than ever before. Your phone is a library of information.
She should have just responded, “I was focused more on whether the boys will be bringing enough Jergens since I know you’re not playing the game outside, silly.”
Dumb ass question for sure. Very emblematic of so-called “journalism”. I would have mocked her to her face, but props to him for taking the much higher road.
Deiah Riley out of Tampa
apparently she isn't a sportswriter and was sent due to no sportswriters being available. They all seem to be emmy winners which begs the questions, how many are given out and is there a standard?
That explains it then.Deiah Riley out of Tampa
apparently she isn't a sportswriter and was sent due to no sportswriters being available. They all seem to be emmy winners which begs the questions, how many are given out and is there a standard?
looking at her page, she has done stories on human trafficking so she get's a pass in my book
It sounds like she was thrown into the deep-end (in terms of her relative expertise) unexpectedly. No big deal, but I agree that Bowles was all class about it.
Nice catch. No harm no foul on this one.Deiah Riley out of Tampa
apparently she isn't a sportswriter and was sent due to no sportswriters being available. They all seem to be emmy winners which begs the questions, how many are given out and is there a standard?
Regarding the Emmys, I'm skeptical of these awards. Earlier this week, news broke that ESPN had to return dozens of Emmy statues. ESPN hoodwinked the Emmy people into sending ESPN Emmy statues that ESPN re-engraved with the names of College GameDay hosts.
Some media people need to do their homework. This one ranks up there too, and may be even more embarrassing. You can listen to the audio of the radio show where the commentator didn’t know the race of the person she was talking to, then blames “her people” for giving her the wrong information. That’s almost as bad as her original mistake.
Whoops!
Props to Todd Bowles, by the way, for not humiliating the reporter. That’s a sign of true class. It reminded me of the time that a new reporter asked Schiano how to spell his name during a press conference. He just smiled and spelled it for her.
It’s also a dumb question to ask a coach or player “How does it feel to win the (insert name of championship game)? I mean, what should the person say? Isn’t it obvious?
Whoops!
Props to Todd Bowles, by the way, for not humiliating the reporter. That’s a sign of true class. It reminded me of the time that a new reporter asked Schiano how to spell his name during a press conference. He just smiled and spelled it for her.
It’s also a dumb question to ask a coach or player “How does it feel to win the (insert name of championship game)? I mean, what should the person say? Isn’t it obvious?
Yeah. ESPN off-air people tricked the Emmy prima donnas into awarding Emmy prizes to make believe ESPN back-office staffers. The Emmy folks sent the trophies to ESPN corporate, where the ESPN off-air people had the trophies re-engraved with names of ESPN personalities. The intent was to boost the egos of the on-air talent.
College GameDay host we’re not directing the scheme and couldn’t understand why so many Emmy statues were being delivered to their homes. At least that’s what they say.
To me, this story says more about Todd Bowles than anything else.
Good job, coach. 🫡👍
Good job, coach. 🫡👍
They're handed out like candy on Halloween.Deiah Riley out of Tampa
apparently she isn't a sportswriter and was sent due to no sportswriters being available. They all seem to be emmy winners which begs the questions, how many are given out and is there a standard?
That's many lengths behind the question Jim Plunkett faced: "Is it blind mother, deaf father or the other way around?"
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