Tuesday, September 14, 2010
REGGIE BUSH STORY
I recently tracked the story of Reggie Bush and his Heisman being taken away on the day of September 7. On this particular day, there were several reports that the Heisman Trophy Trust had decided to take away his Heisman Trophy, and to leave his spot for the year vacant. The report, that was originally posted by Yahoo Sports, and which is what I had read on the LA Times website, later turned out to be false. As I read up on the situation on the FoxNews and CNN websites, they reported that a spokesman from the Trust had actually came out and said that the allegations made about the Trust having come to a conclusion were completely "FALSE." I thought it was quite amazing to have read these different major media companies and to see just how much their stories were different. I also made sure to read up on the matter on the same day to compare the stories that were coming out. The CNN website, along with that of FOXNews, both had the same bit of information because they had come into contact with the Chairman of the Heisman Trophy Trust and had, as far as I know, gotten it directly out of his mouth that no decision was made. The LA Times was different, however, in that they didn't research the information they had read and had basically posted it as it was stated on Yahoo Sports. This particular event is one that I thought really complied with what was asked for us to do on this particular blog.
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I’m definitely glad that they have not taken away his Heisman… yet! I keep hearing different stories about it already being taken away, meetings to discuss it, and Reggie wanting to handle this matter with sophistication. I think that it is a great story to follow up on and it’s crazy how news stations/reports are just willing to advertise false information like this.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting, because I read somewhere that he was voluntarily giving his Heisman back because of the circumstances, but I guess thats what happens when everyone has a different source of information.
ReplyDeleteYes, Destine's correct. He decided to preemptively give it up because he said that it was draining for him.
ReplyDeleteThat is true, he did end up giving it up and I knew that at the time i did it, but i thought it was interesting to do it on the day the issue came out and how many different stories of the issue were making the headlines. Sorry about the confusion, i guess I should have made it clearer.
ReplyDeleteThese are the articles and sites. Sorry about that. I don't know what i was thinking.
ReplyDeleteFox News Website
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/09/07/report-reggie-bush-stripped-heisman-trophy/
CNN
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/07/report-reggie-bush-to-be-stripped-of-heisman-trophy/?iref=allsearch
LA Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/09/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-stripped-taken-away-usc-new-orleans-saints.html
It is sort of scary how different news companies have varying information. It definitely forces you to take everything with a grain of salt. The people who are supposed to know what's going on have trouble sometimes with viewing the situation objectively. However, you'd think that since it is their occupation they would take that aspect a little more serious.
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