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I agree.
That's the problem with 24/7 news. You have to fill the time. Many try to fill it with "analysis."
JonBenet and John Mark Carr.
ESPN also brought in Tom Friend to talk about how Terrell Owens' mom gave birth to him when he was 16 and how his father was a neighbor. Then an elderly gentlemen came up to Terrell and told him not to like a certain girl because she was his half sister or something.
Then, Michael Smith told a story about how he showed up to a Javon Kearse halloween party and stood against the wall in a ghost costume and didn't talk to anyone.
This all from a police report that he tried to harm himself.
Yeah, real responsible.
I agree.
That's the problem with 24/7 news. You have to fill the time. Many try to fill it with "analysis."
JonBenet and John Mark Carr.
For my Dallas-area coverage, nothing beats the Star-Telegram.
what else is new? the media is bunch of fat s.
Analysis and "reader blogs" are the bane of journalism.
People try to be the funniest and then the best ones make the "air."
I'm not a .
This re-run of a Jeremy Schapp story is pretty ed up to be running right now simply to fill time.
Hey, ESPN! I have an idea on how to fill the time. You know that replay of the '95 AFC Championship that has been pre-empted.
Maybe you should run that!
Johnny Blaze is better than half his comrades right now.
If I don't leave now, I'll never get anything I wanted to get done, so I'm going to have some lunch with my girlfriend.
Anybody who would like to keep a running ticker of what the networks/outlets do would be appreciated, but I'm certain I'll turn ESPN on my satellite radio when I jump in truck.
Back later, people.
Oh, and I'm wearing my Cowboys cap.
Burn the hat.
was i only 50% correct?
Now it's a "raw do ent" they took the information with and ran with.
Well, I am overweight...so yeah.
Yea a raw do ent, in which they have stated on ESPN radio numerous times as, "Folks these are all FACTS from a raw do ent" and then quick to say as reported on by WFAA. Irresponsible.
The words "raw do ent" were just invented by Bob Ley or whatever his name is. None of their morning coverage ever referred to a raw do ent. They referred to it as a police report.
Invented?????? but it has FACTS!!!!!
It will probably eventually be described as an un led do ent, or a unknown source.
I didn't listen to the whole conference with the police people, but I'm certain it was asked.
If the report was so wrong or unofficial, how did it get out without redaction?
I understand humans are human and miss things ( , in a murder case, the San Angelo PD forgot to redact witness contact information in the incident report I requested...and just so it's clear, I never had to use the information, I never reported it, and I told the department's PIO that I had that information based on their report so they could make sure others wouldn't get it).
The Dallas Police Dept. will have to answer many questions about how this got out enough to be referenced. It sounded like those on the scene were asking some of the right questions, the PD was simply pleading ignorance.
I understand humans are human and miss things ( , in a murder case, the San Angelo PD forgot to redact witness contact information in the incident report I requested...and just so it's clear, I never had to use the information, I never reported it, and I told the department's PIO that I had that information based on their report so they could make sure others wouldn't get it).
You have way too much class to be a reporter Johnny.
ESPN is begining to be a network of propaganda, from this story to the whole Steve Nash MVP story (winning the MVP only b.c he is white)
Being more about ratings than sports.
to the whole Steve Nash MVP story (winning the MVP only b.c he is white)
To be fair that was Dan Le Be that did that whole angle, not exclusively ESPN i don't believe.
Wow
Dan Le Ba : That is what TO wants his "version" to be
Why don't they just believe him, stop blaming the police, and say that they ran with a story without knowing the facts
GSG, are you listening to the radio or TV? I heard Mortensen say that on TV.
And that's funny about Le Ba because he was very vocal in a phone call earlier that he was far more apt to believe T.O. givne his track record of shooting from the hip.
Owens denies he tried to kill himself
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
September 27, 2006
AP - Sep 27, 11:42 am EDT
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DALLAS (AP) -- Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens denied a police report he attempted suicide, saying he became groggy after mixing painkillers with supplements.
He said Wednesday the confusion likely stemmed from an empty bottle of pain medication found by his publicist, who was with him at the time and called 911. He said the rest of the pills were in a drawer.
"I was non-responsive when she made that call," Owens said. "She made the call out of her judgment for my well-being."
Appearing in a news conference at team headquarters a few hours after leaving a hospital for what a police report described as "a drug overdose," Owens wore workout gear and no bandage on his broken right hand. The star receiver smiled and seemed more amused than peeved at the latest ruckus surrounding him.
Owens blamed a combination of hydrocodone, a generic form of Vicodin, with all-natural supplements for making him ill.
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"It's very unfortunate for it to go from an allergic reaction to a suicide attempt," he said.
Owens was released from the hospital before noon. He flashed a thumbs-up to reporters as he left, went home, then made it to team headquarters in time to catch passes from quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
Rescue workers arrived at Owens' home around 8 p.m. Tuesday and took him to an emergency room. When word spread, publicist Kim Etheredge said it was an allergic reaction.
But the story shifted Wednesday morning when several media outlets received a police report -- that had yet to be released by the authorities -- saying Owens had attempted suicide by overdosing on the painkillers, even putting two more pills into his mouth after an unidentified friend, later identified as Etheredge, intervened.
The police do ent, first reported by WFAA-TV, said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time (he) stated: 'Yes."'
When officially released by police, about half the do ent was blacked out, including the phrases "attempting suicide by prescription pain medication" and "a drug overdose," as well as the details of Owens having two pills pried from his mouth and Owens saying "Yes" when asked if he intended to harm himself.
"I wasn't coherent as they probably thought I was," Owens said. "A number of people were asking me questions. I don't remember the police officers that were in there or the doctors that were in there."
Owens said he feels capable of playing Sunday in Tennessee, despite this incident and his broken hand. He added that he's "not depressed about anything" and that he expects to practice Thursday.
Etheredge also appeared at Owens' news conference, saying she "did not take anything out of his mouth."
"This is sad," she said. "Terrell had a reaction to different pills, and just to state he was trying to commit suicide it was unfair."
"Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive," she added, referring to the $25 million, three-year contract he signed in March with the Cowboys.
"I'm just upset," Etheredge added. "I feel they take advantage of Terrell. Had this been someone else, this may not have happened."
Dallas police officials declined to comment on Etheredge's denials. "We can't discuss the police report because of privacy laws," said a spokesman, Sgt. Gil Cerda.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
espn is not the only media outlet people should be ticked out
if they are mad they ran the story
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