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this story is gaining steam.

http://www.wral.com/sports/blogpost/1245..._hoopshq=1

***From WRAL:


"Fallout is sure to continue from last week’s cheering in the Lawrence Joel Coliseum media room, reported here first, that followed Duke’s NCAA loss to Virginia Commonwealth . Others on the scene subsequently wrote about the unprofessional display, and word filtered back to Duke folks, many of whom were in Buffalo while UNC-oriented media types and other, supposedly unaffiliated journalists celebrated the Blue Devils’ defeat.

The outburst at Winston-Salem may reflect changing, or rather eroding, standards in journalism, in sports and beyond.****

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Al Featherston also mentioned it last week:

***Last Thursday night, as Duke was fighting for its NCAA life in Buffalo, a curious scene played out in the makeshift press room under the stands at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

A number of prominent national writers, on hand for the NCAA first-round games in Winston-Salem, looked on in amazement as the bulk of the North Carolina media watched the Duke-VCU game play out on the televisions scattered around the work area. It wasn’t their interest that surprised the out-of-towners - that’s to be expected. What shocked the writers from Boston and Chicago and New York was the blatant anti-Duke bias exhibited by writers who make their living covering the ACC.

One non-aligned writer reported that when Eric Maynor sank the jumper that killed the Devils, such a roar went up in the press room that it could have been heard in the main arena!****


Ken Tysiacs who writes for the observer had a blurb on this in the paper last week. I (he did not go to any Big Four schools FWIW)

from Ken Tysiacs-----"
- I used to think Duke and N.C. State fans were paranoid for thinking the
media were biased against them and in favor of North Carolina. After
watching unprofessional media members cheering against Duke while watching
its loss to Virginia Commonwealth on TV on Thursday night, I realize that
the Duke and N.C. State fans have a legitimate gripe."


Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports had this on his blog:

Anti-Duke

So, I was watching the Duke game on TV in the media room in Winston-Salem prior to the start of North Carolina's game against Eastern Kentucky.

There is a no cheering rule in the press box and media room, but evidently it doesn't exist down here in ACC country.

There were a couple of vocal guys outwardly cheering against the Blue Devils in their loss.

No cheering rules should be followed to the letter of the law.

And this is a big surprise because...?

This needs to gain some steam. We've put up with this crap for way too long.

Honestly, I'm with 79 on this one. I'm really not surprised at all. Even Duke fans know that a lot of ACC fans won't support them in interconference battles.

There is supposed to be no cheering in the pressbox, Duke fans have been dismissed in their complaints about this for years.(as have State fans) some people don't get it, any time Duke comes under critcism for anything(LAX,Henderson/Hansbrough) these are the people reporting on it. The so called unbiased reporters who are big UNC fans openly cheering for Duke to lose in the press room. If these chumps are so unable to contain their glee and willing to look totally unprofessional in front of their colleagues, then it speaks volumes about what will show up in their scriblings.

As a Heel fan, I will say I NEVER cheered when those charges were made against those boys. My only problem with Duke is Mike. No more than that.

like a couple of other posters I am not furprised.

AllBiz....unfortunately a few fans have used the lacrosse case for ammo. These are the ones who "just don't get it."
Profs at Duke condemned the guys and they don't "get it" either. Actually they may but there will be ice cubes in hell before they admit they jumped the gun.

WWJD?

Having family in Durham and being born and raised there, the only thing I was really concerned about the lax case turning into some kind of race issue (which, in some people's eyes, it inevitably will) - it's a powder keg that really could go off giving the 'right' (or wrong, as it were) circumstances. The entire case was handled completely improperly and at this point, who the Hell even knows what happened that night? Those kids are innocent until proven guilty and this case has nothing to do with Duke (hey, I learned to spell!!) or the standards that most people that go there have.<br>
As for the cheering against Duke in the press box -- yeah, bad form, if that is definitely the case. The press, while having the right to have allegiances/favorites in their personal time, shouldn't show that same bias in a pressbox - just not professional.<br>
As a non-Duke fan, yeah, I do cheer against them in interconference battles -- I think that's pretty standard. There have been ABC'ers in the world (and tons of them) for 25 years or more...just part of being 'fans'.

mrseismic Wrote:Having family in Durham and being born and raised there, the only thing I was really concerned about the lax case turning into some kind of race issue (which, in some people's eyes, it inevitably will) - it's a powder keg that really could go off giving the 'right' (or wrong, as it were) circumstances.  The entire case was handled completely improperly and at this point, who the Hell even knows what happened that night?  Those kids are innocent until proven guilty and this case has nothing to do with Duke (hey, I learned to spell!!) or the standards that most people that go there have.<br>
As for the cheering against Duke in the press box -- yeah, bad form, if that is definitely the case.  The press, while having the right to have allegiances/favorites in their personal time, shouldn't show that same bias in a pressbox - just not professional.<br>
As a non-Duke fan, yeah, I do cheer against them in interconference battles -- I think that's pretty standard.  There have been ABC'ers in the world (and tons of them) for 25 years or more...just part of being 'fans'.

Dang, even I can't complain about this post

Quote:My only problem with Duke is Mike

And I can see why -- 25+ yrs of coaching w/o a single NCAA violation, with numerous alums in positions of power both inside and outside the realm of sports, doctors, lawyers, NBA players that set examples for the league in public service, enterpreneurs, being the winningest coach in NCAA tournament history, being a 3-time NCAA champion, having 10 teams go to the Final Four, having the current highest-paid NBA alum collection, being a leading figure in collecting for cancer research, leading the production of a major regional center for healthcare, raising a responsible collection of children, providing his support for his players (and even potential players) even when they made decisions w/ which he disagreed, choosing to take the high road when shmucks like Arenas go for the gut, honoring his father and mother, serving our armed forces, taking time out of his paid job to serve his country as a basketball coach.

Yep, the guy's a real a$$hole.

Oops, I forgot that he cusses...




NEVERMIND

NewOrlnsDukie Wrote:Oops, I forgot that he cusses...

He cusses? You're effin' kidding me!

Well said, NOD!

Quote:Yep, the guy's a real a$$hole.

wow - something I can agree with on this board.

I just stopped in on this thread to say hi to Ravenna Mcwhine. She has posted at the hole board that I am over here ranting on this article. I've scanned the entire post and don't see me. Hmmmm. Put down the pipe sigline slut.

Of course we control the media in North Carolina



We are Tar Heels and this is The Tar Heel State.

don bosco Wrote:Of course we control the media in North Carolina



We are Tar Heels and this is The Tar Heel State.

Examples of Tar Heel media:

Gulp!...don't I feel told off

Nah....... You shouldn't


I heard that ape wasn't really that smart, and the baby on the cover with him grew up to be an admin on ACCBoards.

But I luv some Ed Anger

Showman Wrote:I just stopped in on this thread to say hi to Ravenna Mcwhine. She has posted at the hole board that I am over here ranting on this article. I've scanned the entire post and don't see me. Hmmmm. Put down the pipe sigline slut.

Excuse me for interchanging one whiner for another. I hadn't stopped by to remind myself who started the thread before I posted. Apologies for fingering you, but the point I made way back when still stands. Plenty of Heel hate in the media to go around.


Whatevs.

YOU calling someone a whiner. Thats rich.

Take the personal sniping to PM.