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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but the ESPN team did a remarkable job under challenging circumstances. Joe Buck, partnered with Troy Aikman, explained how their task shifted from calling the game to reporting on a news story. Lisa Salters did some emotional and compelling reporting about what it was like to be in the stadium. The studio crew of Suzy Kolber, Booger McFarland, and Adam Schefter had perhaps the toughest job trying to find the right words to make sense of what was happening without knowing any facts. After the game, Ryan Clark, working with Scott Van Pelt, was emotional, powerful, and insightful. I was in awe of all of them, but Clark in particular. [/quote]

Really?  I thought they did a terrible job.

Nothing but a lot of stammering and deer in the headlights look.

Would have been great to have up a graphic with some basic info about him.  
They did eventually do this… what 2 hours later.

How about a phoner or Zoom with a medical expert.  
Your questions could be what has caused NFL players to collapse in the past?  Why would someone need CPR and explain CPR?  Why would you use an AED? How is this different from CPR? What is a Level 1 Trauma Center? Does the NFL have emergency protocols?  
These are pretty basic questions without giving specific medical information or outcomes, but helps keep the story in perspective.

The timeline graphic was awful.

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I absolutely hate the suggestion of a zoom with a medical expert that will absolutely not add anything to the unknown. CNN had that last night, it was speculative and useless.

I agree Ryan did a fantastic job. He’s a family friend and we are all so very proud of the words he spoke under the pressure and emotion of last night. He’s already been getting increased visibility but he’s due for a HUGE prime time role. Larger than Skip and Steven A. ESPN really ought to make him the face of football going forward. He’s young enough to make a real impact. I know I’m biased knowing him, but I really like the idea of an actual former player being the face of football on a network. [/quote]

Yeah, I think the PP was expecting them to behave the way cable news does with whatever the sensational story of the day is, like with car chases or political scandals or whatever, where they immediately call in "experts" and produce content that will capitalize off the news and draw eyeballs and ad revenue.

PP is missing that this is not a broadcast designed to cover "breaking news" and these people were not really detached from what was happening on field in the same way a TV talking head or journalist might be. They were there to cover the fun and exciting football game that night, not to report on the condition and background of a 24 year old football player who had suffered a catastrophic medical event. Their response was honest and emotional. I don't really have an opinion as to whether they did a "good job" or not -- I think it's weird to expect people in that situation to do a good job. I mostly felt terrible for them and we turned off the broadcast because there was no good option -- watch shellshocked commentators try to piece together what was going on and come up with something to say, or watch commercials. It all felt terrible. I have nothing but empathy for how the people covering the game reacted because I felt the same way, but with the advantage of being able to simply turn it off.[/quote]

Exactly. Not to compare the two, but it’s not unlike covering breaking news like 9/11. Add to that these are sports analysts, not journalists. Same with the producers, they’re sports/entertainment producers, not hardcore news producers.[/quote]

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