From today's Tribune:



Nice job Teddy, its nice to see a media critic be critical with facts to back himself up. Too bad we don't get this more often.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-060824teddy,1,5055672.column?page=2&coll=cs-home-headlines

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Teddy is an in-house shill for the Trib. He uses the mask of a "media critic" column to criticize the competition, but not Trib properties. When he criticizes the Trib or Trib broadcasters, then I'll begin to consider him a real critic.

Coast, where are you getting that from? I can't think of any particular instances where this would be the case.

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Cmon. How can a company employee get away with criticising the company in the company paper? It won't make it past the editors desk anyway.

With the exception of the Dusty lynching comment, I don't know of any specific instance that Teddy should be faulted for. That's why I asked.

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You want examples. Here are two...A few weeks ago, the Trib made a horrible mistake in identifying the wrong Eddie Johnson as being arrested of child rape. The next day, the editor McGrath wrote the lamest of apologies. That will be a case study in J-Schools as to how not to acknowledge a mistake of that kind. Teddy was silent. A real sports media critic would have taken the paper to task for the original mistake and the lame half apology. Or think about how many times Teddy has criticized any of the Cubs announcers. I think the number is zero. Ron Santo might be the worst broadcaster in baseball history. The guy makes more mistakes in one game than Farmer or Singleton make in a week. Teddy is quick to criticize the Sox announcers....where are the critiques of Lord Ronny?

If the reason Teddy doesn't criticize his own company's work is because his editors won't let him and they control what he writes, then fine. I understand the politics and career protection that may be involved. Just don't call him a real media critic then. For once I agree with Mariotti, who a week or so ago called Teddy's work "self-serving" in that he is quick to criticize others, but not in his own house. Far be it from me to defend Mariotti, but you have to give him credit for one thing...he did criticize the Sun Times editors when he thought they deserved it. The guy calls it as he sees it, regardless of who is signing the paycheck.

Mariotti's not alone on this. MJH have criticized various ESPN programs on Critics at XL. Even the Trib's own media critic Phil Rosenthal has provided honest critiques of Trib executives in their ongoing handling of their shareholder dispute with the Chandler family.

Criticizing one's own is part and parcel of being a real pro...which is why in my world, Teddy doesn't make the grade.

Still

Farmer and Hawk, Treat DJ and Singlio like crap

Bad Bad listens

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Ya think Teddy is listening right now ?

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