I came in on Finebaum just
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The sources thatsayNewton's wanted money and the sources that sayCam was a cheater at UF are blatantlies becauseFinebaum has no evidence that they are correct.[b said:
However, Auburn guy today was saying that his sources were pointing at Starkvillefor these rumors. He then stated that his sources would not go on the record as saying that it was indeed coming from Starkville. But his sources"think" that they are coming fromStarkville. Finebaum then went on to say that Auburn guy"pointed a definitive finger" at where these allegations were coming from.
today/tonight. I usually try to avoid it b/c it inevitably gets me riled up, and just as I want to reach for the phone to call in I have to remind myself, "Oh - wait. This guy's just an asshat douche who gets people riled up for a living." But I listened today anyway because, since Lars was on, it was basically The Cam Newton Show. The highlights:<div>
</div><div>We only have allegations at this point, and anybody who wants to suggest that anybody has done anything wrong at this point is part of a jerkwater town, torch-bearing mob. Anybody who dared to call in and say that they thought that anything might be true was immediately met with, "What proof do you have? What proof do you have? Oh, you must know something we don't know [snicker]." They weren't stereotypes of elitist, smug journalists, they were caricatures of them, in the way that negative caricatures of State/Ole Miss fans would be a dude wearing tobacco-stained overalls, or an effete Ole Miss person wearing seersucker pants and a bow tie.</div><div>
</div><div>However: when it came to the sources of the news/rumors, they were gravely serious as they floated unsubstantiated rumors coming from unidentified sources. One of my favorite contradictions - and there were many - came from Lars, who talked about how SI is held to a higher standard, and how they would never be allowed to print anything that only came from unidentified sources. Then, about an hour later in response to a caller speculating that it all came from Meyer, Lars said, "Everything I'm hearing has everything pointing in the direction of Mississippi." Mind you, if a caller had used those exact same words, Paul and Lars would have condescendingly giggled until they spilled their chablis. </div><div>
</div><div>At one point an Alabama fan accused Lars of tossing bouquets at Newton in his story and asked him if he was "biased." Lars said no, he's not biased. Thirty minutes later another caller asked if the media are objective, and Lars said that the nature of the media now is "we have to have a 'take' on a story, even SI makes us have a take." </div><div>
</div><div>Lars' defense of his Newton story was that basically, in a W-and-Putin kind of way, he looked into Newton's soul and saw a decent "kid" who had "grown a lot in the last 18 months." </div><div>
</div><div>The rest of the show basically left me dumber for listening. A Catholic (not saying there's anything wrong with the Church of Rome) called in to say that he thought it was a race/Baptist issue, and an Auburn fan named Tammy who sounded like she was wearing a soiled Auburn sweatshirt with leaves in her hair called in to praise Pat Dye and say that Meyer/Mullen are liars who are just trying to keep Auburn out of the people heppin' bidness.</div>
</div><div>We only have allegations at this point, and anybody who wants to suggest that anybody has done anything wrong at this point is part of a jerkwater town, torch-bearing mob. Anybody who dared to call in and say that they thought that anything might be true was immediately met with, "What proof do you have? What proof do you have? Oh, you must know something we don't know [snicker]." They weren't stereotypes of elitist, smug journalists, they were caricatures of them, in the way that negative caricatures of State/Ole Miss fans would be a dude wearing tobacco-stained overalls, or an effete Ole Miss person wearing seersucker pants and a bow tie.</div><div>
</div><div>However: when it came to the sources of the news/rumors, they were gravely serious as they floated unsubstantiated rumors coming from unidentified sources. One of my favorite contradictions - and there were many - came from Lars, who talked about how SI is held to a higher standard, and how they would never be allowed to print anything that only came from unidentified sources. Then, about an hour later in response to a caller speculating that it all came from Meyer, Lars said, "Everything I'm hearing has everything pointing in the direction of Mississippi." Mind you, if a caller had used those exact same words, Paul and Lars would have condescendingly giggled until they spilled their chablis. </div><div>
</div><div>At one point an Alabama fan accused Lars of tossing bouquets at Newton in his story and asked him if he was "biased." Lars said no, he's not biased. Thirty minutes later another caller asked if the media are objective, and Lars said that the nature of the media now is "we have to have a 'take' on a story, even SI makes us have a take." </div><div>
</div><div>Lars' defense of his Newton story was that basically, in a W-and-Putin kind of way, he looked into Newton's soul and saw a decent "kid" who had "grown a lot in the last 18 months." </div><div>
</div><div>The rest of the show basically left me dumber for listening. A Catholic (not saying there's anything wrong with the Church of Rome) called in to say that he thought it was a race/Baptist issue, and an Auburn fan named Tammy who sounded like she was wearing a soiled Auburn sweatshirt with leaves in her hair called in to praise Pat Dye and say that Meyer/Mullen are liars who are just trying to keep Auburn out of the people heppin' bidness.</div>