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Originally Posted by gblowfish
I've got some mixed feelings about this. I have no idea if the article is true. My gut feeling is, probably some of it is true, and some of it is conjecture.
Many years ago I went through something similar, but not equivalent - to what Clay is going through now when Coach Haley (allegedly as they say in journalism speak) gave me a special salute on Fan Appreciation Day. Many people didn't believe me and said I was making it all up. But I had no reason to lie about it, and like I've always said, I was OK with the exchange. I said what I wanted to say, and he responded with what he wanted to say, and I'm totally OK with all that. What made me mad is when people called me a liar. Ultimately, it could never be proven or disproven because there was no photographic evidence, but as time went by we saw the content of Haley's character, and he was gone within two years.
I think Clay enjoys the spotlight, but that's just Clay, and that's OK. I hope for his sake that the article has some accuracy, and that this isn't 100% BS Fabrication. If you want to be a journalist, you owe it to the subjects in your story to be fair, and to check your facts across multiple sources. Otherwise, it's all just heresay. If you're not credible as a reporter, then you have nothing.
I hope it all turns out OK for all involved. Seems like even today the story has lost quite a bit of steam. Probably the whole thing will be forgotten in a week or two.
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The equivalent would be closer to you posting a blog about how he flipped you off, then you had insider info he was trying to get you banned from Arrowhead, and how week to week he continued giving you mean looks from the sidelines and is clearly out to get you.
...and then at the end of the article, you say he maybe didn't actually do that.
...and then you bask in the attention for two days, sidestepping questions and focusing on how much attention your story is grabbing, and otherwise giving people several reasons to believe it could all be made up because you clearly had other motives.
...and then you take it down for vague reasons and disappear.