I won't be donating to his GoFundMe.
As for how this should've been handled by the TV station, that's entirely up to them. I simply don't feel the need to laugh at a guy when he's down. We are a sports fan site. This is a guys real life we're talking about here. Regardless of how he feels about the Patriots or Brady why wouldn't I wish him all the success in the world?
In my view the reporter shouldn't have done it but this was an over reaction to a fairly minor act. I don't see how it could make the common person not trust the man's journalistic integrity. I wouldn't be inclined to disbelieve any REAL story he tells me because he did this. I think this was simply a young man trying to poke a bit of fun and he didn't think anything would be made of it. Perhaps his judgement was slightly off but to me something like this shouldn't get someone fired.
With all due respect, as I know you are a very intelligent person, I think you may not be aware that a television broadcast is bound to journalistic standards in the same way a newspaper is. This is not some kind of opinion-driven show or comedy sketch. When a station is reporting or live broadcasting the news or events, factual reporting, or an attempt at factual reporting, is the absolute backbone of the entire operation. This is why you never see little snarky comments or Wayne’s World-style queue cards stuff from smart-ass producers. It doesn’t happen and makes a total mockery of the station’s integrity.
There is absolutely zero chance that a producer was not aware that this would be a sure-fire termination, and if he wasn’t, he is the stupidest person alive. Most likely he thought he’d try to be cute, beat his Steelers fandom chest, get a lot of attention and praise, maybe even bang an ugly Pittsburgh chick/thing, and be absolved of crapping all over his profession. There’s a near certainty that the thought “they can fire me if they want, I’m gonna do me!” went through his head in one form or another. That was his decision. He knew the consequences, made a decision, likely lapped it up for a few hours thinking how awesome he was, and then got fired.
If we aren’t bound to the consequences of our own actions, what type of crap world would this be? And this is why we shouldn’t be rooting for this guy to get a better job, and why his presence on GoFundMe should in fact push you to laugh at him while he’s down if you weren’t already. Yes, everyone else should pay for his foolishness, and while did his thing and was the man for a few hours, the cost is not something that he should pay. Other people should.
In terms of it “being real”, Tom Brady and his family are real people too.
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