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Am I the only person who HATES Stephen A. Smith??? I'm watching the Detroit Pistons play the Caveliers on ESPN, it's halftime and Stuart is talking to Stephen A. Smith and I REALLY think his voice is making me break out in a fucking rash. Maybe it's hives. Either way, I hate the way he talks (all fast like a used car salesman). He's ALWAYS yelling even when no one is challenging him. What's his damn problem??? His style just seems really unprofessional and annoying to me. I really wanna slap him when I see his face on TV    Does anyone else feel this way? 
At least Jalen's still cute. 
Here's Stephen A. Smith being a natural ass. 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8j9nsqv9m6M [Edited 3/19/08 18:39pm] | |
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You might be onto something. 
I would've been a much better casting choice to play Chris Rock's buddy in "I Think I Love My Wife." He's a moron for being casted!!!! 
Smith is a great example of someone working their hustle, through smooth and hard times. I've no hate for him. | |
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Actually, I agree with Threadbare...he's charming in an annoying kinda way.
He is always on level 10, but he knows what he's talking about. I like to watch him and Bill Walton go at it...  Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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He bugs the HELL outta me, I turn when he's on    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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CalhounSq said: He bugs the HELL outta me, I turn when he's on
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Another perspective: For broadcast "journalists," in a time when being a personality tends to open more doors than traditionally held concepts of hard work and playing by the rules, Smith understands that he is in the same league as a talk show host.
The fact that you so thoroughly hate him is money in Smith's pocket. | |
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ThreadBare said: Another perspective: For broadcast "journalists," in a time when being a personality tends to open more doors than traditionally held concepts of hard work and playing by the rules, Smith understands that he is in the same league as a talk show host.
The fact that you so thoroughly hate him is money in Smith's pocket. My Bachelor's is in Journalism so I guess I just expect more and hold journalists, even sportscasters, to a higher standard of behavior than that exhibited by SAS. Oh, lookit, his initials can spell ASS. How apropos. [Edited 3/20/08 16:55pm] | |
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SCNDLS said: ThreadBare said: Another perspective: For broadcast "journalists," in a time when being a personality tends to open more doors than traditionally held concepts of hard work and playing by the rules, Smith understands that he is in the same league as a talk show host.
The fact that you so thoroughly hate him is money in Smith's pocket. My Bachelor's is in Journalism so I guess I just expect more and hold journalists, even sportscasters, to a higher standard of behavior than that exhibited by SAS. Oh, lookit, his initials can spell ASS. How apropos.
[Edited 3/20/08 16:55pm] Yeah, mine is, too. The biz is far from the romanticized version seen in pop culture or taught in academia. I don't expect so much from Smith. He's entertainment. I tend to bemoan a White House press corps willingly participating in a staged press conference wherein a president pretends to call on reporters who have unscripted questions, during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. I'll take Smith over Juan Williams, who saw no conflict in closing a 2007 interview with the president by telling him, "Thank you, Mr. President. We're praying for you..." 
Woefully, simultaneously... there are the media-holding tycoons whose financial demands are causing newsrooms to lay off/buy out people by the dozens with alarming regularity. Gone are the institutional memories, the scoop-hungry reporters, and the mentoring editors. Smith represents a small percentage of black journalists -- who, unsurprisingly, have been disproportionately affected by the layoffs and buyouts -- whose hustle has resulted in something most can still call "success." | |
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ThreadBare said: SCNDLS said: My Bachelor's is in Journalism so I guess I just expect more and hold journalists, even sportscasters, to a higher standard of behavior than that exhibited by SAS. Oh, lookit, his initials can spell ASS. How apropos.
[Edited 3/20/08 16:55pm] Yeah, mine is, too. The biz is far from the romanticized version seen in pop culture or taught in academia. I don't expect so much from Smith. He's entertainment. I tend to bemoan a White House press corps willingly participating in a staged press conference wherein a president pretends to call on reporters who have unscripted questions, during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. I'll take Smith over Juan Williams, who saw no conflict in closing a 2007 interview with the president by telling him, "Thank you, Mr. President. We're praying for you..."
Woefully, simultaneously... there are the media-holding tycoons whose financial demands are causing newsrooms to lay off/buy out people by the dozens with alarming regularity. Gone are the institutional memories, the scoop-hungry reporters, and the mentoring editors. Smith represents a small percentage of black journalists -- who, unsurprisingly, have been disproportionately affected by the layoffs and buyouts -- whose hustle has resulted in something most can still call "success." Yeah, I hear what you're saying, but he still gets on my damn nerves no matter how you rationalize it. Stuart Scott (who also bugs me) is successful without resorting to the "Angry Black Man" schtick ASS I mean SAS uses on a daily. I'm still pissed at Juan for that shit, especially since he's Panamanian like me. The mass media of today has me completely perplexed.  That's why I avoid watching the news. | |
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SCNDLS said: ThreadBare said: Yeah, mine is, too. The biz is far from the romanticized version seen in pop culture or taught in academia. I don't expect so much from Smith. He's entertainment. I tend to bemoan a White House press corps willingly participating in a staged press conference wherein a president pretends to call on reporters who have unscripted questions, during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. I'll take Smith over Juan Williams, who saw no conflict in closing a 2007 interview with the president by telling him, "Thank you, Mr. President. We're praying for you..."
Woefully, simultaneously... there are the media-holding tycoons whose financial demands are causing newsrooms to lay off/buy out people by the dozens with alarming regularity. Gone are the institutional memories, the scoop-hungry reporters, and the mentoring editors. Smith represents a small percentage of black journalists -- who, unsurprisingly, have been disproportionately affected by the layoffs and buyouts -- whose hustle has resulted in something most can still call "success." Yeah, I hear what you're saying, but he still gets on my damn nerves no matter how you rationalize it. Stuart Scott (who also bugs me) is successful without resorting to the "Angry Black Man" schtick ASS I mean SAS uses on a daily. I'm still pissed at Juan for that shit, especially since he's Panamanian like me. The mass media of today has me completely perplexed. That's why I avoid watching the news.Juan, in that instance, showed his allegiance for Fox News. Later, when the Bush administration requested him for a subsequent interview, in honoring NPR's long-standing request for an interview, Juan went further: He wasn't the beat reporter for NPR for a Bush interview (and Bush wanted Juan, not the beat reporter for NPR). So, Juan did the interview for Fox, and NPR got nothing. I've been scrutinizing his Obama analysis for Fox, too. I'm really disappointed. I guess, it's all about the $$. Buffoonery takes on many forms. | |
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ThreadBare said: SCNDLS said: Yeah, I hear what you're saying, but he still gets on my damn nerves no matter how you rationalize it. Stuart Scott (who also bugs me) is successful without resorting to the "Angry Black Man" schtick ASS I mean SAS uses on a daily. I'm still pissed at Juan for that shit, especially since he's Panamanian like me. The mass media of today has me completely perplexed. That's why I avoid watching the news.Juan, in that instance, showed his allegiance for Fox News. Later, when the Bush administration requested him for a subsequent interview, in honoring NPR's long-standing request for an interview, Juan went further: He wasn't the beat reporter for NPR for a Bush interview (and Bush wanted Juan, not the beat reporter for NPR). So, Juan did the interview for Fox, and NPR got nothing. I've been scrutinizing his Obama analysis for Fox, too. I'm really disappointed. I guess, it's all about the $$. Buffoonery takes on many forms. True dat. | |
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