Controversial Kansas City Star sports columnist Jason Whitlock may have crossed ethical boundaries by offering $50,000 to Ball State University to give a salary increase to a Whitlock favorite, head football coach Brady Hoke. An Indiana newspaper outlines the behavior that is raising eyebrows:At least one alumnus has concerns whether Ball State's administration will keep Hoke. Jason Whitlock, a columnist for the Kansas City Star who played for the Cardinals from 1985-88, said the administration has handled the situation unprofessionally.That is unprofessional behavior for a journalist. But can anybody be surprised at Whitlock's awful judgment? We last saw Whitlock after he wrote a column that mocked Christianity and joked that Mary and Joseph conceived at an alcohol party.
"The university is dragging its feet, and it's disappointing," Whitlock said. "This should've been addressed and wrapped up a month ago. I cover major universities across the country, and that's how you appropriately deal with a coach that has had this kind of success."
Whitlock first told Ball State President Jo Ann Gora she needed to address Hoke's contract situation in September. A couple days before Ball State's game with Eastern Michigan University on Oct. 25, Collins and him had dinner at Gora's house to talk about a potential salary raise for Hoke.
Whitlock said he offered $50,000 during the dinner to help keep Hoke at Ball State."Everybody said the right things," Whitlock said. "But I left there questioning whether they had the courage and will to do the right things."
My take: Don't expect publisher Mark Zieman to draw a line on ethical violations at his paper -- he can't enforce ethical standards at the Kansas City Star because of his own shady arrangement involving his wife, Rhonda Lokeman.
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5 comments:
...I fergit. Is this " Speaking truth to Power " , or is it " Comforting the Afflicted "? Or is it just simple bribery and blatant bias by a mental midget posing as a reporter ?
It's a pay-to-play deal in reverse.
The college president had the good sense to shine Whitlock on before showing him the door.
At Journal-isms:
-Married to Boss, Columnist Has "No Sweetheart Deal"-
Asked to respond … Lokeman told Journal-isms, "I have always had a strong sense of ethics, that's the very basis of my journalism."
(Bwahahahahahah)
"Leaving The Star left me to write exclusively for Creators, [which picked me up in 2006] for syndication and released my column in 2007 shortly after Molly Ivins died.
(We read how well that worked out in Texas, Bwahahahahahah)
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A KC Scar poster commented that Lokeman-Zieman pays Creators to be syndicated?
McC. Watch is mentioned by name for raising unfounded nepotism questions, I guess?
http://tinyurl.com/8oqr47
"Mr. Chairman, I respectfully refuse to answer on the grounds that I have more melanin than you do."
From the looks of Whitlock, it appears he was conceived at a McDonald's. Can you "supersize" that order?
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