Boomer Esiason rip Pat Leonard this morning

Had too much depth in the secondary?

The column is garbage. A piece of media spin. Dishonest and loose with the facts. Leonard deserves anything he gets for that nonsense.

like ever

Pat Leonard is in a very quick time proving to be a yellow journalist -- always firing off on a sensational theme without a factual base for it

Pat Leonard ‏@PLeonardNYDN Jul 26
Proud to announce after five memorable seasons covering the Rangers & NHL that I am now the Daily News' NFL #Giants beat writer & columnist

New beat writer trying to score points.

Leonard used the wrong approach to get recognition as the new guy on the beat. This type of behavior earns journalists the negative perceptions.

Being fair, even handed and courteous is forsaken in a rush to grab a headline and attention. That sucks.

Too often, the reporting of news comes across as an open invitation to an OpEd column instead of conveying what happened / is happening.

The behavior reminds me of Don Henley's song "Dirty Laundry"

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I make my living off the evening news Just give me something-something I can use People love it when you lose, They love dirty laundry Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear Come and whisper in my ear Give us dirty laundry Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em all around We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blond who Comes on at five She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam In her eye It's interesting when people die Give us dirty laundry Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a Running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry You don't really need to find out what's going on You don't really want to know just how far it's gone Just leave well enough alone Eat your dirty laundry Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're up Kick 'em when they're down Kick 'em when they're stiff Kick 'em all around Dirty little secrets Dirty little lies We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie We love to cut you down to size We love dirty laundry We can do "The Innuendo" We can dance and sing When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing We all know that crap is king Give us dirty laundry!

wrote that song specifically because of the way the Media was treating the Eagles at the time.

Has been pretty spot on since it was written.

"Stop coaching, Pat."

Mara's looking at a complicated issue and is trying to be fair to the player rather than giving him a free pass. I hate cheap shot artists. I hope that's not what Leonard is going to be.

In comment 13085669 Ira said:

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I hate cheap shot artists. I hope that's not what Leonard is going to be.

Seems he's already shown himself to be just that.

only last week... so that's a coincidence.

In comment 13085659 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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wrote that song specifically because of the way the Media was treating the Eagles at the time. Has been pretty spot on since it was written.

Spot on? He was prescient.

and it just gets more and more relevant, year after year.

from a beat writer who actually engages in real journalism, read this one from Tara Sullivan

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/sullivan-can-we-trust-the-nfl-on-domestic-violence-1.1649769

But here�s the thing about Mara that gets lost in the understandable heat of this conversation � when he speaks to the scourge of domestic violence that exists not only on our NFL teams but in our society at large, when he insists it is an issue he and the Giants �take very seriously� and one �that is very personal to a lot of us� he does so with nearly two decades of personal action behind his claims.

For the past 19 years, the Giants have partnered with Westchester County-based My Sisters� Place, which works to end violence in intimate relationships and combat the effects of domestic violence and human trafficking on women, men and children.

�John Mara and the Mara family have been very committed from the beginning, even before I came [15 years ago], to the issue of domestic violence, we call it now intimate partner violence,� My Sisters� Place CEO Karen Cheeks-Lomax said in a phone conversation with The Record.

�We first began working with the Giants, doing training with them, with our staff going into the Giants administrative offices and working with them � trying to help create an opportunity to talk about issues of partner abuse, what healthy relationships look like, being a part of talking to them about what those issues are.�

and immediately thought the same thing as Boomer. Good on him.

I have found the whole paper almost unreadable whether in print or on-line due to "yellow journalism" or bias. It appears the editors and Shaun White specifically want a group of "sensationalist" writers who worry about the facts later when they need to put a retraction or apology on page 33 in the bottom left.

I don't follow Pat or read his stuff.

So you go Boomer!!!!!

out of the twitter feed for Giants coverage.

He was embarrassingly bad as the Rangers beat.

hatchet piece. That paper has become an absolute disgrace.

was justified..That said, I don't ever give a fluck what Boomer Esiason says or does..

a stopped watch is right twice a day

that I rarely read. and to be honest, don't know Tara Sullivan.

" Do we really need video as heinous as the one of Rice slamming his fianc�e to an elevator floor as the standard of evidence in NFL discipline?" In today's NFL Tara,
indeed you do with Goodell. We all know Rice was only getting two games until the video surfaced.

I have stated how I feel, and Mara seems to have selective
memory when the need arises. Keep in mind they signed
Boley, and kept him here four years too. This was also
after they had information about his situation before
signing him. Mara can talk about his sisters and daughters,
and this counseling center. If John wanted to make a real
statement, he would have cut one Josh Brown!