This morning Sam and Ira basically threw him under the bus, all but calling him a liar.
I've made it clear that I'm no fan of Defran, but I thought the morning Maize and Blue glass wearers went to far.
Here's my e-mail chain, I assume with Ira:
----- Original MessageFollows-----From: Mike Altese To: studio@wtka.comSubject: DeFranDate: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:54:26-0700(PDT)>
While I've never been a DeFran fan, I don't have any problem with him reporting what"his sources" have told him. How is it any different than Sam reporting his gut feelings during the recruiting roundup? Both have gotten information from their sources and reported it. As I recall Jeff used some fudge words like"could" and"possibly" etc. Do I think he would like RR fired, probably, but either accuse him of making this story up, or quit worrying about it...
Go Blue!
From:"studio@wtka.com" To:Mike Altese Sent: Thu, April 29,2010 9:58:49AMSubject: Re:DeFran
Sam's gut feelings come right from the kid. Not a"source."
From: Mike Altese To: studio@wtk=a.comSubject: Re: DeFranDate: Thu, 29 Apr 201007:14:28 -0700 (PDT)
So call Jeff out and say he's lying. We've got a history of kids telling every Scout and Rivals rep what their school wants to hear. Sam uses his judgment to get his gut feeling. And I highly doubt he ONLY gets his gut feelings from the recruit himself.
How do you know Jeff's source isn't Brandon?
From:"studio@wtka.com" To: Mike Altese Sent: Thu, April 29,2010 11:47:15 AMSubject: Re:DeFran
Actually, Sam ONLY reports a gut feeling when he gets it straight from the kid, which is a direct source. And I do know that Jeff's source isn't Brandon
From: Mike Altese To: studio@wtka.comSubject: Re: DeFranDate: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:51:30 -0700 (PDT)
Well then kids sure lie to Sam a lot... Who is Jeff's source?
From: "studio@wtka.com"
Kids change minds a lot. And (liek you mentioned), they tell people what they want to hear soemtimes. But they are 17 years old.
And scene...
I want Michigan to succeed, that means I want RR to succeed, but if firing him in August would alleviate any sanctions... who knows.
After reading your post, I'm come up with a few certainties. You probably knew these.
ReplyDelete1) You are smarter than the morning guys at WTKA (you're smarter than Defran, too, but that doesn't really apply here)
2) The morning guys at WTKA are homers.
3) Russel is the sneakiest player in the history of Survivor.
Russell is very sneaky - last week he basically played both the swing votes off each other. They knew it and talked about it, but still weren't able to stop it.
ReplyDeleteI think his getting pissy about Parvati and the 2 idols from the week before was petty though.