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http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/police-investigate-sexual-complaint-against-fsus-winston/2152335 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/break-in-complainants-cooperation-delayed-winston-case/2153248 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/statement-police-warned-accuser-about-pursuing-jameis-winston-matter/2153364 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/winstons-attorney-sex-was-consensual/2153563 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/tough-prosecutor-to-decide-future-of-jameis-winston-case/2154410 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/unresolved-case-vs-jameis-winston-makes-heisman-voting-tricky/2155349 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/legal-fate-of-fsu-quarterback-to-be-answered/2155654 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/state-attorneys-report-video-of-jameis-winston-encounter-deleted/2155871 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/statement-from-jameis-winstons-accuser-at-morning-news-conference/2156910 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-accuser-brings-in-title-ix-specialists/2165700 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsu-hit-with-title-ix-investigation-for-handling-of-jameis-winston-case/2173471 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsu-title-ix-investigation-goes-beyond-sports/2173677 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-teammates-face-conduct-hearing-at-fsu/2180517 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/florida-state-again-looks-into-jameis-winston-sexual-assault-complaint/2196161 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-advisor-accuser-wanted-7-million/2199164 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsu-finally-speaks-out-in-winston-case/2201541 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsu-attorneys-argue-over-jameis-winston-matter/2201585 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-adviser-continues-to-challenge-fsus-investigation/2202042 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/qa-with-the-latest-on-jameis-winston-investigation/2202057 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winston-hearing-set-for-week-of-nov-17/2205090 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/conduct-hearing-for-fsus-jamis-winston-may-be-postponed/2205576 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/conduct-hearing-for-fsu-quarterback-jameis-winston-moved-to-dec-1/2206177 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/what-you-need-to-know-about-jameis-winstons-university-code-of-conduct/2208552 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/conduct-hearing-for-fsu-quarterback-jameis-winston-set-for-today/2208632 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winston-conduct-hearing-resumes-at-fsu/2208747 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsus-winston-cleared-of-all-charges/2211070 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/both-sides-say-jameis-winston-hearing-was-tough-on-them/2211200 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-accuser-sues-florida-state-university/2212747 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/jameis-winstons-accuser-reveals-identity-in-documentary/2215202 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/the-hunting-ground-puts-a-face-on-jameis-winstons-accuser/2219779 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/florida-state-files-motion-to-dismiss-suit-by-jameis-winstons-accuser/2220692 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fsu-upholds-jameis-winston-conduct-code-ruling-on-appeal/2221362 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/erica-kinsman-sues-nfl-prospect-jameis-winston/2225851 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/jameis-winston-files-counterclaim-denies-he-raped-woman/2229027 These are the articles that I could find where Matt is writing about the Jameis Winston rape allegations.  Not crab legs or fhritp, just the rape allegation articles.  Not sure it is a complete list, but you can see the volume of material he has written on the topic.I had no prior opinion of Matt Baker.  Not following FSU, I did 0 reading on the subject prior to last draft season.  Wanting to form my own opinion I read a shit ton of articles and blurry eyed my way through police documents.  I was struck by the total one sided nature of the way Matt Baker covered the story.  Read through those articles (I think they are close to chronological from top down) and it becomes apparent that Matt's source was someone on Erica's initial legal team.  You will notice no mention of any the many problems with Erica's version of events, with entire articles devoted to the things that paint the possibility of Jameis' version being untrue.Matt quite literally built his journalism career on the back of this story.  I think what he did is sleazy, but welcome to journalism.  The man can still eat through, I'm not coming after his career.  Assigning him to cover the Buccaneers however, with Jameis Winston now #1 pick rookie starting quarterback, is possibly the most irresponsible (giving the TBT the benefit of the doubt) assignment I have heard of.  If the articles he wrote on the story were not enough: http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/jameis-winston-and-me-the-pain-of-covering-the-scandal/2219244 How does the home town paper ever send that journalist to cover and ask questions of that athlete? 

 
Posted : Aug. 4, 2015 1:43 pm
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