Especially when they don’t like what the media are saying. I am not surprised that the Chiefs would do everything they can to stop the bad press. It’s a damn shame that this spineless TV station caved to their demands.

Babb ought to tell us which station it was. It is a real knock on the stations integrity.

There are rules of journalistic integrity that, if broken, aren’t necessarily illegal.

Babb wrote the story so that libel charges won’t stick. He’d just say that he was reporting what people said and never asserted anything beyond that. He dos write the story, however, such that it leaves room for imaginations to run wild.

He wrote it like he did for a reason. He’s covering his own ass as much as the Chiefs are covering theirs.

Not to mention what your gut tells you about something like this isn’t reality either.

So apparently you go on what if’s, not what is, after all.

24 people that were once used to a pretty cushy job suddenly got jolted back into the reality of how a football organization is run, and how they’re committed to excellence. Not laziness and facebook.

Read the article. This is why Babb is irresponsible. He BEGINS IT with the Haley stuff and how he thought he was bugged. This is an aside of the actual theme of the story (which was the hard stressful Arrowhead environment). So what happens? People FOCUS on the beginning of the article throughout the rest of it and then tie it to everything else, even though it was a very very small part of it.

What a bunch of journalistic BS.

Babb is becoming pretty desperate in his attempt to substantiate this story with publicity.

Everyone has "motives"as well as a frame of reference, including those who comment on AP, regardless their opinion, one way or another.

I refuse to participate in bashing the reporter who is doing his job – reporting what multiple sources (both in & out of the org) have stated to him over a period of months. Now he is commenting on something that has happened to him.

I tend to wonder how any of us would feel if we had landed in the midst of something like this and had so many people maligning our integrity.

Here’s something I’ve not seen anyone ask nor provide any proof for regarding all the stories / reports written by Babb and yet he’s frequently maligned in many comments:
1) how many have been proven to be categorically false? (lots of comments by people assuming he made up sources or embellished on them)
2) how many have been proven to have benefitted him in some way? (assumptions above that he’s getting something out of this)
3) what exactly does he have to gain by reporting this when he had to know he would most likely be shut out by the Chiefs front office, thereby threatening his livelihood (Chiefs reporter for the paper)?

Aside from the question of whether the Chiefs org has actually engaged in illegal activities (unknown and only a “surmise” by someone who was employed by them at the time the statement was made), it seems far more likely than not at this point that the working environment at 1A is at the least very uncomfortable – which frequently equates to non-productive. It also does not paint an attractive picture of an organization for prospective employees (office, coaching or player)…