Is critical thinking dead when it comes to sports journalists reporting on Rob Ryan, Lane Kiffin, and the Oakland Raiders?

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 Is critical thinking dead when it comes to sports journalists reporting on Rob Ryan, Lane Kiffin, and the Oakland Raiders?
The Oakland Raiders’ offseason is slightly more than a week old, but it has been a whale of a roller coaster ride. Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was about to be fired, then he wasn’t fired. Suddenly, the rumors are again flying that Lane Kiffin may not even be the Raiders coach for 2008. The nexus of all the rumors is the memo that came out the other day that said that Rob Ryan has not been ... [link]

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Published 1/9/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Thoughts from the Dark Side has an nteresting take on the media's coverage of the Raiders' Rob Ryan memo. ...

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