ESPN Report: Terrell Owens attempts suicide

[gibbs4life]

all joking aside TO and the media what more can you really say.
for me the media has their own pool swimming with the sharks just to get a story.TO is a great talent but it,s the personi and the way he carrys himself that bothers me.

this sure sounds like something blown out of proportion to me...

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by illdefined

Dr. Sean Taylor

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

Uh.. have you ever been to Dallas? Their cops have the highest 'shoot first make up an excuse later' ratio in the South.

Why the hell would I ever go to Dallas?


And I still don't believe the publicist over the police. The police gain nothing from lying about what she said.

[firstdown]

To me it sounds like the cops took the statement he was depressed, ,missing pills, and he was taking 2 pills to equal attempted suicide. I think its the police fault for not finding out the facts before they submitted their report. They had to know that the media was going to see it and run with the story. With that said maybe thats what they wanted to happen.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by firstdown

To me it sounds like the cops took the statement he was depressed, ,missing pills, and he was taking 2 pills to equal attempted suicide. I think its the police fault for not finding out the facts before they submitted their report. They had to know that the media was going to see it and run with the story. With that said maybe thats what they wanted to happen.

If you read the police report, it is very matter-of-fact. All it does is report the facts as they see them when they arrive on the scene. The police didn't make any conclusions (as is evidenced by the fact that T.O. was not charged with the crime of attempted suicide). They simply reported what happened. It's the media and public that drew their own conclusions about the suicide. And let's not forget that the police were called to respond to the house based on what the medics saw and the information they gathered from the publicist.

[61cad]

Who would you believe first TO…………….

Or

A police officer………………….




TO needs to cover his own ass.

The police officer needs to cover the entire Dallas PD’s ass.


Now who do you believe??????????

[PSUSkinsFan21]

....or is it the publicist that needs to cover her own ass for completely overreacting and making statements to the police that caused this whole thing to blow up in the first place? If she doesn't make the "depressed" statement, this whole story stays as: "TO taken to hospital for allergic reaction to pills".

[Blue Star]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

....or is it the publicist that needs to cover her own ass for completely overreacting and making statements to the police that caused this whole thing to blow up in the first place? If she doesn't make the "depressed" statement, this whole story stays as: "TO taken to hospital for allergic reaction to pills".

ESPN has been lost credibility since reporting Brett Farve to make retirement after week one. This just makes them look worse. I dont even look at them for sport news anymore.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Blue Star

ESPN has been lost credibility since reporting Brett Farve to make retirement after week one. This just makes them look worse. I dont even look at them for sport news anymore.

What did they do wrong here?

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by Blue Star

ESPN has been lost credibility since reporting Brett Farve to make retirement after week one. This just makes them look worse. I dont even look at them for sport news anymore.

Huh? I don't know of a single news agency in the United States that didn't run this story based on the contents of the police report (which simply restated what the publicist said happened). CNN, SI, MSNBC, ...... every one of them reported the same thing.

[724Skinsfan]

It was reported by just about every possible media outlet.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

....or is it the publicist that needs to cover her own ass for completely overreacting and making statements to the police that caused this whole thing to blow up in the first place? If she doesn't make the "depressed" statement, this whole story stays as: "TO taken to hospital for allergic reaction to pills".

Here she is thinking he has taken 35 pills they start to ask her a bunch of questions. Has TO been acting funny, is he this or that, has he showing any signs of depression lately, she answers yes, thinking he was depressed a little because of his broken finger. I think if you ask Shawn Springs if he was a little depressed because he could not be out on the field helping his team the answer would be yes. So if asked if he was depressed about anything then the answer would be yes.

[bigmarley4]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

It was reported by just about every possible media outlet.

The police report basically just re-hashes what the publicist said to the responders. Clearly her fault for not knowing what the heck was going on. Media has to report stories based on what they know, its not their fault if they have bad info from a supposedly reliable source, like the publicist should be.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Here she is thinking he has taken 35 pills they start to ask her a bunch of questions. Has TO been acting funny, is he this or that, has he showing any signs of depression lately, she answers yes, thinking he was depressed a little because of his broken finger. I think if you ask Shawn Springs if he was a little depressed because he could not be out on the field helping his team the answer would be yes. So if asked if he was depressed about anything then the answer would be yes.

Yah, maybe. But I don't understand why you are blaming the police for what is in the report. Have you actually read the report (because I have)? Can you show me where they made any conclusions in that report? Can you explain to me why the medics felt the need to call the police based on what the publicist had told them? It's not like this woman was being interrogated by the police before the medics even made the decision to get the police involved.

[RedskinRat]

Who cares...it's a Cow-Whore...