With today's release of "The Many lives of Alex Rodriguez" the author Selena Roberts has been taking a verbal pounding from a lot of people.Jason Whitlcock wrote this column, criticizing Roberts for her book about A-Rod. He compared her to Al Sharpton and called her an 'Hardcore Feminist' on both the Dan Patrick Show and Jim Rome Show. Whitlock's interview with Patrick can be found here. Take a listen for yourself.
He has said that he doesn't trust her, because of her hard stance against the three men accused of rape in the Duke Lacrosse case. She never apologized after the three players were found guilty of nothing. But again, there were a lot people against the three players who never apologized for their stances against the players.
He called her book nothing but a 'celebrity gossip' book. Take the A-Rod book for what it is. An unauthorized autobiography.
I will still withhold my judgement until I read the book.
But I do have to question the anonymous sources. This book is filled with people who has made some serious accusations against A-Rod by people who won't put their name to it. People who do not put their names to quotes almost never can be trusted. Especially in a book that rips on a high-profile personality. They could have an axe to grind against the person and they could make up some serious accusations about that person.
Like I said, I will withhold judgement until I read the book. But I do have a questions for you. Do you trust Selena Roberts' reporting? And will you read this book? And are you sympathetic to A-Rod's case?
I probably won't read the book, however, I am sympathetic to A-Rod's case in that the truth should be reported, nothing more and nothing less. And while it is unknown for sure, the multiple anonymous accusations does suggest some fallacies in this book either contrived by Ms. Roberts herself or anonymous people themselves.
ReplyDeleteAnd just what exactly has Selena Roberts done in the past that makes her a respected, credible source in this sort of field with so much at stake?