I Found Every Time Charissa Thompson Lied

[@ColeAdams]

You had less than 24 hours and did a complete investigation on this controversy. Unreal turnaround JG9.

[@RicoCosta317]

JG9 is a machine!

[@dsmscenester]

JG9 doesn’t play around.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

God-Tier

[@williambryant6175]

I figured this one was coming, but not THIS fast

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

He's a work horse.

[@Mistertbones]

Charissa's career would've been better if she had done nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every single play.

[@johnobrien1759]

That is an amazing comment

[@adamcahn82]

I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it. All these years and I thought Thompson was a natural blond. Her deceit knows no bounds. Oh and the bogus reporting is messed up too.

[@calcynic]

You get it!!💯

[@eldcool3290]

I thought she was a blond as well. I saw her at the airport. She greezy looking, deep acne’s. And has a phuc u attitude. That’s what mad it worse. Most guys would b a pump and dump. If u didn’t know her. Google leaked photos. Shows her snatch

[@eldcool3290]

Young people. Lie on ur resume. And apply for jobs that r 2 steps above your ability. That’s how u get a head. And A-I your for your cover

[@mvlcmlgmclmgkcmlfm]

Did u see her arms at 19:31 ...I tought she was a natural human, but she is infact an skeleton!

[@JesseCase]

​@@mvlcmlgmclmgkcmlfm Dear God you are right! She looks down right sickly in that clip! Look how pretty and healthy she looks at 19:14, then she's all shriveled up at 19:31! 😲

[@williambutler3103]

For 40 years I've thought the sideline reporter was completely useless.

[@Theel25]

Sideline reports honestly suck. No coach wants to talk about it, and whenever they actually do it's cookie cutter. The fact is that unless you're actively digging into something important, sideline reports are not going to work. It's no surprise someone finally got caught reporting lies on the sideline, just that the way she admitted to doing it is crazy.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Some coaches like Dan Campbell are nice enough to do interviews for sure.

[@pronkb000]

Watch Melissa Stark's reporting on the Bills-Giants fiasco at halftime of SNF this year. That was fantastic reporting in a situation EXACTLY AKIN TO WHAT THOMPSON WAS TALKING ABOUT with Daboll not wanting to talk on the record. It added some clarity to what the hell happened at the end of the first half. It was great television. It hit all the buttons and walked the line between "reporting" and entertainment.

[@pronkb000]

Also, there's a huge, tangible difference in the reports on actual coach's conversations and the ones where it appears Thompson is making shit up. "We have to adjust to the change in Vikings quarterback because Tarvaris runs more" is specific and actionable. "The helmet radio broke" is a reporting of a specific fact. Even if it's not the most in-depth analysis in the universe, it's miles ahead of "establish the run, play better football, and get pressure on the QB."

[@SPTO]

@@pronkb000 Melissa Stark is a total pro she learned at the feet of a true pioneer in the form of Lesley Visser who along with Phyllis George really paved the way for women in sports broadcasting. That was great work by Stark that night and it was awesome that she was so transparent. At least Daboll was honest with her and didn't TOTALLY blew her off. Honestly i'd be that way too and he did actually express his frustration which she reported on.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@pronkb000 What the big deal with this? This is just sports. After all this is Fox, the same TV channel that has already admitted in Feb 2023 that they had most of their news anchors lying about elections & other news just so the channel could boost ratings. Host Tucker Carlson in Sept 2021 admitted he lied on air & made-up false reports as well, this is just common practice at Fox, so why should she be disciplined?

[@RetroJR3379]

Look like Charrisa got hired more for her looks than journalism

[@Smac-fv9xc]

I feel like that was obvious before all of this came out

[@Ballaholic17]

Duh

[@RetroJR3379]

@@Ballaholic17 Just stating the obvious LOL

[@AntiContradiction]

Because half time interviews are a good arbiter of a journalists skill 🙄 quit pretending to give a sh**

[@jefesbox]

Which is really the most interesting aspect about this "story".

[@kevinpowers2959]

The fact that she could fabricate coach-speak cliches and no one noticed that they were fake shows that this isn't that big of a deal. Honestly, I think a lot of coaches would prefer to let the sideline reporter make up the BS cliches rather than do it themselves. They're busy.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Some sideline reporters actually do try to do there job though.

[@kevinpowers2959]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Very true. But, we all know that this specific part of the job (halftime coach interviews) is pretty much pointless.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@Coolthings246 thank you. JG9 is so desperate for content. Who even cares about this. I hate Charissa more than anyone and I still think this story is stupid and actually made me gain a bit of respect for her for a change

[@pronkb000]

@@marcusmcgraw3519You cared enough to comment on the video.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@pronkb000 I commented talking down on him. That means I care about putting him in his place. Please do better wuss

[@calcynic]

I have known about this crap for years, as my brother and I worked for the USFL Philadelphia Stars and the NFL Philadelphia Eagles and half the coaches blew right by the sideline reporters. We would see them scratching out a fake report that sounded good. For years, when one says "He told me...", I yell back at the screen. "Naah, he probably didn't!!"

[@theleap2946]

Personally….fire her. The fact she has not so far shows being hot and blonde has some immense privilege. I worked in the media for 11 years and you never dared to do something like this, not even when I covered two winless high school football teams. To those that think that this is not a big deal, it shows how little you care in regards to actual news and the state of the current media. This is first day stuff you learn when you are in the media. If you can’t get the quotes, don’t make crap up. Look up Stephen Glass and his lies pretty much sank an entire publication. But of course, people are much more cynical these days

[@princealigorna7468]

I mean, if I were reporting on the 08 Lions, I would make shit up too. Just to stop myself from going on rants about how that team seemed determined to get John Kitna killed on the field

[@jeffanderson3962]

I spoke with JG9 at dinner yesterday and he said he wanted to do more videos breaking down and investigating controversies involving made up interviews.

[@Statinthehat]

Underrated comment.

[@TheosBookClub]

Bro, the halftime sideline reports don’t matter. Nobody is making meaningful decisions based on them. Her lying about them is the moral equivalent of telling your wife she doesn’t look fat in her dress.

[@AntiContradiction]

Sounds stupid but I garuntee you no one would be talking about this if she were a dude. Sports fans love to dog on female reporters

[@kobekwong8479]

yes nobody cares

[@DolFan316]

OJG9 could literally do a video every day on a member of the media lying 24/7. This could be a whole new channel for him, seriously.

[@toddhawley2226]

As an ex-broadcaster myself, I totally agree with the others who say you don't lie when you're doing a report. Seems like that's one of the basic tenets of Journalism 101. I'm floored not just that she lied, but that she admitted to it like it was no big deal! Wow. And yes you have to wonder how much of her doing sideline reports is she's nice eye candy. JG9 you did an excellent job on this story.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

She pretty much bragged about it as one article put it.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld who can blame her? Coaches gave her nothing to work with and she still managed to do her job. She should be bragging about that. You guys are just pathetic losers who want her punished for not being able to do her job the way she was supposed to, because coaches wouldn’t interview. Not her fault

[@davidgalinat4257]

She said she talked about this before and didn't get fired. When was that? I'm pretty sure we would have remembered it.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@davidgalinat4257 What the big deal with this? This is just sports. After all this is Fox, the same TV channel that has already admitted in Feb 2023 that they had most of their news anchors lying about elections & other news just so the channel could boost ratings. Host Tucker Carlson in Sept 2021 admitted he lied on air & made-up false reports as well, this is just common practice at Fox, so why should she be disciplined?

[@bestinthesector1875]

​@@davidgalinat4257funnily enough, the bill Cosby allegations were all over the news in 2005 but it was a different time. Quite literally, everyone forgot about it. All it took was for the public to be reminded about it a decade later and the dude's career instantly ended and he went to federal prison bc of it. Even if something like this is already technically public, just let sleeping dogs lie.

[@Skye_pls]

Me as a Lions fan watching this before knowing my team's involved in this story involved the most emotional whiplash i've ever felt in sports not watching a game in real time I ain't even trying to bury Charissa, there's much worse people in the world and including in NFL media, but man why my team gotta be part of this lmaooo

[@tylerjensen7424]

Swear, it never fails lol

[@warped3x]

We're overlooking one important point: Gotta establish the run.

[@DolFan316]

And win the turnover battle in the second half too!

[@fortynights1513]

Nobody really thinks like that anymore from a strategy standpoint

[@rmartin7558]

We all know she was just there to look good anyway.

[@ColeKeleher]

I remember a few years back Erin Andrews copping to making up some reports like this, but not sounding like a robot when doing so. in fact, her explanation made perfect sense (the coach she was interviewing was hitting on her, which if I recall, only happened 2 or 3 times.) Specifically post-halftime reports.

[@danieljackett4193]

I believe that Erin Andrews was being hit on, because of what she has experienced...But why would anyone want to hit on her?...Charissa Thompson is MUCH more attractive

[@johnobrien1759]

I know I’m gonna seem sexist, but there’s a certain demographic of women who never got by on their hard work.

[@Xenotypic]

@@johnobrien1759 it's just the plain truth.

[@L_Train]

​@danieljackett4193 you're out of you're mind if you think that. Erin Stay being fine

[@msarzo]

This may not be a Dumb Decisions video, but talk about a series of Dumb Decisions!

[@KentrichErvonia]

As someone who studied Journalism in school, the number one rule is don't lie.

[@DolFan316]

When did YOU go to journalism school, the '80s? 🤣

[@phillyfan-182]

Tell that to skip bayless. He wrote a disparaging article about Troy Aikman accusing him of being gay. Reports turned out to be false.

[@doesanyonehavegum327]

They may tell you that in school, but the employers have a different philosophy.

[@jamaaljoseph4275]

They aren’t journalists

[@vonstev1668]

Just as true today.@@DolFan316

[@tod3msn]

Clarissa Thompson is not the problem but rather the entire sports media with the endless mindless sports programming like the same dopey talk shows on cable snd the internet where panelists spend hours talking about nothing of any importance. This programming is on before and during and after games. It’s found in the week days and week nights and it’s on cable and internet. There is a glut of useless sports talk on all the time. Sports fans would be wise to watch games and enjoy their sports and tune this valueless sports chatter out.

[@charismatic9904]

Literally every single person in media has lied. All of them. She is just honest about it.

[@billgallagher4202]

Charissa Explained It All LOL. Where's Melissa Joan Hart at?

[@KWCline91]

Actually, it’s Clarissa. But I like the joke.

[@theragingnerdz1348]

I really could not care less, I think she's done exactly what she should have because her job is just to repeat the platitudes the coach gives and if she can't get them why not just say exactly what they were going to do?

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

Thank you. JG9 is really missing the mark with a lot of his topics lately. Good luck proving your case on this one. Oh no, she said a coach said his team needed to play better. But she lied! Give me a fucking break, this content is pathetic and weak

[@squealingsalamander6546]

Because of journalistic integrity. You’re still puting words in somebody’s mouth

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@squealingsalamander6546 who cares if the people themselves don’t have an issue with it and we only found out cuz Thompson admitted to it?

[@chrisp679]

It doesn’t matter. It’s a bad look.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@chrisp679 so is coaches refusing to do interviews. She’s got a job to do at the end of the day and she was smart for fudging it the way she did

[@marcel4002]

Reggie Rucker was a classic... one of your better episodes...

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

That was really the first broadcasting controversy vid I did. Paved the way and was really a turning point for the better on this channel, because the reception was so positive. Never thought it’d happen again, but here we are

[@marcus813]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 I remember watching that vid and as a sports broadcasting enthusiast, I'm ecstatic that you dove into broadcasting issues. That Reggie Rucker/Sam Wyche fiasco should serve as a cautionary tale for anyone who gets into sports broadcasting, but I guess that wasn't the case for Thompson.

[@kyle1910]

There's a fallacy named for "not a big deal, everyone does it" - *appeal to common practice* Right is right and wrong is wrong, regardless of how many do or say otherwise.

[@drewengel7073]

The problem with Thompson is that it discredits people a lot higher up. Both Verducci and Peliserro are technically sideline reporters, even though we know them as insiders of their respective sports. Thompson’s admissions are going to make people call into question every sports writer, “are they actually saying the truth or are they lying?”

[@davidgalinat4257]

Clearly it's tolerated and viewed as no big deal by the networks. It calls into question all sports media reporters. Are they given free reign to just lie about anything?

[@gr8daynegb]

​​@@davidgalinat4257And considering she is besties with Erin Andrews makes you start questioning her own friend network. Meaning Thompson's own laziness in turn makes you wonder do those she works with do the same.

[@TehKaiser]

Everyone should assume journalists don't have that much integrity. It's not a job that pays to say the truth. It's like people never realized how much of a hustle the media is(and this includes KZbin influencers). Journalists were the first influencers, and it was hardcore back in the day.

[@mihirpanchal5754]

I don’t think so.. most people don’t care about sideline reporting, it’s not a report from cnn about current events that we are speaking of here

[@gr8daynegb]

@@mihirpanchal5754 I agree that this isn't like news from the Middle East but there are ramifications outside of sports people don't see. Plenty of people already believe reporters make things up, and while very likely only 1% do that Thompson doing this in many people's mind justify that line of thinking(it may be only sports, but this is reporting on general). While this issue never mentioned injuries that does make people doubt (as big as gambling is that could be huge). Another issue is many stereotype female sideline reporters almost as useless eye candy, if Thompson keeps her job that doesn't help get rid of the stereotype (and Erin Andrews should be thanking her lucky stars this isn't blowing up on her as she admitted in same podcast she had done same thing at a time) as CT and EA many men crush on for their looks.

[@Field_Marshall]

Charissa said the coach didn’t give her anytime during the interview so what does she do she improvised like a marine, made up report. You gotta love Charissa she gorgeous and intelligent

[@TigerWoodsLibido]

This guy’s channel keeps getting better and better. The “Charissa Explains it All” at the end was a fantastic and witty touch.

[@doesanyonehavegum327]

Love you, Jag but this is really a nothing burger. Im pretty sure every coach would rather a reporter make something up than be bothered. Especially considering their answers are always the most obvious, cliche thing they could possible say.

[@pronkb000]

Disagree. There is a tangible, measurable difference in the made-up reports and the real reports in this video. Even if the real reports aren't the most in-depth analysis in history they're providing more than just, "Play better football and get pressure on the QB."

[@Mickeystwin33]

​@@pronkb000okay but what was she supposed to do. If she said "I couldn't talk to a coach" she would've lost her job...

[@pronkb000]

@@Mickeystwin33 See Melissa Stark in the Giants-Bills game on SNF a few weeks ago.

[@musicwarrior3755]

I'm guessing you're okay with the kid who does no work on the group project getting the same grade as everyone else?

[@MichaelPiz]

She won't get fired cuz she's still good eye candy. Let's face facts: like it or not, right or not, that's why female sports reporters first became a thing and, with very few exceptions, it's still their primary function (at least as far as the networks seem to think). In a few years, she'll be replaced by Kaylee Hartung or somebody younger like that.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Yeah Kaylee Hartung was pretty decent when she did studio assignments on ABC and eventually NBC news before getting the Amazon job.

[@wolly9734]

You guys are supposed to hide your misogyny for this meaningless outrage

[@MichaelPiz]

@@wolly9734 Please point out the misogyny.

[@kylethomas2993]

​@@wolly9734how is complaining about how attractive female reporters getting hired for their looks over more deserving females misogyny? It's actually the opposite.

[@K37-h1z]

​@molly9734 no I personally don't hide it. Bake something

[@rjmacready8830]

Thompson always struck me as a self-absorbed, borderline narcissist. Sideline reporters are a crucial part of a broadcast. They keep the game flowing and add a little drama. I can never take her seriously again. She should be fired. I'm a journalist. Never, ever fudge the facts.

[@WVUer21]

I know your human because of the username.

[@ZenOfMKVLI]

Shouldnt be amateur diagnosing people if you have a preexisting bias against them

[@brando7266]

They r eye candy, I never really listened to what they r saying,

[@redpillfreedom6692]

She's coasted on her looks for years so of course she's a narcissist.

[@JayNozzle]

This is why I block out any thing women are saying during a men’s sports event

[@LordTeaboBaggins]

If I were a sideline reporter, I’d make up shit like, ALL THE TIME. “Just before halftime, I asked coach Belichick what Mac Jones needs to do in the second half and he told me, ‘mumble mumble aliens mumble mumble mumble blood sacrifice mumble mumble mumble Nazis put fluoride in tap water’ Back to you, Al”

[@Field_Marshall]

Beli Cheat the master mumble manipulator

[@bubbafug00gle51]

I can't help but notice that I don't recognise the sideline reporters who were actually doing their jobs back in 2008. It's almost like being a lying sociopath is a good career move in sports media... just like in politics and business Edit: Later on I saw Chris Myers... who I recognise... and who is probably a lying sociopath, but I have no proof of that

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Chris Myers is the guy that likes making sports comparisons. Also Christina Pink was a sideline reporter in 2008 as well.

[@david-468]

I mean sociopathy is more common and more accepted in women

[@bubbafug00gle51]

@@david-468 Um, other than your own beliefs and/or anecdotal stories... where is the data on this? Everything I have seen in the scientific community indicates the opposite to be true. I'm not interested in a discussion about biases in diagnoses. I just wonder if you have some evidence I am unaware of

[@david-468]

@@bubbafug00gle51 any evidence I have you wouldn’t accept but you accept your own blindly so why bother?

[@bubbafug00gle51]

@@david-468 I would absolutely accept any study by an accredited institution or government body. I was not cynically dismissing the idea, I genuinely hoped there was some new data. I don't really care a whole lot about the gender distribution of sociopaths, I just enjoy when a commonly held theory is brought into question... even though this kind of thing tends to end in unreproducible results. Occasionally paradigms shift and its always interesting

[@msarzo]

I'm a former journalist myself. Not only that, but I was on The Diamondback (the University of Maryland student newspaper) around the same time as Jayson Blair. It's a HUGE deal to lie about sideline reports, especially when she could have easily announced to the world that Rod Marinelli was too chicken-sh*t to talk to her. That would've been way more telling than generic coach speak about establishing the run or getting pressure on the opposing team's quarterback. If I were in a position to do so, I'd fire her for that immediately.

[@msarzo]

I'd have to add something to address anyone who argues that "this is sports! What's the big deal?!" Sure, what Charissa Thompson lied about has nothing to do with national security secrets or anything that would result in the deaths of people, but looking at it from a sports lens alone misses the point, as JG9 said. This is an issue of journalism ethics. It's a reporter saying she talked to someone she never spoke to. Even if best case scenario, Rod Marinelli said, "I didn't talk to her, but I think I'd probably have told her what she said," wouldn't have addressed the fact that she lied. Years ago, I talked with my stepfather (who HATES sports and has zero interest in them) about the George O'Leary scandal. He'd asked me about the scandal involving then-D.C. fire chief Ronnie Few. It turned out the scandals were EXACTLY the same, except for the names and the natures of their professions. The debate was the exact same. My stepfather told me if I'd described the George O'Leary scandal as a *sports* story, he wouldn't have been interested. But call it an issue of ethics, of lying on a resume? He would've been very interested. A journalist lied. That's it. That's the tweet.

[@georgealvarez1195]

A sports journalist LIED??? OH THE HORROR. OH THE HUMANITY. Did you just wake up from under your rock bud?

[@danlamothe7111]

Everyone is completely overreacting over this. Saying generic harmless BS instead of saying “sorry coach refused talk to me”. All these other reporters who constantly take what players and coaches say out of context to create controversy and “clicks” is way worse.

[@brownstarslots]

Ive always felt the sideline reporters were scolding the coaches for not talking with them. A coach would just come 9n camera for a 10 second interview

[@bobafarts9949]

Pretty privilege is definitely a thing

[@webstercat]

The sideline Coach interviews by a woman is always cringe.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

With the news about Charissa Thompson’s fabricated sideline reports, now I’m starting to question Erin Andrews’s authenticity 🤔

[@lovesgucci1]

Until I saw these videos clips, (great research on such a short timeframe, by the way) her lies weren’t as egregious as I originally thought. I definitely believe she tried to talk to the coaches and anyone else she could find information from. I can also see no one wanting to have to make a comment in the middle of an embarrassing game, awful season and a new reporter that you have no previous relationship with. I can almost bet she wasn’t the only one to do this and that others around her knew when she talked to a coach and didn’t. Where Thompson’s really screwed up was admitting this, even if she doesn’t do sideline reports anymore. She should’ve just waited until after her retirement to write an article, flip the script, and talk about the need for coaches to talk to sideline reporters - something like that - because of her own experience having to bs at times…

[@johnburgess3488]

Lying in general is a no-no as a journalist! You can't make things up. She definitely deserves to be fired

[@Flyerman777]

Dude where on earth did you scoop up this footage.. this is so unreal how you scooped up a random halftime interview this quickly from games 15 years ago. Great job man

[@noahcooperider9834]

As per usual, massively impressive findings on such a short window! Very well done!

[@SPTO]

Sometimes they HAVE to make shit up just to sound like there's something going on but man, DON'T SAY THAT PUBLICLY! I bet she will end up leaving "mutually" from Amazon. SMH As for other sideline reporters, there are a few that are actually really good and provide insight. Interestingly they're all college sideline reporters. One of the best ever was incredibly enough, Lynn Swann. Your turnaround on this is INCREDIBLE! EDIT: You feel old? Try watching a Central Michigan game earlier this year and realizing that one of the QBs is the son of Bert Emanuel a guy that this viewer remembers fondly and his career ended in *check notes* 2001. Crap, now i'm feeling ancient again LOL EDIT 2: Yeah you can definitely tell that Thompson's lying. Just listen to the other sideline reporters. They're giving DEEPER and more IN DEPTH reporting even mentioning players. BTW I forgot that Laura Okmin worked for Fox. EDIT 3: LOL at that Joe Burrow graphic. He looks FUGLY there hah!

[@silentbutlhronic]

EDIT: No one asked

[@bjnt922]

You have be a certain age and had cable tv in the early to mid 90s to get the “Clarissa explains it all” reference 😄

[@webstercat]

Women reporters on the sidelines has never been necessary. Nothing they ever “reported” meant anything to anyone.

[@flamboyant480]

But she’s not sideline reporting anymore. She’s just behind the desk and if she is interviewing someone, it’s on camera.

[@antlove2k3]

So just because she stopped doing it, it made what she did ok?

[@andrewwertz3335]

@@antlove2k3basically yes lol she got away with it until she admitted it, she won dude

[@adriankendrick4281]

It was 15-16 years ago.

[@cancerstinks1]

She’s behind that desk because she was so “great” at being a sideline reporter.

[@davidgalinat4257]

So she got to fail upward and pull the ladder up behind her and tarnish the reputation of those still working on the sidelines. Good for her.

[@markpfeifer1402]

Dont worry, I'm sure she's got a job waiting for her at the Fox News division. 😂

[@tcollier5460]

Sideline reporter's usually state the obvious. It's not like the coaches are going to reveal key injuries or game plan information. These sideline reporter's aren't really even necessary!

[@pronkb000]

If you can't see the tangible difference in Thompson's apparently made-up reports and the reports where the person (including Thompson) clearly actually talked to the coach, then I don't know what to say. "The helmet radio broke" is a specific reporting of fact. "We have to adjust our defense to the change in QB because Tarvaris runs more" is specific and actionable even if it's not the most in-depth analysis in history--if nothing else, it shows where the coach's focus is.

[@fortynights1513]

⁠@@pronkb000There certainly are tangible differences between what Thompson said, and what the others in the video did (as well as the McCarthy example later on in the video). Not that she doesn’t deserve criticism for lying, but the fact that it took us so long to notice arguably shows just how small that role is in the broadcast. Both sides have legit points here.

[@marqueschacon905]

@@pronkb000except if this was an issue like people are making it out to be, you would think that people would have caught on to the lie when it happened, not 15 years after the fact. This is just people being upset for the sake of moral purity. She didn’t make outrageous lies or defamation of character, the stakes of her lies were low (as evidenced by people not really giving a shit), and the subjects of her misattributed quotes did not object to the half truths she said

[@pronkb000]

@@marqueschacon905 The stakes of her lies were low in the abstract but high in the trust she torpedo'd for other reporters.

[@KN_1]

CBS did not use sideline reporters for a few years in the 2000s.

[@danmount9462]

This is some darn fine reporting, JG09. Well done. At least we have pros like Pam Oliver and others that are good at their job.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Thanks! Pam Oliver is the consummate professional. It's funny because I did a video on her where the Bears criticized her for being too good at her job: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pme0hYd3htRkf6csi=LBcTugaywxAcr5oq

[@marcus813]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 Some people have talked trash about Oliver in the last few years regarding her performance on air, but she's still on one of FOX's higher ranked NFL crews to this day for a reason. She still excels at her job.

[@RetroJR3379]

​@@marcus813Even after she got demoted so FOX could put Erin on the #1 team

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@RetroJR3379 even if she gets a promotion I think Pam would do well as Studio Host.

[@mgb4692]

@@marcus813 Screw her ever since she went all Karen on KJ Wright in 2013 *for only tearing his MCL and missing the playoffs* (returned for 48) to be followed by Buck running back Randy Moss

[@justincowans2677]

Great job here getting this out so quickly. I appreciate your work getting this out!

[@JEndless2025]

The anti-Pam Oliver.

[@angelsfancrc1]

Here I was thinking I was the only one who makes a "Charissa explains it all" comment whenever she comes up

[@flyabusa]

A bleached-blonde woman on a FOX network doing nothing but speaking falsehoods. Yup, that tracks.

[@humanbeing2420]

What Thompson did is akin to what documentary editors do routinely today, which is to edit the audio recording of a speaker to construct what the director ideally wanted the speaker to say. If you listen carefully to any recently made documentary you will notice it - the editor will often pick individual words spoken in other parts of the original interview and string them together to create entire sentences. The end result is still consistent with the speaker's thoughts, so it's technically not unethical. This is similar to what Thompson did.

[@Trumpisscum-420]

What she did has roughly the moral equivalency of telling someone the nasty food they made was good. Or that your kids school play was "amazing" even though you fell asleep 10 minutes in.

[@silentbutlhronic]

It’s not that deep. Grasping at straws. Bum

[@marcus813]

Lisa Salters felt some type of way about Thompson's revelation and it's obvious in her post about it on X (FKA Twitter). I wonder how women in particular such as Pam Oliver and Leslie Visser feel about this.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Yes Pam Oliver has been sideline reporting for a long time. I want to hear from Jenny Taft the all American girl. 😅

[@adriankendrick4281]

Tracy Wolfson said something about this and so did Andrea Kramer

[@marcus813]

@@adriankendrick4281 I just saw that Lisa Salters did, too. She was steamed about this.

[@pronkb000]

And Laura Okmin, and Michelle Tafoya.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@marcus813 Yeah I also saw that Molly McGrath also responded too plus Tracy Wolfson.

[@richardgadberry8398]

If Charissa Thompson told me it's gonna be sunny and 70 degrees tomorrow, I'd break out the snowshoes and polar suit.

[@americangiant1003]

Props and job well done Jag. This is why I love KZbin for content like this. For NHL Hockey “legit unbiased” news/commentary for instance I will go to either the Hockey Guy or Urnating Tree. Or Andy Hoops for current NBA commentary and historical analysis. I agree 100% with Jag. Sideline Reporters in all NFL and major “National/International” Sports Broadcasts are here to stay. Not to mention Sideline Reporters can provide major breaking news as well mainly sadly for instance, a major on the field players injuries. Additionally, despite majority of the Sideline Reporters (almost all of them in recent years Female) having journalism and or athletic playing backgrounds sadly are for both “eye candy.” Plus, most importantly for the Chief TV Executives filling the legal quota of having “diverse” broadcasting teams. Sorry to be blunt but some of the Female sideline reporters in the NFL and all of American Sports TV are the 21st Century “Weather Girls” from the early days of television in the 1950s/60s. With that said, thankfully there are a large of the Female Sports Commentators/Anchors in recent years, who know their sports just as much or even more than their male counterparts. What Thompson did is indeed a slap in the face of all sideline reporters of both genders. This is basically the Sports Broadcasting “scandal” that led to the firing of NBC News Brian Williams over his “lying” on his reporting from the Iraq War around 2003-‘04. Just my thoughts.

[@kevinmuzerMetalMind64]

She's done in the NFL. Credibility Zero!

[@Wildcat_Media]

It floors me how utterly arrogant she was in that interview. “Tee hee, I’m not going to get in trouble for this, but I make shit up.” I don’t care that she’s “just” a sideline reporter and there’s not much substance in those reports. Anytime a member of the media lies - regardless of their position or what they’re reporting on - it further destroys credibility of ALL the media. This is why people hate journalists. This is why people are turning away from traditional media and instead watching KZbinrs. This BS is why I personally stopped following sports until I discovered guys like Urinating Tree and Tom Grossi and JG9. People who are fans and make sports fun for the viewers, but who also call out the crap when needed and who aren’t corporate lapdogs. I would also like to note (because it matters to some people) that I am a female football fan and I am LIVID about this. I’m not going to pretend that it’s okay she did this, just because she has boobs. Women sports reporters have been pushed and pushed and pushed to the forefront, so as to appeal to female viewers (I don’t give a damn what’s between someone’s legs when they’re reporting on sports, but the corporate PR machine insists that it’s important. Whatever). So what does this do to that narrative? You’ve got a female reporter admitting she lied in the course of doing her job, and she thinks she can get away with it? Why? Because she’s needed to fill a quota? Or something else less-PG rated? I don’t care the reason. The corporate sports media sucks donkey balls, and this is another example as to why. KZbinrs will continue to eat ESPN’s, Fox’s, and Amazon’s lunch when it comes to sports commentary. Even if you guys don’t make the kajillions of dollars, I’d rather support your work than anyone that employs this blonde shill.

[@wolly9734]

Weird way to spell "pick me" Implying that she's sleeping with someone to keep her job? Yeah not weird at all

[@avalon1957]

If the nfl is rigged, having people lie is par for the course.

[@ToddSmith23]

How dare she damage the integrity of the NFL and Amazon.

[@rancherogt8037]

This is such a non-story story she didn't do what the other guy did and fabricate an elaborate lie, she literally just repeated generic coach talk that she more then likely woulda got in the 1st place, I have heard her say she has done that before in past interviews and has never tried to hide that so who cares.

[@joshualinley4417]

The contrasts you show, stellar.

[@iamsithazagoth3728]

Good thing they put her in the studio. She won't need to fake stories anymore.

[@dangeiger9796]

FOX will probably promote her. Maybe they’ll give her a show with Tucker Carlson

[@SPTO]

Actually she'll be on Facebook or Twitter Spaces with him. Tucker got let go from Fox.

[@HoosierMan34]

If she did this so often, maybe ALL sideline reporters do the same? the only difference is the others aren't confessing it.....

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I don't think people like Jenny Taft or Pam Oliver or Melissa Stark are desperate enough to just make up a story.

[@c71score]

As a hockey fan, she can switch to NHL and just tell us the coach and players "want to get pucks in deep", and we'll never know if it was an honest report.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Wouldn't surprise me if this is just her last season and both Amazon and Fox let her finish out the season and then finds something else to do.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

What the big deal with this? This is just sports. After all this is Fox, the same TV channel that has already admitted in Feb 2023 that they had most of their news anchors lying about elections & other news just so the channel could boost ratings. Host Tucker Carlson in Sept 2021 admitted he lied on air & made-up false reports as well, this is just common practice at Fox, so why should she be disciplined?

[@allthingssports4957]

7:02 what?? The 2008 Lions were the greatest team of all time!! They had a perfect season!!

[@ECG3485]

This should definitely be taken as a cautionary tale for all aspiring sports journalists in general

[@mfdixon1985]

The closest comparison I can think of on this is if the highest paid RB in the league (right now, Derrick Henry) came out and said "there are a dozen RBs available in the fifth round or later that can do nearly everything I do." The validity of that can be debated. But all that does is really screw over any RB looking for a new deal or hoping to get drafted earlier. That's essentially all this does. It hurts the bargaining power of other sideline reporters because, well, if Charissa Thompson has risen as far as she has in the industry while lying about interviews and acknowledging that she can essentially fill in the lines for any coach, that tells anyone doing the hiring that the skill of the reporter doesn't matter. And even if you think sideline reporters add to the broadcast (which generally speaking, I do), no network boss is going to value my input more than someone who's actually done the job.

[@TNTITAN]

Oh no now when I hear “The coach said they needed to better on defense”. I will question if the coach wanted to do worse on defense.

[@reverend_wintondupree]

"It's not a lie if you believe it"

[@BuccaneerBruce]

I'm not sure why she wouldn't say "The coach refused to talk to me."

[@pronkb000]

It sounds like there were a few instances where she just plain wasn't doing her job and wasn't ready to speak to the coach coming out of the locker room.

[@erickennedy8534]

Lynn Swann was the best sideline reporter.

[@fortynights1513]

When was he one?

[@woodeymaynard7711]

I think it would be funny for her to get fired, especially after all of the money on plastic surgery she paid for in the last two years. All gone to waste in less then a minute, I love watching egos self destruct.

[@fornhunkle]

Idk how people can give a shit... "ACKSHYUALLY, THE COACH THOUGHT THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB CONTROLLING THE CLOCK, NOT RUNNING THE BALL!!" ok... Didnt care. Its like hockey players. Why even interview them?? "Coach you know put together you know a good plan you know and we stuck to it you know, kept our sticks down you know."

[@johnward6699]

I always thought her whole personality was fake.... And BOOM

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

PROVES that INTEGRITY is WAYYYYY more valuable than looks. What a WASTE!!!

[@555dking]

She wasn’t hired for her football knowledge and journalism haha. She’s eye candy for the audience

[@Opry99er]

Yeah, for me, I don't care if she made up sideline reports. Coaches never say anything at halftime anyway.

[@gbalph4]

My mom thought she was Erin Andrews but I said no because Erin knows what she’s doing.

[@michaelschneider5938]

I'm not sure but didn't Erin admit doing something similar?

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@michaelschneider5938 Yeah it was a big story and that's what apparently got her fired from ESPN.

[@pronkb000]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldWhere was it reported that she was fired from ESPN? As far as I know, she went to FOX because they gave her a better offer.

[@davesecx]

Sideline reporters are not needed. I also Haye pre and post game interviews in thr field too. You never ever hear something important being said. The only thing you need a sideline reporter for is I jury updates. That's it.

[@Physics072]

What did she do after admitting she is a liar? She makes up a bigger lie for Amazon! Liar Liar pants on fire.

[@cmonboyGIT]

Aaaaand as I'm watching this, TNF has issued a statement and Charissa is walking back what she said

[@f1champ551]

Too little too late

[@PAGoTribe1963]

There won't be any backlash. She enjoys Pretty Privilege.

[@wasteland5000]

Made stuff up when she couldn't get access to a coach. You're a reporter, no one will be mad if you say "Coach X was unavailable for comment."

[@pigdangojones6315]

Defining "color commentator" made me do an actual spit take.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Happened multiple times in previous videos where I said that phrase talking about Reggie Rucker and I was called a racist because they thought I either said “colored commentator” or because they thought I was defining him by his skin color, so I played it on the safe side here since I have a feeling this vid could blow up outside of my usual circle of subscribers

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Not surprised. Only sideline reporter I ever cared for was Craig Sager. That guy was the man!

[@PGar58]

Loved by all.

[@pronkb000]

@@PGar58So loved he had multiple families to prove it.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Carissa would be right at home doing any AFC North games permanently since she has the perfect line.. we've gotta establish the run...

[@TheShepdawg9]

Lets be real. The only reason sideline reporters exist is to show the world that the NFL hires women too.

[@LightningBoltJpS]

You make good points, and it’s a shame because she’s a hell of a good interviewer in all of her feature type work. lol Shes one of the only people left in tv football journalism that I actually like watching. A

[@dabneyoffermein595]

I will never take another thing she says at face value.

[@NathanJakobMichaelThomas]

“I, and I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying this” EXCUSE ME! WHAT!? SOMEBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS!? HOW!?

[@pronkb000]

Her previous statements, like on a podcast with Erin Andrews, as best I can tell, were about exaggerating or embellishing or throwing in a bit of color to the coach's response. Here, she's saying she straight-up fabricated conversations that never even took place to begin with.

[@NathanJakobMichaelThomas]

@@pronkb000 thank you for giving me more context that I did not have. Bless you

[@briansarah2745]

Well I guess no matter how you get the ball you have to run 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GalacticWrestlingFederation]

Damn, the "just another pretty face" narrative just got a HUGE breath of life. Smh. Every female journalist/reporter owes her a huge "thanks."