Rob Parker Resigns From Detroit News

by Sean Yuille on Jan 6, 2009 5:37 PM EST in Detroit Lions News

Good news, everyone! Rob Parker has resigned from the Detroit News. He was apparently demoted following the now infamous press conference after the Saints game and is now gone from the paper for good.

Detroit News sports columnist Rob Parker has resigned from the newspaper, the paper's managing editor told Journal-isms on Tuesday. Parker had been demoted to general assignment sports reporter, the Newspaper Guild disclosed, in the fallout from a news conference question to the coach of the Detroit Lions NFL team that drew criticism from management, readers and other sports journalists.

"He doesn't work here any more," Managing Editor Donald Nauss said. He said Parker resigned on Friday. Asked whether this followed a suspension of his column, Nauss said, "I can't talk about personnel matters."

It's pretty interesting that Parker's last column with the News was his horrific attempt at apologizing to Rod Marinelli. Parker made the column more about himself than anything else and lied about his relationship with Marinelli in it. That is pretty much the best sendoff possible for Parker, as he will be best remembered best for spreading lies and being a shoddy journalist.

Aside from the fact that Parker is gone, the good news now is that I can once again link to articles from the Detroit News. I had boycotted them following Parker's actions after the Saints game, but now that he no longer works there, the boycott is over.

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Yeah! Glad he's gone...

…now I can go back to reading The News. Actually missed it. Hope no one else will give him a job. His “sensationalism” style of journalism (trying to create a story or making up a story instead of actually reporting the news) doesn’t warrant it. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five." ~Groucho Marx

by Jettero2112 on Jan 6, 2009 6:53 PM EST reply actions

Wow

That surprises me that they had the footballs to demote him. That just shows how egotistical he really was. Couldn’t handle a demotion. It’s all about Rob. Well, no more, thankfully.

by DrewsLions on Jan 6, 2009 8:30 PM EST reply actions

Sad for his family, happy for the fans

I hate to see a man lose his job, but I’m thrilled to see his brand of ‘journalism’ finally get taken down. There’s no honor in viciously tearing down the home team in print and then heckling the coach every week in press conferences.

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by ty@thelionsinwinter on Jan 7, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions

I don't feel the least bit sorry for him

I don’t really think he was forced out. From all accounts, he voluntarily resigned because he was unhappy with his demotion.

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by Sean Yuille on Jan 7, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, he wasn’t ‘forced out’, but I’d be unhappy with a demotion too. Now he’s got to either A) look for work in another town, or B) find different work. Looking for highly-paid newspaper work right now is going to be, shall we say, interesting. It’s stress on his family (if he has one), stress on him—I don’t wish that on anyone in these times.

Did he bring it on himself? Yeah, probably. That doesn’t mean it’s not a sad thing for him. Besides, as I said, while I am sad for him, I’m still thrilled that someone from this school of ‘journalism’ got smacked down, and that he won’t be covering the Lions anymore.

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by ty@thelionsinwinter on Jan 7, 2009 12:54 PM EST reply actions