<body><div><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/8GHHzWcS-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>The Most Annoying Person In Football Media (1:25) </figcaption></figure><p> Tell 'em how you really feel, Jeff. </p><p> This past weekend, former SI reporter Jeff Pearlman took <a href="https://thespun.com/sports-media/stephen-a-smith-no-shot-notre-dame-makes-college-football-playoff" rel="nofollow"> Stephen A. Smith </a> to task for his analysis of Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold. Saying on TikTok that a recent "First Take" clip is "perfectly emblematic of what's happened in media. Also what's happened at ESPN." </p><div data-type="SOCIAL_CARD"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffpearlmanauthor/video/7414877571793390891" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7414877571793390891"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffpearlmanauthor?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@jeffpearlmanauthor"> @jeffpearlmanauthor </a><p> Stephen A. Smith has probably seen Sam Darnold throw 20 passes. Ever. So why pretend to be an expert? (Answer: media is broken) <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/stephenasmith?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="stephenasmith"> #stephenasmith </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/samdarnold?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="samdarnold"> #samdarnold </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/espn?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="espn"> #espn </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nfl?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="nfl"> #nfl </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nba?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="nba"> #nba </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mlb?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="mlb"> #mlb </a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/writersoftiktok?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="writersoftiktok"> #writersoftiktok </a></p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7414877536707971882?refer=embed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Jeff Pearlman"> ♬ original sound - Jeff Pearlman </a></blockquote></div><script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><p> "I am quite certain Stephen A. Smith knows nothing about Sam Darnold," Pearlman said. "He's probably seen him throw 20 passes total. He's guessing. And he'll have a hot take on that and then a hot take on that and a hot take on that and a hot take on that. And we have lost nuance in sports media. And we have lost thought in sports media." </p><p> "We've also lost the ability to say, 'I probably shouldn't tackle that subject because I don't know anything about it.' Or, 'Maybe I'll take this one off because it's not my specialty,'" <em> The New York Times </em> best-selling author <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffpearlmanauthor/video/7414877571793390891?embed_source=121374463%2C121451205%2C121439635%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121351166%2C72778571%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=awfulannouncing.com%2Fespn%2Fjeff-pearlman-stephen-a-smith-sam-darnold-guessing.html&amp;referer_video_id=7414877571793390891" rel="nofollow"> continued </a> . </p><p> "He doesn't know enough about Sam Darnold to offer an opinion on Sam Darnold. There's nothing wrong with that. You're Stephen A. Smith. There's nothing wrong with saying, 'I'm not going to offer an opinion on Darnold because I haven't seen him enough.' But we never have that anymore. It's all about, 'I think this. I think this. I think this.' … it's about being loud and being right, even if you don't know what it means to be right." </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2fkuqW_0vYUkzLz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2fkuqW_0vYUkzLz00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>BROOKLYN, NY - JUNE 26: Stephen A. Smith looks on during the 2024 NBA Draft - Round One on June 26, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Luther Schlaifer/NBAE via Getty Images) <p><a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2158847254" rel="nofollow"> Luther Schlaifer&amp;solGetty Images </a></p></figcaption></figure><p> We don't know exactly what caused Pearlman to take aim at Stephen A. on social media like that but clearly he has a bone to pick with sports media figures who speak as an authority on topics that aren't their expertise. </p><p> Perhaps he casted a <a href="https://thespun.com/sports-media/championship-most-annoying-football-media-bracket-2024" rel="nofollow"> vote </a> in our recent poll. </p><p align="center"><strong><a href="https://thespun.com/sports-media/stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-being-most-annoying-person-in-football-media" rel="nofollow"> Related: Stephen A. Smith Reacts To Being 'Most Annoying' Person In Football Media </a></strong></p></div></body>

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Tell 'em how you really feel, Jeff. This past weekend, former SI reporter Jeff Pearlman took Stephen A. Smith to task for his analysis of Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold. Saying on TikTok that a recent \"First Take\" clip is \"perfectly emblematic of what's happened in media. Also what's happened at ...

Tell 'em how you really feel, Jeff. This past weekend, former SI reporter Jeff Pearlman took Stephen A. Smith to task for his analysis of Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold. Saying on TikTok that a recent "First Take" clip is "perfectly emblematic of what's happened in media. Also what's happened at ...