A grumpy journalist is getting blasted for complaining about an “SI for Kids” reporter ruining his very adult, very serious opportunity to get quotes for his very serious job.
On Friday, a reporter for “SI for Kids” went viral for a question asked to South Carolina’s Frank Martin about defense, that was highly praised by the Gamecocks head coach.
This is absolutely awesome! SI For Kids young gun with great question at South Carolina presser @SwanyND @NDSUnic pic.twitter.com/PN29ka1lSk
— Joshua A. Swanson (@Swany8) March 25, 2017
One person who wasn’t a fan of the journalistic efforts of “SI for Kids” reporters is David Caraviello, a reporter for the Charleston Post & Courier. Here’s what he had to say on Twitter as he complained:
SI for KIds reporter is cute and all, but not a fan of an off-topic question at 1 am when beat writers are trying to pull gamers together.
— David Caraviello (@dcaraviello) March 25, 2017
Caraviello took a lot of heat for his tweet and kept trying to defend himself, not really realizing that very few shared his viewpoint.
For the last time: Comment was in relation to the Florida presser. At least the kid gets lots of pub out of everyone misunderstanding this. https://t.co/l4dguwYTSr
— David Caraviello (@dcaraviello) March 25, 2017
This was the general consensus response to Caraviello’s complaining:
I've been in press conferences with kid journalists from SI for Kids. They ask better questions than a lot of the adult reporters there.
— Craig Meyer (@CraigMeyerPG) March 25, 2017
Caraviello really needs to lighten up and realize the world doesn’t revolve around him and his fellow writers working on deadline. This is not a good look for him.
