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Jeff Pearlman, a longtime journalist, is wondering why Glazer isn’t facing the same kind of scrutiny as Russini, in the wake of her scandal with Vrabel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Dianna Russini shouldn\u2019t work anymore in this business, I do. I think it\u2019s (expletive),\u201d Pearlman said, per Awful Announcing<\/a>. \u201cBut, man, do we make allowances for men. We make so many allowances for men. Jay Glazer is the perfect example. You know why Jay Glazer isn\u2019t having sex with the athletes? Because he\u2019s a heterosexual male and he covers men, otherwise, he\u2019s doing anything but. \u2018Hey, come to my BBQ. Hey, let me work you out. Hey, you\u2019re my buddy. Hey, let\u2019s hang out. Hey, tell me stuff, it\u2019s OK.\u2019 Like, that\u2019s access journalism 101. That\u2019s exchanging for exchanging. That\u2019s exactly what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n PHOENIX, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 06: Sports reporter Jay Glazer looks on during Super Bowl LVII Opening Night presented by Fast Twitch at Footprint Center on February 06, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)Christian Petersen/Getty Images<\/p>\n At a recent NFL meeting in Arizona, Glazer hosted several NFL coaches at a day-drinking party near the pool.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Pearlman isn’t saying that Glazer and Russini did the same thing. However, he’s wondering why his relationships aren’t scrutinized, too.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no excusing Dianna Russini. It\u2019s a (expletive) move. She deserves to lose her job,\u201d Pearlman continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just weird how we\u2019re OK because it\u2019s men being pals with men kind of thing. Like Jay Glazer, honestly, people now make allowances; they say, \u2018Well, he\u2019s not a reporter. He\u2019s a fact-finder\u2026\u2019 But it\u2019s the same (expletive). It\u2019s the exact same (expletive). You\u2019re building intimate relationships with sources, sources are giving you information, and in exchange for that intimate relationship, you will protect them. What\u2019s different besides you\u2019re not having your (expletive) in someone\u2019s hand? What\u2019s the difference?\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The difference between Glazer, Russini<\/p>\n For one, Glazer works for Fox Sports on TV, while Russini worked for a company owned by the New York Times.<\/p>\n The journalism ethics standards are likely much higher at the New York Times than The Athletic.<\/p>\n Glazer is also just an insider. He breaks news and provides updates on TV. Russini, meanwhile, was doing what could be more construed as real journalism for The Athletic.<\/p>\n Of course, it’s fair to question everything about insiders and their ethics in 2026, given the reaction to the Russini scandal.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 3, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the wake of the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel scandal, some in the media space are taking a harder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,151324,313674,202021,313673,593,85],"class_list":["post-648109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dianna-russini","tag-dianna-russini-mike-vrabel","tag-jay-glazer","tag-jeff-pearlman","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PHOENIX,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/41ec62d9b35d75e4cfec4f8265890fa8.jpeg\"\/)
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