{"id":116592,"date":"2026-01-13T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116592\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:37:13","slug":"mlks-daughter-bernice-king-weighs-in-on-jacksonville-newspaper-editors-viral-words-to-liam-coen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116592\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK\u2019s daughter Bernice King weighs in on Jacksonville newspaper editor\u2019s viral words to Liam Coen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9f446163b6058ca773c4eb42805090fb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A lot of people have a lot to say about the encouraging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/local-journalist-viral-exchange-with-jags-head-coach-says-she-has-no-regrets\/DGH6WBGD6ZAMFKGNMORTVUII6Q\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:words Lynn Jones-Turpin publicly shared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">words Lynn Jones-Turpin publicly shared<\/a> with Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen following the team\u2019s playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. is now chiming in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe need more of what Lynn Jones from Jacksonville Free Press did in that Jaguars post game press conference yesterday,\u201d Bernice A. King stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1422413242577671&amp;set=a.292423532243320\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook post Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook post Monday<\/a>. \u201cHumanity + compassion don\u2019t = unprofessional. If so, the world could certainly use more \u2018unprofessionalism\u2019 right now. Thank you, Ms. Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Breaking from the traditional questions about X\u2019s and O\u2019s that reporters typically ask coaches, Jones-Turpin, associate editor of the Jacksonville Free Press, a Black weekly newspaper established in 1986, had different words for Coen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m going to tell you, congratulations on your success, young man. You hold your head up. You guys have had a most magnificent season. You did a great job out there today. You just hold your head up, OK? Ladies and gentlemen, DUVAL. You keep it going. We got another season.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter described Jones-Turpin\u2019s comments as \u201cawesome,\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2010478173155438897?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a social media post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a social media post<\/a>, AP football writer Mark Long responded, \u201cNothing \u2018awesome\u2019 about fans\/fake media doing stuff like that &#8230; It should be embarrassing for the people who credentialed her and her organization, and it\u2019s a waste of time for those of us actually working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former ESPN analyst Jemele Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jemelehill\/status\/2010511968919277726?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">posted on X<\/a> , \u201cThis can\u2019t be a reporter. Cause if so, I would not have used the term awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Outside of some traditional journalists who bristled at Jones-Turpin\u2019s post game pep talk to Coen, it\u2019s clear that she was speaking what many in Jacksonville were thinking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The following are comments posted by people on Instagram following the news conference:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe love her and we love this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLynn Jones &#8211; the Auntie we all need in our corner!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI watched this video way too many times&#8230; I plan to watch it 1,345,436,896 more times&#8230; Love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201ci can\u2019t lie her words felt like the hug i needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou can tell he needed to hear those words. God bless her for speaking life into him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cnever \u201cheard\u201d a hug before, but Lynn Jones just gave Liam and all of Jax a huge hug with those words!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don\u2019t even know her but I love her\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you ever wondered what having a black auntie is like? There it go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe\u2019s not wrong!!! 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