Tom Knott Explained

Tom Knott is a columnist for the Sports and Metro sections of The Washington Times.[1]

Education

Knott has a B.A. degree in psychology from George Mason University.

Reception by other journalists

Knott is cited as an authority by other journalists, such as on PBS[2] and the Los Angeles Times,[3] as well as by sports researchers.[4] Knott's journalism notably attracts critical attention from other journalists.

Brendan Nyhan, writing in Salon.com, roundly criticizes both the Washington Times and Tom Knott for its reportage of the National Education Association.[5]

News sites such as Cleveland.com's sports blog have repeatedly[6] attacked Knott; for example in 2009 'Starting Blocks' wrote "Washington Times columnist Tom Knott, who has a history of bashing LeBron James, got back at it in today's headline: 'Everyone's a witness to LeBron's whining.'" The article continues "But of course Knott didn't stop there."[7]

Writing in the Huffington Post, journalist Etan Thomas rebuked Knott for attacking him as unpatriotic, and described him "because of his far right politics", as "absolutely blinded to reality", with reference to issues such as "public school system, the broken health care system, the government's lack of a response to Hurricane Katrina, an unjust war".[8]

Dan Steinberg, writing in The Washington Posts 'D.C. Sports Bog',[9] discusses Knott's attack on Gilbert Arenas,[10] and defends Arenas's conduct.

Martin Austermuhle, writing on DCist, comments that "We've always been amused by Tom Knott, the Washington Times Metro columnist who on a weekly basis directs his wrath at someone or something in the District and beyond."[11] Discussing Knott's reaction[12] to the Washington, D.C. smoking ban, Austermuhle writes that "Knott doesn't so much take on the ban as he does the people who supported it."

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Knott: Washington Times Columnist . Washington Times . Articles by Tom Knott . December 1, 2011.
  2. Web site: PBS: Sport in Cuba . PBS . Sport in Cuba: The Diamond in the Rough . December 3, 2011 . Pettavino, Paula J. and Geraldine Pye.
  3. Web site: The Inside Track: Morning Briefing . Los Angeles Times . Add Two Parts Ego and Watch Sparks Fly . January 7, 2003 . December 3, 2011 . Florence, Mal.
  4. Web site: LA84 Foundation . LA84 Foundation . Two Days Lausanne Stood Still The 108th Extraordinary IOC Session, March, 1999 . 2008 . December 3, 2011 . Wenn, Stephen R..
  5. Web site: The Washington Times and the NEA . Salon.com . The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie . September 5, 2002 . December 3, 2011 . Nyhan, Brendan.
  6. http://search.cleveland.com/Tom+Knott Tom Knott in articles on Cleveland.com
  7. Web site: Starting Blocks . Cleveland.com . Washington Times columnist bashes LeBron James . July 20, 2009 . December 3, 2011 . Starting Blocks.
  8. Web site: Huff Post Politics . Huffington Post . Work Ethic? Look At Your Columns, Tom Knott . November 27, 2006 . December 1, 2011 . Thomas, Etan.
  9. Web site: D.C. Sports Bog . Washington Post . Tom Knott Crushes Gilbert . June 15, 2007 . December 1, 2011 . Steinberg, Dan.
  10. Web site: Gilbert Arenas . Washington Times . Is Agent Zero wimping out? . June 15, 2007 . December 1, 2011.
  11. Web site: DCist on Tom Knott . DCist . Tom Knott Takes On the Smoking Ban . January 16, 2006 . December 1, 2011 . Austermuhle, Martin . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217145150/http://dcist.com/2006/01/tom_knott_takes.php . February 17, 2010 .
  12. Web site: Knott on D.C. Smoking Ban . Washington Times . Snuff out do-gooders before cigarettes, please . January 11, 2006 . December 1, 2011 . Knott, Tom.

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