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ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith<\/u><\/a> got into a back-and-forth with Dan Le Batard last week while on Le Batard\u2019s “South Beach Sessions” podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When discussing Fox Sports personality Skip Bayless, Smith\u2019s former co-host<\/u><\/a> at ESPN, Le Batard said he hated “what you two have done for sports television.”<\/p>\n

Le Batard said he was referencing all the “imitators” who have come after Smith and Bayless<\/a> who don\u2019t have the “journalism credentials.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Smith, who has perfected the debate-style sports show, pushed back, pointing to his long career as a journalist while saying Le Batard should not be one to talk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You can say that all you want to,” Smith responded. “I would say, \u2018Who the hell are you to sit up there and say me and him?\u2019 What about you? Where the hell were you? Living under a rock? Teaching at Miami U? You were part of it, too. You ain\u2019t innocent.<\/p>\n

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“Those people who don\u2019t have a journalism background, who don\u2019t exercise journalistic ethics and beyond, how are we responsible for that when our background is based on that? Skip Bayless was a journalist for decades. I was a journalist for decades. We come on television and those ethics are applicable. The fact of the matter is when I take a position, it\u2019s the same kind of position I would take writing a column. The difference is, instead of writing 800 words and being limited to that space, I get to talk for a few minutes on each subject.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Monday, Smith continued the conversation on his “Know Mercy” podcast while making sure to note he was not upset with Le Batard, who remains a friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It is amazing to me how people will speak as if I\u2019ve had a negative impact on an industry they profit off of,” Smith said. “Dan Le Batard wrote for the Miami Herald for 26 years \u2014 1990-2016. Ask Dan Le Batard how much money he made writing for the Miami Herald<\/a> compared to how much money he made on ESPN. How much money he made doing \u2018Highly Questionable.\u2019 How much money he made doing the \u2018Dan Le Batard Show.\u2019 How much money he is making doing \u2018South Street Sessions.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Smith has become the leading personality at ESPN<\/u><\/a> as the host of “First Take,” which airs weekday mornings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to his days as a TV host, Smith spent many years as a journalist with the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Daily News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/espn-stephen-a-smith-fires-back-criticism-sports-debate-tv-you-aint-innocent <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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