The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Critics Blast Jacksonville Reporter Over Her Message To Liam Coen After Jaguars Loss

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to critics blasting a Jacksonville reporter over her message to Liam Coen after the Jaguars’ loss. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey man, hit it with the heel. Did she get Donkey in the name, please, tell me? I had become Donkey of the Day. At the breakfast club, bitchy. Me, motherfucking home. I just, I just don't. I don't know. And can none of y'all touch Mary on a cultural, spiritual level, okay?

No way. Talk here today for Tuesday, January 13th, because all you sports journalists who criticized Jacksonville Free Press Associate Editor, Lynn Jones Turpin, okay? Salute the Lynn Jones Turpin. Drop one of clues bombs for that sister, okay? Also drop on the clues bombs for everyone who listens to us on 93.3 to beating Jacksonville. I'm not going to lie, I'm a Dallas Cowboy fan. Y'all know that, but I was hoping Jacksonville pulled it off this weekend

because y'all know Little Duval, my dog, and I love a little. all my folks in Jacksonville and the reality is I'm not no hater. Unless your team is in the NFC East, I realize that about myself a long time ago. If it can't be my Dallas Cowboys, I wish happiness and much success for every team in the NFL, except

for the Redskins or commanders, whatever you want to call them, the Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. Okay? So I'm watching the Jaguars game, hoping they could pull it out, but alas, they didn't. They lost to the Buffalo Bills 2724. And a local Jacksonville news reporter named Lynn Jones

Turpin had a chance to make a comment during Jaguars head coach's Liam Cohen's no Liam yeah Liam Cohen's press conference and she said this I want to tell you congratulations on your success young man thank you hold your head up all right you guys have had a most magnificent season thank you did a great job out there today so you just hold your head up okay and ladies and gentlemen Duval you the one all right you keep it going we got another season okay I appreciate take care and much continued success to you and the entire team Thank you, man.

Now, does anybody find a problem with what she said? No. No. That didn't bother me at all. Why? Because she's a local Jacksonville news reporter, so clearly she's a fan of the Jaguars. If that's how she wants to spend her time with the coach, I don't care. So when I saw the headline, NFL journalist remarks the Jaguars coach after playoff loss sparks debate on social media,

I said to myself, y'all really don't have anything better to do. Okay, but then I saw Matt Barnes from the All of Smoke podcast, Luke to Matt Barnes, and I saw Pat McAfee from the Pat McAfee show, giving those journalists, who had something negative to say about Lynn Jones Terp and some smoke. And I said, oh, this is a real thing. Y'all really was upset. You had some reporters arguing that if you're covering the game, you only have limited time with these coaches and players.

So I guess they want them to ask questions of substance. You had other reporters saying journalists shouldn't showcase their fandom too much, saying the reporter fan line had been crossed too many times before. Let me read some of these tweets. Chick Hernandez, Mr. Chick Sports on Twitter said, not sure how that credential was given out. To Sean Reid on Twitter said, I promise the last thing we need is more reporters acting like fans.

Brooke Pryor said, look, it's a kind sentiment, but it's not the job of a reporter to console a coach and a post-game press conference. Pressers are to ask questions to gain a better understanding of what happened they lost. We know what happened. I figure out what's next and do it in a limited amount of time.

Michael Eve said, one, this is inappropriate for this particular working environment. I disagree. Two, there's nothing quite as comforting as encouraging words from an older black woman. Three, both things can be true at the same time. Okay. I've read enough. Listen, everybody, shut the F up forever.

Okay, like, go touch grass, all right? Go to the Jaguar Stadium and touch grass. I don't even know if they got artificial turf for real grass or not. I'm not one of these type reporters. I'm not one of these type journalists. So I don't know what written and unwritten rules are. I don't know what the etiquette is. But Lynn Jones Terpen works for the Jacksonville Free Press.

She's a fan of the Jacksonville Jaguar. If she wants to big up the coach for the season they had, salute to her, okay? Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars were 4 and 13 last year, right? They had the number three pick in the draft and they grabbed Travis Hunter. This year, they flipped it and reversed it and finished 13 and 4 and won the AFC South. Yeah, big up to them. And only a local Jacksonville news reporter could have done that.

That shouldn't have bothered anyone, okay? Not one solitary soul. The fact that people criticize this, it says more about this. them than it does Lynn Jones Turpin. I don't even understand the logic of journalists turning into fans being frowned upon by the media industry. There is no person more honest than a sports fan. Okay, sports fans give praise to their teams when they earn it and give criticism to their teams when they deserve it. All right? It's really that simple. In fact, I want more journalists that are actual fans of the game covering the sport. Okay, a lot of these journalists in sports,

they are trying to be the star. They think it's about them. No, it's about the game, okay? So to see a local news reporter from Jacksonville give some words of encouragement to a coach to see her have a human moment with a coach who gave them a winning season after a losing one, good for her. Now, Lynn Jones-Turpin explained why she chose to do what she did. Let's go to news for Jacksonville to listen. So coach came out, and he was his emotions. He was totally immersed his feelings.

He had tears. He bit his lip. And the issue is the question, not necessarily a question in the fourth quarter and the fourth down and the punt came through. But my question was keep your head up, young man. So, Lynn, I do want to bring out because this also has a lot of mixed emotions and how people are responding to this. So Adam Schetner wrote, this is an awesome post game exchange between a reporter and Jags head coach. But then Mark Long, who's an AP reporter, kind of went in on this. And he said nothing awesome about this, called you fake media.

said that you shouldn't even have been up there asking those kind of questions. So when you heard that, how did that make you feel? I really, I don't take no offense to it. Listen, I've been in this business more than 25 years. I've been interviewed from Barack Obama to Terry Bradshaw to, what's my guy named Tiger Woods, so he can say whatever you want about fake news. I have a member of the Black Press, NNPA, the National Newspaper Association, that's been around more than 100 years.

I'm the associate editor of the Jacksonville Free Press, one of the more than 230 African-American newspapers still printing in this country today. In Jacksonville, you had the Florida Star since 1955. We've been around since 1986. In Philadelphia, the Tribune, the Philly Tribune has been printing since 1884. In my hometown, the Michigan Chronicle has been printing since 1935, so support the Black Press. So he can call me fake all you want to, honey. I've been doing this a long time. I'll tell you something to.

People know me. Preach, preacher. I love when people use their opportunity to teach, man. Drop on the clues bonds for Lynn Jones Turpin. You know how you know she made the right decision because look at all the attention she's getting. All right, God has lifted her name on high and she chose her moment to lift up to Black Free Press.

So drop on a clude bond for her again. She decided to have a human moment in a field where humanity clearly doesn't exist anymore. And I hope this leads to a lot more opportunities for her and a lot more access for Lynn Jones Turpin. Jacksonville Jaguars. Y'all should give her seeds and tickets, some type of all-lac access, press credentials for life.

I don't know. Y'all figure it out. In the meantime, please give all these so-called journalists and reporters who had something negative to say about Lynn Jones Turpin to sweet sounds in the hamiltones. Oh, now you are the donkey. Of the day.

All right. Damn. I love that. Mm-hmm. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir. The two fingers together. The whole time.

The two people she was even talking to should have been going like, period, talk your talk. What? What is it? Portfolio resume saying what? Don't play with me. All right. Now, when we come back, Frenchmonton and Max B will be joining us. They've got a new project out, and we're going to talk to them next. So don't go anywhere. It's the breakfast club. Good morning.

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trail of one of the country's most elusive serial killers, but it wasn't until 2023 when he was finally caught. The answers were there, hidden in plain sight. So why did it take so long to catch him? I'm Josh Zeman, and this is Monster, hunting the Long Island serial killer, the investigation into the most notorious killer in New York, since the son of Sam, available now. Listen for free on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Dr. Priyanko Wally. I'm Hurricane de Bolu. It's a new year. And on the podcast, Health Stuff, we're resetting the way we talk about our health.

Which means being honest about what we know, what we don't know, and how messy it can all be. I like to sleep in late and sleep early. Is there a chronotype for that or am I just depressed? Health stuff is about learning, laughing, and feeling a little less alone. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Dr. Jesse Mills, host. of the Mailroom podcast. Each January, men promise to get stronger, work harder, and fix what's broken.

But what if the real work isn't physical at all? I sat down with psychologist Dr. Steve Poulter to unpack shame, anxiety, and the emotional pain men were never taught how to name. Part of the way through the Valley of Despair is realizing this has happened, and you have to make a choice whether you're going to stay in it or move forward. Our two-part conversation is available now. Listen to the Mailroom on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows.

A new year doesn't ask us to become someone new. It invites us back home to ourselves. I'm Mike Delocho, a host of Sacred Lessons, a space for men to pause, reflect, and heal. This year, we're talking honestly about mental health, relationships, and the patterns we're ready to release. If you're looking for clarity, connection, and healthier ways to show up in your life,

Sacred Lessons is here for you. Listen to Sacred Lessons with Mike Deloach on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.