Michael Wilbon criticizes Stephen A. Smith's journalist credentials

Stephen A. Smith has hit back at longtime ESPN colleague Michael Wilbon after Wilbon questioned whether Smith can still call himself a journalist.

Michael Wilbon’s recent appearance on the Awful Announcing Podcast made headlines when he asserted that Stephen A. Smith is “not a journalist anymore,” which earned a fiery response from Smith. Lost in the virality of that, however, was Wilbon’s more nuanced examination of the ESPN ecosystem as a whole — one he has occupied for…

Michael Wilbon has weighed in on one of the biggest debates surrounding ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith: Is he still a journalist? The longtime “Pardon the Interruption” host addressed that question during an appearance on “Awful Announcing” on Wednesday, offering a candid assessment of Smith’s current role in sports media.

Michael Wilbon, the longtime host of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, joined Brandon Contes on the Awful Announcing Podcast this week to discuss a wide range of topics about the industry, but there was one comment in particular that caught the attention of his ESPN colleague Stephen A. Smith. Asked by Contes about whether what Smith does…

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has a tendency to remind people that he’s a journalist when feuding with an athlete or another media personality. Recently, former NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown questioned Smith’s “journalistic integrity” and called the First Take host out for letting personal feelings dictate what should be objective analysis. However, Pardon the Interruption’s Michael Wilbon…