With the season quickly approaching, I asked the following question this past week:

Which Miami Dolphins beat reporters or NFL reporters, local or national, do you both respect and count on to give you solid information or rumors that are more likely correct? Which of the various reporters is/are your favorite(s) and why?

Below are some of your comments and thoughts on the question of the day-

daytonadolfan, after retiring, has no more Fs to give and doesn’t pay attention to those types any longer.

I try not to pay much attention to reporters, I just let the games speak for themselves . I might watch a presser with the coach now and then though .

DConcep isn’t a fan of one of the more controversial talking heads in sports or our beat reporter from the Herald.

I don’t like Stephen A. Smith on a personal level, but his knowledge of the sport and insights cannot be denied… like him or not. I can say that the worst is Omar Kelly. His analysis of players has to be one of the worst I’ve seen from any reporter.

Alpha6 points out Darlington as one of the more solid guys in the space.

Anyone who trusts the media should have his-or-her head examined. That said, of the team’s coverage… Jeff Darlington gets my nod.

Dolfan88 is another Darlington fan.

Jeff Darlington is the best, Omar and Joe Shad are the worst. They say stuff just to get clicks!!

TheRoo1 is not a fan of the current state of things with the media.

With the current state of news media, sports and otherwise, none strike me as reliable. The best you can do is pars3 the stories, try to eliminate the hype and fluff, and follow up to verify the bits that are factual.

This was one of our slower threads lately, but maybe it was the subject I chose that didn’t get many people commenting. The Dolphins fans seem to love to slam the media covering them so much that they don’t even want to comment on them when asked!?! Thank you again to those of you who took the time to add a comment to our thread. I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. We will be back tomorrow evening with another open thread.