From the Left · Read · October 21, 2026
Oct 20 · Jay-Z picks himself to headline Super Bowl LXI halftime
NBC Sports: Report: Jay-Z selects Jay-Z to do Super Bowl LXI halftime show
Grade F (58/100). Puck report recapped
Lehrer score 58/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: unattributed “reportedly”: “The arrangement reportedly pays $5 million per year.”; −24 own-voice claim/analysis: own-voice speculation: “There presumably would be some sort of big splash”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.
Speculation in its own voice: “The arrangement reportedly pays $5 million per year.”; “There presumably would be some sort of big splash”.
Agrees: Puck: Jay-Z picked himself
Splits: Notes no NFL announcement yet; SoFi shows this weekend
- Met. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (credits Puck's Dave Brooks)
- Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions (“The arrangement reportedly pays $5 million per year.”)
- Broken. Rule: carefully separate and label opinion and analysis (“There presumably would be some sort of big splash”)
Same story: WTOC Savannah (Gray News), The Free Press