Re: Tom Curren - Most mediots don't like fans
Definitely a good point. They take themselves way too seriously. They aren't Woodward and Bernstein, they're covering an industry that people watch to entertain themselves on Sundays. It's not life or death and yet some of these people think they are talking about serious issues of national importance. They're just as pathetic and gossipy as the E! channel but they're appealing to a different demographic so they think it's real life and not just entertainment.
They tell us that they are only giving us what we want, we're just to stupid to realize we want it. That's the rationale behind the attitude. When we call them on it, we're wrong because they're right - they know us better than we know ourselves. We want to know about all the screwups, we need to know about all the screwups, and god damn it they will tell us about them whether we appreciate it or not.
Their problem is this week the story is about them screwing up, and they don't really want to talk/hear about it because it makes them uncomfortable. So just like their subjects and the fans who follow them for entertainment, they are lashing out at their critics claiming if you aren't one of them you just can't know enough to form a coherent opinion.
What a bunch of dedicated, smarter than the rest of us, guys. We idiot fans have been saying that about their coverage of a dynasty team for several years now. Of course they blame Bill for their lack of understanding as opposed to looking in the mirror at the guy who can't or won't take the time and make the effort or display the discretion necessary to establish access because hey, I got competition and a deadline.
The super smarter Curran (or Tom E. Curran as he prefers), who always shines when paired with a couple of unsavvy mediot morons like Pete and Steve, spoke at length about how the Patriots had been victimized by the media in all this from start to finish. However, when it came time to divide the blame pie he concluded that the guy he knows and likes who was the nexsus of the more significantly damaging 100 days of victimization over an unsubstantiated rumor was somehow not responsible nor should he in any way be held accountable because jeez, he was just doing his job and he made a mistake in sentance structure. LOL
I really wish Glenn had not decided to go MIA for a couple of days this week. Because he would have at least made Tom look as moronic as he seems to think his readership is. It's human nature to not want to hear the bad news, and sports mediots are all too human - just like the rest of us. They were all down with punishing Bill and this organization and it's fan base to varying degrees. They just can't get down with punishing one of their own.
