RhodyPatriot
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These professional jock sniffs actually think they're above other people in any way????
Hilarious!!
This stuff is borderline unbelievable. These guys need a f'in reality check.
I sort of understand that. As a sports journalist you really shouldn't just be a fan or a homer but that's what the fans expect of you. There are plenty of local journalists who go too far in bing fans of the team they cover and even more that go overboard in slamming every move they make. If I were a journalist I'd get annoyed with the fans too.
If their dislike begins and ends with the fans who ***** about their team's standing in the weekly power rankings, then I see no problem with that - but it doesn't change the fact that it's the reporter's job to show the fans why. Unfortunately, many don't do that very well (or at all).
I find Tom Curren's honesty refreshing but I also find Steve Burton's assessment of Curran and similar media elites even more refreshing.
These professional jock sniffs actually think they're above other people in any way????
Hilarious!!
The thing that most of these guys forget is that the sport is about entertainment.
I don't want to hear people go o sensationalist good cop-bad cop rants because that's an insult t my intelligence.
Nor do I need them to pretend they are investigative journalists who are trying to uncover every single misdeed. This is sport. There are a lot more seedy things going on in the real world with real world consequences.
I'm just fine if a reporter is a homer, but that doesn't mean he can't be a critic of management decisions, of the players, etc. It's entertainment. This isn't a political beat.
Occasionally, some things happen that need to be addressed: Kiam's Olson incident, Orthwein selling the club, drugs, contract issues, etc. I'm fine with investigative journalism there. But mostly we just have sensationalized crud coming from the media.
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.
It all seems so linear: Players hate reporters,reporters hate fans.
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.
Funny how they buy that as an explanation but dont but BB's misinterpreted the rules explanation.
These guys want it both ways.