farn
Pro Bowl Player
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Let me help you out here.
Many people care about journalist integrity. You don't. If you care about something, then it matters when it is tarnished. What Tomase and his editors did tarnished that principle. You've made it clear that this is no big deal to you.
Many people here care about the Patriots. (Obviously.) What Tomase and his editors did, they did at the expense of the Patriots. They knew that this was a direct attack on the Patriots and they knew that they didn't have the sources to back it up. Best as I can tell, either you don't view this as a direct attack on the Patriots like so many of the rest of us do, or you don't really care about the Patriots reputation.
I think this dude sums it up best. Yes, obviously I care about the performance, not necessarily what some consider tarnishing the reputation. To me, the winning is more important. Don't really care about personalities - the players aren't my friends or my family. If they are traded, and the team improves, I am happy - regardless of the player moved.
To me, journalistic integrity is not very important, as I doubt all reporters to start with. Since I value so few of them, it didn't phase me that the Herald didn't live up to the board's expectations. Long story short : he lost his job - that's fair. I guess I just didn't get the all-out hatred.