Re: Comments on NBC coverage?
I have a few issues with NBC:
1) Did anyone see the Nixon photo and the comparison of this incident to Watergate? That had to be the most irresponsible message I've seen in a long time. I expect some will say it was done "tongue-in-cheek," but that's BS. Perceptions are cemented and many reach conclusions subliminal or not when viewing messages like that. Consider that it's sent to millions of viewers. To NBC, though it may be hard for you to separate the two, Belichick did not break the law.
2) Peter King, an employee of NBC, spent a lot of words writing about how his colleagues felt. Yet, he upbraided Howie Long of Fox for implying that many were "laying in the weeds" and out to get Belichick. Right, Peter, you're paid by NBC. Leave the potential conflict of interest charges alone and don't take sides. In addition, Jimmy Johnson of Fox indicated that he was taught to take video of opponents signal calling with the same method. Interesting that NBC has taken a holier-than-thou stance, as Costas was one who criticized BB when Costas perceived he snubbed Manning after the AFC Championship game last season. I think we've got a group of negative BB folks at NBC.
3) Andrea Kramer talking about unfounded charges of wiring players and jamming frequencies is more of the same. Journalism 101 dictates that anecdotal information must be identified as just that. She implied there was solid evidence when in reality, I've heard nothing but anecdotal information from opponents' officials. This is hardly surprising or something to take seriously when the teams you've been beating over the last seven years come out in an attempt to paint a negative picture. The media, and NBC in this case, is all over this stuff. They are sharks swimming up a blood trail.
