I've long been a critic of the after-story comment sections in online newspaper sites, since it allows idiots to post tasteless, hateful comments without having to use their names. But sometimes it's the people writing the stories who cross the line.
On Saturday, Daniel Paulling at The Birmingham News pointed out the ESPN writers who managed to somehow miss the personal family tragedy involved in the death of Alabama's Aaron Douglas, treating it like a kind of NFL trade, instead of the death of a 21 year old.
Many sports "journalists" are not held to the same standard that news journalists are. Some years I saw a sports guy used a "chroma key" blue screen to make it look like he was at a news conference, when all he did was read wire copy written by others who were there. We all know the story of Ines Sainz and her locker room experience. What did your local SportsRadio host say about it?
Sportscasters sometimes make comments that news journalists could never get away with, though there are exceptions, like the Canadian Sports Anouncer fired for comments he made about "true marriage".
And sometimes, the comments of a station's sports and news folks together blow up, like the incident in Chicago last week.
Speaking of comments, avoid the comments section below both stories I linked to, or you'll find yourself in the usual sewer.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this blog]
On Saturday, Daniel Paulling at The Birmingham News pointed out the ESPN writers who managed to somehow miss the personal family tragedy involved in the death of Alabama's Aaron Douglas, treating it like a kind of NFL trade, instead of the death of a 21 year old.
"Possible starter found dead in Jacksonville, opening door for five-star signee Cyrus Kouandjio."
Many sports "journalists" are not held to the same standard that news journalists are. Some years I saw a sports guy used a "chroma key" blue screen to make it look like he was at a news conference, when all he did was read wire copy written by others who were there.Sportscasters sometimes make comments that news journalists could never get away with, though there are exceptions, like the Canadian Sports Anouncer fired for comments he made about "true marriage".
And sometimes, the comments of a station's sports and news folks together blow up, like the incident in Chicago last week.
Speaking of comments, avoid the comments section below both stories I linked to, or you'll find yourself in the usual sewer.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this blog]
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