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Is journalism completely dead in the sports world today?
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:21 pm
I just watched the Kiffin presser since I wasted 3 hours of my life on that game and I couldn't believe that no one asked about the stupid high school formation maneuver in the second half that I'm convinced cost them the momentum and ultimately the game. That was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in a college football game and not one soul brought it up.
Who are these people?
Who are these people?
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Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:23 pm to Doak Walker
They're all scared of losing their access.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:23 pm to Doak Walker
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journalism completely dead in the world today
fixed
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:23 pm to Doak Walker
Media from places like Ole Miss and Auburn think nothing of that and think that's how football is supposed to be played. They don't know any better.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:24 pm to Doak Walker
It’s literally fan “journalists” asking him questions. They all run the ole miss fan sites. They aren’t gonna ask him tough questions. And half of them would blow him for minimal access.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:27 pm to Doak Walker
Back when I was in the journalism business, before many of you were born, sports journalism was not considered journalism by most journalists. But the sports page sold papers, so sports "journalists" thrived. Outside of raw stats and play-by-play stuff, it's all contrived bullshite and always has been. You finally get to an age where you realize it, and think it just happened. But in fact, it always has been.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:34 pm to deeprig9
While we are on the subject.
Can we get back the old football box score? It was nice and concise and let you compare the teams with just a glance.
Now you have to click 4 times to get to any information all the online formatting looks like it was written for kids on Ritalin.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:44 pm to Doak Walker
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Is journalism completely dead
Yes! Yes it is!
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:57 pm to cjohn
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It was nice and concise and let you compare the teams with just a glance.
Now you have to click 4 times to get to any information all the online formatting looks like it was written for kids on Ritalin.
This isn't just a sports problem. I'm in the software business and this is my number one gripe. The kids writing this stuff today don't have enough common sense to piss on their foot if it was on fire. You can't can them all or you have nothing.
I feel sorry for my children's generation. In the 1960s we put a man on the moon from conception to reality in 7 years. Within a decade it will take that long to generate a cohesive memo.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 11:05 pm to cjohn
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Now you have to click 4 times to get to any information
That’s 3 more sets of ads they can get to load.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:21 am to Doak Walker
The problem isn't too little "journalism" in sports, it's too much. I miss when "sports journalists" were only there to tell you what happened in games and maybe try to predict the outcomes of the games coming up the next weekend. Now sports "journalists" don't give much of a shite about the actual sports part and are in many cases actively trying to tear sports down in pursuit of social justice. frick journalists. They think they are something they absolutely are not.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 5:41 am to TheTideMustRoll
News is tailored to the fan base (Paid Sites) in football. Similar stuff is happening in politics, liberal papers have to stay liberal or they lose subscribers. Folks preaching to the choir.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:00 am to Doak Walker
It has been dead for years and not just in sports.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:11 am to Doak Walker
SI still writes some decent articles and analysis.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:14 am to Doak Walker
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I just watched the Kiffin presser since I wasted 3 hours of my life on that game and I couldn't believe that no one asked about the stupid high school formation maneuver in the second half that I'm convinced cost them the momentum and ultimately the game. That was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in a college football game and not one soul brought it up.
Who are these people?
Not just the sports world, in general "journalism" is either a puff piece or an op-ed piece designed to move product, whatever the product may be. Journalists have ALWAYS been despised. They used to be despised because they gave you the truth and it often felt like they were giving you hell (a spin on the Harry Truman story) but today they are despised because they only opine or spin. SOciety needs information. Op-ed pieces are fine and well, they have been a mainstay of journalism for ever...as have puff pieces...but that is ALL they do today. And they all cover the same stories...no one is interested in covering anything that isn't already being covered.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:26 am to deeprig9
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Outside of raw stats and play-by-play stuff, it's all contrived bull shite and always has been. You finally get to an age where you realize it, and think it just happened. But in fact, it always has been.
Agree. 90% of it is all fluff. It's just about creating the most controversy. Just like the so called news journalists, you have to take what the sports media says with a grain of salt. And it's amazing how often these experts get things wrong. Your average fan can probably do just as good as they do at picking games.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:00 am to Doak Walker
Screw journalists. Just tweet at him directly. “Hey lane WTF was that?”
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:03 am to Doak Walker
Yes, journalism has been destroyed by big money, like everything else.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:54 am to ecb
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Yes, journalism has been destroyed by big money, like everything else.
Journalists were starting wars to sell papers 125 years ago, this isn’t anything new.
The only difference is we have pictures and the internet now so it’s obvious they are FOS whereas back then unless you happened to be near a news event when it happened you would never have any evidence they were lying.
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