More National Sports Media bullcrap

[MikeO]

I expect SportsCenter to be a journalism experience.  It is a news program.  I don't expect Mike and Mike or PTI to be news shows.  They are talk shows.  SportsCenter is a news program, and ESPN is a news network.

The "E" in ESPN stands for ENTERTAINMENT. Don't forget that.  They aren't a news network at all.

[Landshark]

The "E" in ESPN stands for ENTERTAINMENT. Don't forget that.  They aren't a news network at all.

Considering they are owned by Disney, that's not surprising

[MikeO]

Considering they are owned by Disney, that's not surprising

It's stood for ENTERTAINMENT long before Disney bought them.

[Landshark]

It's stood for ENTERTAINMENT long before Disney bought them.

Then that could be why Disney bought them

[Phishfan]

Yes, Disney purchased the network because they have the word entertainment within their name 

[Brian Fein]

^^ That's how I make all my milti-million-dollar decisions.  Based on name only.

[Dave Gray]

That's why Brian hates Apple.  It sounds fruity.

Bah-dum-tiss!

[Brian Fein]

^^ Yes, far more fruity than BlackBerry...

[zt54]

If we beat the Saints, the story will be about the collapse of the New Orleans defense, not about how the Dolphins played well.

Check this out... From SI.com yesterday:



The national media is sickening me.  I can't understand it.  This was evident more than ever with Tim Tebow.  ESPN, sadly, has become a joke.

This screenshot is ridiculous. SI needs to get their act together

[Brian Fein]

This morning on NFL Countdown, there was a segment called "Monday Night Preview."  The segment lasted maybe 2 minutes, during which time they talked about Drew Brees and Sean Payton and said exactly 1/2 a sentence about the Dolphins.

Then they went on to gush about Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick for the following 10 minutes.  All this came after gushing about Peyton Manning for the previous 10 minutes.

This is getting disgusting.

[fyo]

This is getting disgusting.

Oh come on. The Dolphins may be 3-0, but are they're not really a top tier team and there are no compelling storylines.

[Dave Gray]

there are no compelling storylines.

I disagree with this.  These stations are making their own news.  It's circular arguing.  It's not compelling because they don't talk about it, but they don't talk about it because it's not compelling.  Philbin or Tannehill are both pretty good stories.

[Sunstroke]

I disagree with this.  These stations are making their own news.  It's circular arguing.  It's not compelling because they don't talk about it, but they don't talk about it because it's not compelling.  Philbin or Tannehill are both pretty good stories.

I like the Phins well enough, but this statement is ridiculous. Philbin is a pretty good story? What part about Philbin is a good story? The fact that he has zero personality? Or speaks in a monotone? A story on Philbin would be as exciting as a story about the manufacturing of cat litter. Don't get me wrong...his blah-ness is fine, as long as the guy gets his team to win football games.

Exciting aspects of Tannehill that the world is waiting on the edge of their seat to hear about?  Nope, nothing there either.

Miami being 3-0 is a nice story of an underrated team getting off to a nice start to the season. That's really the only story this team has that anyone other than Phins fans have any interest in hearing about.

[Dave Gray]

I like the Phins well enough, but this statement is ridiculous. Philbin is a pretty good story? What part about Philbin is a good story? The fact that he has zero personality? Or speaks in a monotone? A story on Philbin would be as exciting as a story about the manufacturing of cat litter. Don't get me wrong...his blah-ness is fine, as long as the guy gets his team to win football games.

Yes, his "blah"ness is a story.  Bellichek isn't exciting, either....but the fact that he's a robot becomes the story.  Philbin's meticulousness and the way that he cleaned house of anyone who seemed to question his is noteworthy if you make it noteworthy.

Exciting aspects of Tannehill that the world is waiting on the edge of their seat to hear about?  Nope, nothing there either.

Again, circular logic.  People aren't excited because they don't know about him.  The Dolphins have the highest red zone efficiency in the NFL.  That's worth talking about.  My brother was arguing this with me yesterday and he said "most people can't name two players on the Dolphins."  And he's right.  But shouldn't the media then start to educate people on this stuff?  I guess we just want to hear about the same 15 players over and over again.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

There are 32 teams in the NFL.  If news shows were totally fair in a half hour show each team would get a little less than one minute of coverage each.

In the shows I have seen, the Dolphins are getting more than a minute.  They might not be getting as much coverage as Denver, but they are getting more than the majority of teams.