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Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
ESPN sucks for lots of reasons. The two biggest reasons for me are: (1) As the article says, they have fallen into this "Every issue has two legitimate sides" false equivalency bullshit such that whenever one of their small-minded employees who thinks they're brilliant because they're on tv says some stupid, offensive shit, ESPN doesn't know what to do and (2) The people they employ are not journalists; they're fans and they conduct themselves like fans. There is very little impartial reporting. All of the personalities they promote are trying so hard to have relationships with the people they must base their reporting on that it's just one big, incestuous clusterfuck.
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You're right on both counts, but it's funny -- the two cut against each other. The first thing you say is about not taking a position, and the second is about pleasing their sources. Both are about being dominant and unchallenged. The false equivalency bullshit comes from being the only show in town, and wanting to appeal to everyone. The incest is about being the only show in town and not needing to worry about the viewers, but about the personalities' individual need to be the one getting the scoop. I remember when the quality of ESPN's analysis was better than what you could find anywhere else, but that was a long, long time ago. Now they feign ignorance about sports like soccer, lest someone thing them uncool.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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