Tuesday, September 9, 2008

News reporters going too far

They've gone too far in all walks of life - interviewing people just minutes after they've found out they've lost a loved one, but since this is a sports blog I'll just talk about the sports aspect of it.

Today, CBS Sportsline had an article, headlined: Young meets with Fisher after Titans ask police to help find QB
Apparently Young, who had booed by his teams "fans" throughout the game, got injured, and later on in the day, left the house without his cellphone. So, his coach called the police to track him down. And the police found him, and all was well.

So, this is a non-story, and should not have even been reported. Especially when you consider how psychotic fans are. (Remember many years ago, while in college, Steve Kerr's father had been murdered in the Lebanon. At his next game, the opposing team's fans were actually teasing at him and jeering at him because his father had been murdered! Talk abut sick.)

We seem to be at a point now where every little thing an athlete does is considered a "news report." Sure, if an idjit goes to a strip bar, throws money on the ground and then wants it back - that's news. Proves the guy's an idiot and a cheapskate. But driving around in his car and being stopped by the police only on the off-chance that he was depressed - that's not news. That's nobody's business.

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