Bonds on Bonds
Did anybody watch the
"Bonds on Bonds" reality show that debuted on ESPN last night? I tried half-heartedly for a few minutes, but had trouble swallowing the kinder, gentler Barry that I saw portrayed. But I'm soliciting reviews from anyone who might have actually paid attention.
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Last ditch attempt to salvage his reputation through the manipulative magic of reality television. He made his own bed.
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I didn't (and don't want to) see the show. What a turd. He's always been an self-righteous asshole & this isn't mere schadenfreude now... he deserves every iota of anti in his hero.
The harder they come...
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Mark, you wrote in your sports journalism story: So where is the journalism in sports journalism? Where is the hardheaded, probing coverage of these mega-institutions that one sees in politics, business, and academia?
Again, Mark, great question. And let me ask again, to use your terms: Where is the hardheaded, probing coverage in politics, business, and academia? I mean, if we use your logic with Bonds and BALCO, how come it took a government investigation for anyone to start reporting the Abramoff scandal? I mean, isn't it obvious to anyone with a functioning brain cell that corruption is rampant in DC? Hard hitting business coverage? Really? Why wasn't Enron exposed before it fell apart by these pit bulls that inhabit Poynter's perfect world of ideal journalism? Hard hitting coverage of politics? Are you serious? You mean like Judy Miller? Where are those WMD's, anyway? I mean, the White House press corps parroted the government's claims like loyal little stenographers and helped lead our nation right over the cliff into war, never bothering to question along the way.
If you want to claim that investigative sports journalism is lacking as part of an overall decline in investigative journalism across the board in newsgathing operations, yes, I agree with you. Singling out sports journalists and pretending everyone else are paragons of journalistic virtue is just abectly ridiculous.
