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I know I said that my last post in that Janoris Jenkins thread would be my last about that situation, but after seeing that latest Jeremy Fowler blogpost over at the Orlando Sentinel - whom I used to have a degree of respect for, by the way, but not anymore - who's still beating this poor dead horse with an article entitled "Will Tim Tebow help prevent future arrests" (link FWIW: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2009/06/will-tim-tebow-help-prevent-future-arrests-.html) I need to VENT.
Living in the greater Orlando area as I do I find this newspaper, as well as many of its so-called "reporters", nothing short of embarassing. For a newspaper supposedly owned by the same group that owns the Chicago Tribune to keep publishing such yellow journalism, especially where area sports are concerned, doesn't create a positive image or good reflection on the company as a whole - for all intents and purposes, the South Florida-based National Enquirer ought to own and manage this paper based on the tabloid-quality articles they've been releasing for print both on paper and online lately.
For reporters and bloggers to keep playing to the sensationalist media audience - two of the biggest culprits are Mike Bianchi and Andrea Adelson (who I absolutely loathe) - it gets downright irritating and aggravating. If their main intent is to set "trollbait" designed to elicit anger from the Gator fanbase as well as encourage smack talk from rival fans in the articles and blog posts they publish as opposed to simply reporting the news (Adelson's famous alibi whenever she's called out by somebody atune to her tactics), they're fooling nobody. In fact, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
As I was watching ESPNews, I couldn't help but notice the "Slantinel", as it's often referred to by us locals, was cited in an item on their newswire last night regarding a recent interview with Urban Meyer about the number of player arrests. Naturally I was enraged; it didn't surprise me to see this paper once again playing the part of the instigator.
What the hell is their point in all this?
I really wish somebody would tell this outfit to knock it off - especially somebody from UF's Sports Information office. If and when the "Slantinel" is ever named defendant in a lawsuit should they publish anything purposely slanderous, I'll be rolling on the floor, laughing up a storm - and unamused.
And disgusted by their contant display of playing to a fringe element, just like children who don't understand the meaning of the expression "stop it."
Living in the greater Orlando area as I do I find this newspaper, as well as many of its so-called "reporters", nothing short of embarassing. For a newspaper supposedly owned by the same group that owns the Chicago Tribune to keep publishing such yellow journalism, especially where area sports are concerned, doesn't create a positive image or good reflection on the company as a whole - for all intents and purposes, the South Florida-based National Enquirer ought to own and manage this paper based on the tabloid-quality articles they've been releasing for print both on paper and online lately.
For reporters and bloggers to keep playing to the sensationalist media audience - two of the biggest culprits are Mike Bianchi and Andrea Adelson (who I absolutely loathe) - it gets downright irritating and aggravating. If their main intent is to set "trollbait" designed to elicit anger from the Gator fanbase as well as encourage smack talk from rival fans in the articles and blog posts they publish as opposed to simply reporting the news (Adelson's famous alibi whenever she's called out by somebody atune to her tactics), they're fooling nobody. In fact, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
As I was watching ESPNews, I couldn't help but notice the "Slantinel", as it's often referred to by us locals, was cited in an item on their newswire last night regarding a recent interview with Urban Meyer about the number of player arrests. Naturally I was enraged; it didn't surprise me to see this paper once again playing the part of the instigator.
What the hell is their point in all this?
I really wish somebody would tell this outfit to knock it off - especially somebody from UF's Sports Information office. If and when the "Slantinel" is ever named defendant in a lawsuit should they publish anything purposely slanderous, I'll be rolling on the floor, laughing up a storm - and unamused.
And disgusted by their contant display of playing to a fringe element, just like children who don't understand the meaning of the expression "stop it."
