Some person called Buck87 posted this on 11W:
Buck87 25 Aug 2024, 11:52 pm
Throughout these TTUN Scandal XXXX forums, some posters have expressed disbelief or been derisive of ESPN's coverage or slant on the sign stealing saga. A Duck-Duck Go search (11pm EST 8/25) on “Michigan NOA” reveals several news agencies and/or information resources felt this weekend's official NOA news was worthy of reporting (
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Michigan+noa&iar=news&df=d&ia=news):
Sports Illustrated
Yahoo! Sports
On3
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
CBSSports
SBNation
The Score
TheSpun
The New York Times
WXYZ
10TV.com
NBC Sports
USA Today
Fox News
Bleacher Report
MLive
Eleven Warriors
But ESPN did not find the NOA headline-worthy. Instead, the top Headlines on ESPN.com (11pm EST 8/25) were:
Judge home run pace
White Sox futility
Bradley win (PGA)
Reese rebounding streak (WNBA)
Crew winning Leagues Cup title
Ko winnning LPGA major
Franatics name Marvin Harrison’s dad in fraud suit
Florida winning LL world series.
ESPN did run a Paul Finebaum interview on Aug 4 about the Sign Stealing NOA draft, so maybe they think today’s news about the official NOA is old news, not worthy of repeating?
I think my own disappointment and disgust in ESPN's coverage of the recent NOA news is because I've long assumed ESPN is a NEWS organization (at least some of the time). But they're really not, especially if it doesn't serve their purpose. ESPN stands for
Entertainment and Sports Programming NETWORK. So the "N" in ESPN can really stand for anything but "news." They are foremost in the entertainment business. Too me, ESPN is like professional wrestling, highly entertaining to many, but not real wrestling (sorry to break the news). So long as I remember this, I don't give much weight to what ESPN says or does. Expecting them to cover this NOA story like a news organization, would be like expecting pro wrestlers to "really wrestle" where the outcome of the wrestling match isn't predetermined.
Re: But they're really not, especially if it doesn't serve their purpose. ESPN stands for
Entertainment and Sports Programming NETWORK.
So the "N" in ESPN can really stand for anything but "news."
Just sayin': It's
Entertainment and
Sports
Programming
Network