theENGLISHseahawk":3qd8fwy6 said:chris98251":3qd8fwy6 said:99% of journo's are good, honest, hard working individuals just trying to earn a living like anyone else. And they don't deserve to be treated like crap, whether they're talking to Lynch, Kaepernick or any other multi millionaire who doesn't feel like answering basic questions about a football game.
I call BS on this.
30 years ago maybe before the Reagan law was passed concerning journalism and that you had to be factual, now everythng is a editorial and sensationalism, Journalist ? how many beat the turf to find a story? Many just Google and scrape up things that others do and spin their own thoughts on it, it's not fact or even accurate. How many times have we seen stuff reported about the Seahawks that is so outlandish and opinionated that it should have been flushed rather then taken up bandwidth or ink.
How far would these tactics used today go with Larry Csonka, Jim Brown or John Riggens, none were really media freindly. All had quirky personalities.
Call BS then.
And then consider those who cover this team week in and week out.
Those who used to, like Sando, Clare Farnsworth and Eric Williams.
And the equivalent beat writers all around the country.
You'll soon realise for every 'sensationalist' journalist out there who shouts the loudest, there's 100's if not 1000's of good, decent, honest people just trying to give fans a link to their team and earn a living.
I hope you realize that it only takes one slimeball journalist who doesn't check his (or her) facts (or doesn't care) and plays fast and loose with facts to defame someone's repuation (or doesn't pay attention at all) to completely ruin it for all other journalists, right? How is a non-journalist supposed to be able to tell the difference?
Frankly if it were me, I wouldn't say a damn thing and I'd eat the fines. If you don't say anything, you can't be misconstrued. Remember Silver and his story on Browner? I do too.