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Think there was an article on here earlier either about ESPN directly or about cable in general. Someone had a real good point... ESPN used to be actual sports
by ericfrederich 9y ago
Think there was an article on here earlier either about ESPN directly or about cable in general. Someone had a real good point... ESPN used to be actual sports news, analysis, and coverage. Now it's like TMZ for sports. It's terrible programming talking about serious issues like Tom Brady's haircut.
- Touche 9y agoI don't now about analysis, I don't remember a lot of that in the past, it's always been somewhat superficial. You're right that it's become louder and more TMZ in the past few years, but I think this is a general trend in media that covers news items. Facts are not valuable; they are free to anyone on the internet. What's valuable is your ability to add entertainment surrounding those facts. How do you stand out against others doing the same thing? Be louder, more controversial, etc. Given that we keep seeing the same problems in our society play out in various arenas (look at politics), my question is are the sociologists asleep at the wheel? Why are they not observing these patterns and offering up solutions?