Camden_yardbird
12-19-2007, 06:38 PM
I am sure this is not the first time that ESPN has been in the rants section but today makes me rant.
ESPN spent the entire morning reporting on how Parcells is going to the falcons. They debated the move, they talked about the team, they talked about Pracells and his legacy, they talked about how good it would be. They actually did a good job of providing depth to the story, something they do fairly decently.
Then they spent the entire afternoon talking about Parcells not actually taking the job. They debated it, they talked about it, they talked about what a bad move it would be for Parcells.
In short, they spent the entire day talking about a non story. There is no story here, nothing actually happened.
ESPN often does a good job of providing depth to a story, but the breadth of their coverage, their ability to cover more than a few names and a few stories is seriously lacking. What they do provide breadth for has little depth. If they only spent their time looking at some other stories they could be a really interesting show.
What if they had a show talking to all of the beat writers for football, for baseball, for hockey. That would be good. Depth and breadth. This is more than just railing against ESPN talking about NY and Boston, which they do, it is a rant about the organizational philosophy of ESPN.
And not the quintessential ARRRG, which must go at the end of each rant.
ESPN spent the entire morning reporting on how Parcells is going to the falcons. They debated the move, they talked about the team, they talked about Pracells and his legacy, they talked about how good it would be. They actually did a good job of providing depth to the story, something they do fairly decently.
Then they spent the entire afternoon talking about Parcells not actually taking the job. They debated it, they talked about it, they talked about what a bad move it would be for Parcells.
In short, they spent the entire day talking about a non story. There is no story here, nothing actually happened.
ESPN often does a good job of providing depth to a story, but the breadth of their coverage, their ability to cover more than a few names and a few stories is seriously lacking. What they do provide breadth for has little depth. If they only spent their time looking at some other stories they could be a really interesting show.
What if they had a show talking to all of the beat writers for football, for baseball, for hockey. That would be good. Depth and breadth. This is more than just railing against ESPN talking about NY and Boston, which they do, it is a rant about the organizational philosophy of ESPN.
And not the quintessential ARRRG, which must go at the end of each rant.