Appalling Journalistic Crime

[uconnphil2016]

God forbid. I am literally shaking thinking that this could have been someone I read. Please let us restore journalistic integrity. I can’t bear living in a world like this

 

[pj]

So if the journalists deceive the public by keeping their preferences secret, that's better? Nothing wrong with an honest journalist.

 

[browndog319]

Because we never have any idea who Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas are all for...

 

[EROCK CONN]

Well, we know it wasn’t the guys whose name we don’t mention. That’s for sure.

 

[dbmill]

Print writers openly rooting for a team has always been frowned upon in the press box at any sporting event. For them, this is really breaking their rules.

 

[intlzncster]

Print writers openly rooting for a team has always been frowned upon in the press box at any sporting event. For them, this is really breaking their rules.

Beat writers are notorious for being fans of the team and often fairly biased. It comes with the territory of spending 24/7 around the team, and catering to a unipolar audience of rabid fans.

 

[HawkHusky]

So who's this "closet" UConn fan???

 

[Robertelamin]

So who's this "closet" UConn fan???

Dom Amore aka “Chief”.

 

[gtcam]

Yeah, no journalists, especially those covering politics, are slanted

 

[HuskyHawk]

Print writers openly rooting for a team has always been frowned upon in the press box at any sporting event. For them, this is really breaking their rules.

That’s just stupid. It’s sports, not anything important. I would expect most of them to be fans, otherwise why would they become sports writers? Nobody believes they are neutral. Nobody believes any journalists are neutral at this point.

 

[dbmill]

Beat writers are notorious for being fans of the team and often fairly biased. It comes with the territory of spending 24/7 around the team, and catering to a unipolar audience of rabid fans.

That’s just stupid. It’s sports, not anything important. I would expect most of them to be fans, otherwise why would they become sports writers? Nobody believes they are neutral. Nobody believes any journalists are neutral at this point.

I never said that sports writers are neutral. I'm sure that many root for teams that they cover. What I said is that it is an unwritten rule in the press box that writers working the game do not vocally root for a team while a game is being played. It is considered unprofessional. That is what the tweet that was posted at the beginning of this thread is all about. I heard about this unwritten rule a number of years ago and on a number of occasions. Also, my wife is a newspaper reporter (not sports), and knows the sports reporters on her paper. I asked her about whether this rule still exists. She told me yes.

 

[huskymedic]

I never said that sports writers are neutral. I'm sure that many root for teams that they cover. What I said that it is an unwritten rule in the press box that writers working the game do not vocally root for a team while a game is being played. It is considered unprofessional. That is what the tweet that was posted at the beginning of this thread is all about. I heard about this unwritten rule a number of years ago and on a number of occasions. Also, my wife is a newspaper reporter, and knows the sports reporters on her paper. I asked her about whether this rule still exists. She told me yes.

I’ve been in working press boxes around college football and have seen placards @ each seat stating such from the Football Writers of America Association. Actively cheering/chanting can get you tossed. (I seem to remember there was an issue in the NHL a few years back).

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Yeah, no journalists, especially those covering politics, are slanted

There is so much wrong in this post.
If it mattered, it would be bad.

 

[dbmill]

I’ve been in working press boxes around college football and have seen placards @ each seat stating such from the Football Writers of America Association. Actively cheering/chanting can get you tossed. (I seem to remember there was an issue in the NHL a few years back).

So it is more than an unwritten rule.