Courant Sports Biased and Crappy

[jibsey]

Couple weeks ago I pointed this out with evidence of a Yankee win on page 1 and Red Sox loss buried on page 5. Today we have a Yankee win by a Double A rookie in his first major league appearance with 5 shutout innings buried on page 5. The front page? that would be a meeting of fans to watch cup soccer at the Portuguese club in New Britain. Top of page 1 is Hurley’s practices focused on soft play. I love UCMBB but this was on practice. I still believe there is a pro RS bias in the paper and that can be argued. The crappiness of the paper cannot.

 

[MattMang23]

The sky is blue.

 

[coachn]

Love UCONN article-Love my Courant

 

[navery12]

I didn't know people still read the newspaper, let alone cared about what page their favorite story was on

 

[imno1]

#fakenews

 

[Stainmaster]

I can’t wait to see this exact same thread posted by the same poster two weeks from now.

 

[Devland]

I didn't know people still read the newspaper, let alone cared about what page their favorite story was on

I didn't know people still followed baseball.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I can’t believe this poster posted this again after all the roasts on the previous thread.

 

[Horatio]

I can’t believe daily newspapers cost $2.00
Or more. How do they survive.

 

[WrenchFan69]

The anti-newspaper-sports-section takes on this site are so bad. Old man yells at cloud level stuff

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Local newspaper highlighting stories with local color?

WTF do they think they're doing?

 

[jibsey]

I can’t wait to see this exact same thread posted by the same poster two weeks from now.

And that’s why I posted again, because of being called out and being right. Portuguese Club tv watching. It would be one thing if they WON the World Cup. The biggest sport followed all summer in this state is baseball. Major League Baseball. Yankees-Red Sox. And this year the RS and Yankees rivalry is amped because both teams are very good. The baseball articles need to begin at least on page 1 of the sports section. I get the Globe and The Daily News online to follow baseball because the coverage is pathetic. I try to support the state’s main paper during a time when newspapers need to be supported what with accusations against the media and I have no problem with the paper highlighting local interest and sports, and even putting some on the front page.

 

[pj]

And that’s why I posted again, because of being called out and being right. Portuguese Club tv watching. It would be one thing if they WON the World Cup. The biggest sport followed all summer in this state is baseball. Major League Baseball. Yankees-Red Sox. And this year the RS and Yankees rivalry is amped because both teams are very good. The baseball articles need to begin at least on page 1 of the sports section. I get the Globe and The Daily News online to follow baseball because the coverage is pathetic. I try to support the state’s main paper during a time when newspapers need to be supported what with accusations against the media and I have no problem with the paper highlighting local interest and sports, and even putting some on the front page.

Shouldn't you be writing to the Courant instead of the Boneyard?

 

[intlzncster]

And that’s why I posted again, because of being called out and being right. Portuguese Club tv watching. It would be one thing if they WON the World Cup. The biggest sport followed all summer in this state is baseball. Major League Baseball. Yankees-Red Sox. And this year the RS and Yankees rivalry is amped because both teams are very good. The baseball articles need to begin at least on page 1 of the sports section. I get the Globe and The Daily News online to follow baseball because the coverage is pathetic. I try to support the state’s main paper during a time when newspapers need to be supported what with accusations against the media and I have no problem with the paper highlighting local interest and sports, and even putting some on the front page.

Biggest sporting news in the world right now is the World Cup. Nothing trumps it. Especially in a place like CT with a youth soccer culture. You may not be personally into that, but it is what it is.

 

[CL82]

I have to say, I think I under appreciated "Some Guy" since he left the Courant I seldom go that site anymore.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I had to read that OP three times to figure out what RS means. Congrats on being the first and only person to ever use that

 

[Hurleyman216]

It’s a CT paper not the Boston Globe or NY Times. I realize you clearly like MLB, but they play 162 games. I don’t expect MLB to be front page in a CT paper unless someone on the Red Sox or Yankees throws a no hitter or perfect game (assuming it is the regular season not the playoffs).

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Shouldn't you be writing to the Courant instead of the Boneyard?

If what he says is true, he should be writing FOR the Courant not TO the Courant. Imagine how many birds we could kill and stones we could save.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I can’t wait to see this exact same thread posted by the same poster two weeks from now.

I Liked his 'double down' response in order to encourage him.

 

[Ha Who]

Shouldn't you be writing to the Courant instead of the Boneyard?

The paper has stopped allowing comments on all articles on their website. Half the fun was reading the moronic comments such as mine

 

[champs99and04]

Biggest sporting news in the world right now is the World Cup. Nothing trumps it. Especially in a place like CT with a youth soccer culture. You may not be personally into that, but it is what it is.

Is that the demographic that's reading the paper though? Youth soccer players/parents? I mean I'll sympathize with the "baseball is boring" crowd as much as the next guy but the only people I still know who still read the paper also tend to like baseball.

 

[BlueMAB]

Yeah, the World Cup happens once every four years. The Sox only win 4 games every week. Clearly we should be concerned about bias and a paper trying to give their readers something they’re interested in.


Let’s file his thread in the new “who gives a sh—“ forum.

 

[Zanzman]

Do what the rest of the state has done give up your subscription

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

World Cup/that Spain Portugal game/Hurley>>>>June Baseball

 

[Yardigan]

Some guy left the Courant?

 

[huskymedic]

Some guy left the Courant?

Beginning of the year...

>>Hearst Connecticut Media Group comprises eight daily newspapers in the state -- New Haven Register, Connecticut Post, The News-Times based in Danbury, Stamford Advocate, Norwalk Hour, Greenwich Time, The Middletown Press and The Register-Citizen based in Torrington - and more than a dozen weeklies and an array of digital products. It also owns gametimect.com, a website devoted to local high school sports.<<

 

[MattMang23]

And this year the RS and Yankees rivalry is amped because both teams are very good

The only person "amped" about it in my life as of June 16 is the 70-something year old security guard at work. And I humor him and feign interest. Let me know what's happening on October 16.