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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

By the Way / Media We Don't Need Another Hero

Posted by Elizabeth Ulrich on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM

Looks like The Tennessean has finally come to its senses. Well, kind of. This week, the paper raised questions about the low level of scrutiny Metro applied to the new Preds owners—particularly to now-fallen California socialite William “Boots” Del Biaggio. Brad Schrade writes of the unraveling of the Boots “feel-good narrative,” pointing out that it “should have always seemed a little too good to be true.” Too bad The Tennessean fell for that fairy tale harder than anyone. Perhaps Schrade didn't read John Glennon's piece last August, which touted Boots as a well-heeled, much-needed addition to the local owners' group. The headline says it all: “Predators supporters find a hero.” Where was the scrutiny then, guys? Oh, the hypocrisy. Must be a little embarrassing.

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The headline says it all: “Predators supporters find a hero.” Where was the scrutiny then, guys?
RIght, and Saddam Hussein had WMD and was trying to get yellow cake from Niger and smoking guns were going to be mushroom clouds.
These are all symptoms of the same disease: our broken news media. At least in this case they didn't lead the country to war--small consolation to hockey fans such as myself.
The American press seems to have completely forgotten how to do its job. I think newspapers like The Tennessean think their job is to sell advertising. But people don't WANT advertising, in fact, people *hate* advertising. We try to avoid advertising. Give us some freaking news, OK?

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