Searching the internet for articles seems to be the ideal way to find news given our day and age. So when I do my daily search of sports columns on ESPN.com I expect to find news that I would find in a good newspaper. I mean come on, it's an official ESPN article posted on the website. It's not some silly blog it's supposed to be real news. Though sports columns in particular stray away from the guidelines of regular news, they still should have the same basic principals. When I read sport columns in the news, they do stick to the basic guidelines of journalism, but when I hit the net for some sports info, I find myself reading some nerdy middle aged man's complaints about how his favorite team is disappointing him.
Quote from ESPN columnist Ivan Maisel in a recent column: "I'd rather see Florida in the national championship."
...Okay? Yes columns are supposed to have opinions, but they are supposed to back there opinions with support, and also give evidence to why their opinion should be considered over other opinions about the topic. I see no point in simply stating that one would rather see Florida in the national championship and just leaving it at that. Great, some random sports guy wants Florida in. I'm sitting here wondering with what reasoning. Columns are about giving persuasive opinions to the general public on why things should or shouldn't be. It's not about saying "This is what I think." And just leaving it at that.
I don't read sports news and columns to listen to someone complain about their favorite team's lack of success. I read it to find out factual opinions from non-bias writers. The internets guidelines are so loose that sports columns are infact not columns at all but blogs of their own. When I read the sports news at ESPN.com I feel like I'm at another cheap blogging websites where people run-on with empty opinions. If news is going to start shifting strongly to the internet then its need to be news, not just a giant conglamorate of average frustrated chumps blogs.
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