Jason Whitlock skewers ESPN, Fowler
I haven’t always agreed with former ESPN’er and current Fox’er Jason Whitlock, but his recent column is spot on. Someone in the main stream media finally has spoken up against the four letter word in Bristol.
I think if you poll most sports fans they will tell you they hate ESPN. Yes, it is great getting access to all the games, but it gets very tiring having so-called experts trotted out and telling you what you should think about a game or play.
There are no journalists at ESPN, just personalities that spew out what others have told them. I mean how many times has “NFL insider” Chris Mortenson told you Kirk Ferentz is going to this NFL team or that NFL team. I have watched at least twice when he said it was a done deal. FYI - Kirk is still at Iowa Mort.
Whitlock’s column hits a lot of points squarely on the head, and he doesn’t dance around - he names names.
Whitlock’s view of Chris Fowler:
Fowler has had his ass kissed for too many years. He travels around the country during football season and everywhere he goes, there’s an Army of BCS sports information directors waiting to kiss his ass and tell him how great “GameDay” is.
He has never been a professional journalist a day in his life. He’s a TV personality. He knows what someone else has told him. I’m not 100 percent sure, but I’d suspect he hasn’t worn a jock since junior high school.
This is the combination that is killing the sports media. No journalism background, no real athletic experience and no backbone. No clue. Fowler wouldn’t make a competent blogger.
As far as ESPN as a whole:
ESPN is the enemy of the truth, and all who believe a pursuit of the truth is the lifeblood of a genuinely free society must stand against the Wal-Mart-ization of sports journalism.
The conversation about the Heisman Trophy and all things in sports has been dumbed down by the World Wide Leader.
Sports media is dying by suicide and ESPN is Dr. Jack Kevorkian. You’re dying, too. ESPN just hasn’t told you yet.
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I liked Jason’s take on ESPN, but keep in mind of Whitlock’s track record. Stick around, and he’ll most likely write a pro-ESPN article for his newspaper. He was for the Vegas NBA All-Star game on Yahoo, where in the same weekend, he wrote against the same event for the KC Star. Regardless of the situation, Jason Whitlock’s main agenda is always Jason Whitlock.