The Blog that I have been reading
recently has been Yardbarker.com It is singlehandedly one of the best all
around sports blogs. It provides information about nearly every sport. In
comparison to the New York Times, which is one of the most world-renowned papers.
It is written more eloquently than the authors at Yardbarker.com, which also
allows commenting on posts to share further information or ideals, unlike the
New York Times.
However,
while they have glaring differences in their styles, writing, and more
importantly news coverage, they are both forms of media. They both report the
news; they both have authors and editors. To me there is literally no escaping
the Press Sphere. There will always be a need for the reporting of news,
especially who breaks the story. Whether it is a mainstream media source like
the New York Times, or a sports rumor website with contacts able to relay
information like Yardbarker.
The idea
that the Press directly relays information to us is an obsolete method. There are
too many sources; both good and bad, to believe only certain mediums are
controlling our news. However, as I said before, all news, media, and news
staff do similar work. To put it simply they just report the news. Even in the
past one set of media would break a story but than others would follow. Today
it is no different. CNN breaks a story about Peyton Manning’s possible
retirement, or move to another team. Then Yardbarker digs deeper and posts its
findings on the blog.
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