Is it just me.....?
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dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?People who make a whole lot of money have spent a whole lot of time determing what the viewer wants to see. Derek Jeter and the Yankees cater to tens of millions of Americans good or bad. You can get mad at ESPN all you want but this NCAA final wasn't really 'sexy'. Two low seed teams, one with a moderate fan base in UConn. It's the same reason Tebow and Favre get coverage, might make one person mad but two people are glued to the television.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?
I think they spent that time on Jeter because, quite frankly many people don't care about college basketball and saw this matchup as boring. And, of course he is a Yankee, a New York based player and an icon there so you are going to get them to pander to his story.
You can't blame Jeter per se. He just goes out and plays. Give him his due. At some point in time I thought he was just a creation of the media....overhyped because he was the Yankees shortstop......but the guy does have over 3300 hits, like 8th all time.
No amount of hype can get you that kind of accomplishment. I have begrudgingly come around to the fact that this guy is the real deal.
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XxDaBuckeyexX said:
dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?
I think they spent that time on Jeter because, quite frankly many people don't care about college basketball and saw this matchup as boring. And, of course he is a Yankee, a New York based player and an icon there so you are going to get them to pander to his story.
You can't blame Jeter per se. He just goes out and plays. Give him his due. At some point in time I thought he was just a creation of the media....overhyped because he was the Yankees shortstop......but the guy does have over 3300 hits, like 8th all time.
No amount of hype can get you that kind of accomplishment. I have begrudgingly come around to the fact that this guy is the real deal.
Not saying Jeter isnt great. Not saying he doesnt deserve a slot. But slotting his home opener ahead of a championship game in a popular sport? No.I think they spent that time on Jeter because, quite frankly many people don't care about college basketball and saw this matchup as boring. And, of course he is a Yankee, a New York based player and an icon there so you are going to get them to pander to his story.
You can't blame Jeter per se. He just goes out and plays. Give him his due. At some point in time I thought he was just a creation of the media....overhyped because he was the Yankees shortstop......but the guy does have over 3300 hits, like 8th all time.
No amount of hype can get you that kind of accomplishment. I have begrudgingly come around to the fact that this guy is the real deal.
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dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?People who make a whole lot of money have spent a whole lot of time determing what the viewer wants to see. Derek Jeter and the Yankees cater to tens of millions of Americans good or bad. You can get mad at ESPN all you want but this NCAA final wasn't really 'sexy'. Two low seed teams, one with a moderate fan base in UConn. It's the same reason Tebow and Favre get coverage, might make one person mad but two people are glued to the television.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?
I'm not defending ESPN and I don't disagree. My fiance is in media and I'm telling you the blunt truth as she deals with this every day. It's all about ratings and viewership, and Derek Jeter is going to garner more views than this years title game. If it was Duke vs Florida, it might be different. If you were in ESPN's shoes you'd be doing the same thing, it's just how that stuff goes.
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media is all about money. and the big markets bring in (or are supposed to) the most money. so if there are 8.4 million people in NYC and less than 1 in cleveland............
big money markets LA DALLAS NY BOSTON MIAMI.
the only thing that could have out-trumped jeter's last home day opener was MAYBE to have a pitcher pitching a perfect game and it still would have come in 2nd or 3rd on their priority list especially if the team was in milwaukee or cleveland. and that's not a diss. it's just the way it is.
to me it's sickening. i know jeter is the next joe dimaggio in yankee fan's eyes...............it will be nice to see him go as he's the last of the 'core 4'.
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I havent posted here in a while but I dont think the media hates cleveland. In relative terms to other teams we really have nothing exciting to post- yet.
Think of when we had lebron In cleveland, didnt we have a 3 ring circus with espn in the center of it (magazine cover comes to mind).
In fact the media loves an underdog and I remember year after year many analysts pciking cleveland to be most improved team in the afcn. We havent earned shit. When we do, it will come.
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XxDaBuckeyexX said:
dont defend ESPN. I dont care what they perceive as sexy. Whats the most important story? A national championship game, or a meaningless Jeter story?
I'm not defending ESPN and I don't disagree. My fiance is in media and I'm telling you the blunt truth as she deals with this every day. It's all about ratings and viewership, and Derek Jeter is going to garner more views than this years title game. If it was Duke vs Florida, it might be different. If you were in ESPN's shoes you'd be doing the same thing, it's just how that stuff goes.
I'm not defending ESPN and I don't disagree. My fiance is in media and I'm telling you the blunt truth as she deals with this every day. It's all about ratings and viewership, and Derek Jeter is going to garner more views than this years title game. If it was Duke vs Florida, it might be different. If you were in ESPN's shoes you'd be doing the same thing, it's just how that stuff goes.
If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
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I'm not defending ESPN and I don't disagree. My fiance is in media and I'm telling you the blunt truth as she deals with this every day. It's all about ratings and viewership, and Derek Jeter is going to garner more views than this years title game. If it was Duke vs Florida, it might be different. If you were in ESPN's shoes you'd be doing the same thing, it's just how that stuff goes.
If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
I don't think it is a statement about the intelligence of the fans, it is a statement about the mindset of the TV networks......nothing matters but ratings and money.
Now, the fact that we have the likes of Honey BooBoo, Duck Dynasty, Swamp People etc. etc.....all these ridiculous shows about ignorant rednecks (or guys that want to come off as ignorant rednecks).....that is what is such a poor statement on the intelligence level of TV viewers.
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well there are intelligent fans (irrelevant here) the topic of fan intelligence (aka those who would probably appreciate game coverage over a Jeter story) and then there are "casual fans" aka sheep aka the majority aka the target market the commercials are geared toward.
this isnt some heavy moral dilemma.....it's about paying bills in the real world. furthermore, it's their show and they owe you nothing.
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media is all about money. and the big markets bring in (or are supposed to) the most money. so if there are 8.4 million people in NYC and less than 1 in cleveland............
big money markets LA DALLAS NY BOSTON MIAMI.
the only thing that could have out-trumped jeter's last home day opener was MAYBE to have a pitcher pitching a perfect game and it still would have come in 2nd or 3rd on their priority list especially if the team was in milwaukee or cleveland. and that's not a diss. it's just the way it is.
to me it's sickening. i know jeter is the next joe dimaggio in yankee fan's eyes...............it will be nice to see him go as he's the last of the 'core 4'.
media is all about money. and the big markets bring in (or are supposed to) the most money. so if there are 8.4 million people in NYC and less than 1 in cleveland............
big money markets LA DALLAS NY BOSTON MIAMI.
the only thing that could have out-trumped jeter's last home day opener was MAYBE to have a pitcher pitching a perfect game and it still would have come in 2nd or 3rd on their priority list especially if the team was in milwaukee or cleveland. and that's not a diss. it's just the way it is.
to me it's sickening. i know jeter is the next joe dimaggio in yankee fan's eyes...............it will be nice to see him go as he's the last of the 'core 4'.
Add Houston, Atlanta, Chicago to that.
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I'm not defending ESPN and I don't disagree. My fiance is in media and I'm telling you the blunt truth as she deals with this every day. It's all about ratings and viewership, and Derek Jeter is going to garner more views than this years title game. If it was Duke vs Florida, it might be different. If you were in ESPN's shoes you'd be doing the same thing, it's just how that stuff goes.
If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
It is, but the same logic is the reason the Kardashians are popular and local news is either about someone being shot or a puppy adoption. It's all about pandering to the lowest common denominator.
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ESPN doesn't care what the fans want to hear...THEY will dictate to you what you want to hear because they have a monopoly on sports news. The whole putting Jeter ahead of the national championship was a calculated fuck you to their audience. And they can get away with it.
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ESPN doesn't care what the fans want to hear...THEY will dictate to you what you want to hear because they have a monopoly on sports news. The whole putting Jeter ahead of the national championship was a calculated fuck you to their audience. And they can get away with it.
ESPN doesn't care what the fans want to hear...THEY will dictate to you what you want to hear because they have a monopoly on sports news. The whole putting Jeter ahead of the national championship was a calculated fuck you to their audience. And they can get away with it.
They are losing some of that monopoly. Both Fox and NBCSports now have channels similar to ESPN. You can get an alternative voice elsewhere. I still mostly watch ESPN, but I am checking out these other venues more and more often.
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If that's a statement on the general intelligence level of fans across the country, it's pretty sad.
I don't think it is a statement about the intelligence of the fans, it is a statement about the mindset of the TV networks......nothing matters but ratings and money.
Now, the fact that we have the likes of Honey BooBoo, Duck Dynasty, Swamp People etc. etc.....all these ridiculous shows about ignorant rednecks (or guys that want to come off as ignorant rednecks).....that is what is such a poor statement on the intelligence level of TV viewers.
I don't think it is a statement about the intelligence of the fans, it is a statement about the mindset of the TV networks......nothing matters but ratings and money.
Now, the fact that we have the likes of Honey BooBoo, Duck Dynasty, Swamp People etc. etc.....all these ridiculous shows about ignorant rednecks (or guys that want to come off as ignorant rednecks).....that is what is such a poor statement on the intelligence level of TV viewers.
Thankfully, you haven't been sucked into the garbage that Bravo! passes off as entertainment.Real Housewives of ________ pick a city. Barf.
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I don't think it is a statement about the intelligence of the fans, it is a statement about the mindset of the TV networks......nothing matters but ratings and money.
Now, the fact that we have the likes of Honey BooBoo, Duck Dynasty, Swamp People etc. etc.....all these ridiculous shows about ignorant rednecks (or guys that want to come off as ignorant rednecks).....that is what is such a poor statement on the intelligence level of TV viewers.
Thankfully, you haven't been sucked into the garbage that Bravo! passes off as entertainment.Real Housewives of ________ pick a city. Barf.
Thankfully, you haven't been sucked into the garbage that Bravo! passes off as entertainment.Real Housewives of ________ pick a city. Barf.
Well, I have watched some Bravo programming in the past: Top Chef, Top Design, Project Runway before it switched.
But yea, a lot of their other stuff is just sucky.
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it's amazing how the word 'reality' is now mis-construed to mean the opposite of it's true definition.
these 'reality' shows are more scripted than day-time soap operas.
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The best show on television is Property Brothers.
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The best show on television is Property Brothers.
The best show on television is Property Brothers.
I prefer House Hunters. Looking for a nice house is OK. Anytime you have these shows about doing repairs and rehab to housing just gets to me because I am so inept about that sort of thing.
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The best show on television is Property Brothers.
I prefer House Hunters. Looking for a nice house is OK. Anytime you have these shows about doing repairs and rehab to housing just gets to me because I am so inept about that sort of thing.
I prefer House Hunters. Looking for a nice house is OK. Anytime you have these shows about doing repairs and rehab to housing just gets to me because I am so inept about that sort of thing.
House Hunters bothers me because it gets repetitive. There's a drinking game somewhere on the internet with things like "Drink every time they ask for an open concept" or "take a shot whenever the wife thinks the place is too expensive".
I love renovating, that's probably why I love Prop Bros. I'd rather renovate than buy new.
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I prefer House Hunters. Looking for a nice house is OK. Anytime you have these shows about doing repairs and rehab to housing just gets to me because I am so inept about that sort of thing.
House Hunters bothers me because it gets repetitive. There's a drinking game somewhere on the internet with things like "Drink every time they ask for an open concept" or "take a shot whenever the wife thinks the place is too expensive".
I love renovating, that's probably why I love Prop Bros. I'd rather renovate than buy new.
House Hunters bothers me because it gets repetitive. There's a drinking game somewhere on the internet with things like "Drink every time they ask for an open concept" or "take a shot whenever the wife thinks the place is too expensive".
I love renovating, that's probably why I love Prop Bros. I'd rather renovate than buy new.
I would rather shoot myself than do it myself. Hiring someone....OK.
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