ESPN had an interesting column by one of their Page 2 columnists Jason Whitlock. He makes the point that in the Kobe Bryant case, just like in the OJ trial, the media cares more about getting good ratings than about actually informing the public about the facts of the case. So, we're going to end up with an endless parade of talking heads, none of whom know anymore about the facts of the case than anybody else, all speculating about every possiblilty, leaving us no more informed about the facts of the case than we were before.
But, despite all the navel gazing that ESPN columnists have been doing over the past few weeks, the network sure doesn't seem to be showing any signs that they aren't going to capitalize all they can off of the case, just like everybody else.
Posted by kathryn at Agosto 7, 2003 09:11 PM | TrackBack