More Than A Game
I’ve never claimed to be a journalist. Yes, I’ve worked in the “media” for the last quarter century, but the more you learn about the media, the more you learn that there are very few journalists left. The new goal of the new media is plain and simple, promote and make money. If you happen to break some significant story along the way, good for you, as long as you get ratings or sell papers. My training, to not-be-a-journalist, began all the way back in high school, when I worked for the school newspaper... ... at the same time I played on the school baseball team... ... while writing the articles for the school newspaper... ... on the school baseball team. If that’s not journalism, then I don’t know what is. I was the guy who wrote the article when the third baseman made seven errors in one game. Of course that third baseman was me. Shockingly, there was no mention of any of those errors in the article. Not journalism. Check. The reason I bring this up, is that I’m about to not b...