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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 98371" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>I think that the media over the years in all facets of reporting, especially TV reporting (and even more clearly sports reporting) has proven itself very consistent. They travel in packs of group-think, typically stick to an appeal to the lowest common denominator, prefer consistency in story-telling (i.e., do not handle change well), and really care about "cover sheets on TPS reports" as in our good "company men" that serve their self-interests to get the largest numerical sets of eyes to stay tuned during commercial breaks.</p><p></p><p>The problem for a Tech fan, or just a rational fan of college football is that the system in place <em>within the sport</em> has always served to support just such an approach by the media paid to cover it. I said it before but College football did as a form of athletic competition for sports journalism what modern abstract art did for art critics, it gave them far more power than they deserved. This is because opinion polls have always played a huge role in determining the "champion" of the sport. It is still that way with this make believe "playoff" system starting this year and will continue to be the case until a legitimate approach is established for determining a seasonal champion through actual competition. </p><p></p><p>Remember when it was a ludicrous Big10 bias? And the media had one voice on how Ohio State was going to destroy Florida in the title game? I spoke to my brother at the time about how I felt like I was the only person who had noticed how good the UF defense was and that while OSU may have been capable of winning a close high scoring game against the Gators they would lose every other scenario and were pretty likely to get pummeled. The dominant meme/story for the media then was slanted hard to the Big10, They even said the regular season game OSU vs. Michigan was the true "championship" game that year before the OSU-UF game.</p><p></p><p>Financial interests have shifted away from the Big 10, and the SEC won a bunch of those <em>mythical </em>national titles in a row, but the entire structure still prevails in college football that allows for this propagandistic and lazy journalism to continue on unabated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 98371, member: 231"] I think that the media over the years in all facets of reporting, especially TV reporting (and even more clearly sports reporting) has proven itself very consistent. They travel in packs of group-think, typically stick to an appeal to the lowest common denominator, prefer consistency in story-telling (i.e., do not handle change well), and really care about "cover sheets on TPS reports" as in our good "company men" that serve their self-interests to get the largest numerical sets of eyes to stay tuned during commercial breaks. The problem for a Tech fan, or just a rational fan of college football is that the system in place [I]within the sport[/I] has always served to support just such an approach by the media paid to cover it. I said it before but College football did as a form of athletic competition for sports journalism what modern abstract art did for art critics, it gave them far more power than they deserved. This is because opinion polls have always played a huge role in determining the "champion" of the sport. It is still that way with this make believe "playoff" system starting this year and will continue to be the case until a legitimate approach is established for determining a seasonal champion through actual competition. Remember when it was a ludicrous Big10 bias? And the media had one voice on how Ohio State was going to destroy Florida in the title game? I spoke to my brother at the time about how I felt like I was the only person who had noticed how good the UF defense was and that while OSU may have been capable of winning a close high scoring game against the Gators they would lose every other scenario and were pretty likely to get pummeled. The dominant meme/story for the media then was slanted hard to the Big10, They even said the regular season game OSU vs. Michigan was the true "championship" game that year before the OSU-UF game. Financial interests have shifted away from the Big 10, and the SEC won a bunch of those [I]mythical [/I]national titles in a row, but the entire structure still prevails in college football that allows for this propagandistic and lazy journalism to continue on unabated. [/QUOTE]
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