Nick Wright Explains NFL Reporting (4 Viewers)

[Joe Bryant]

This is gold and should be required listening for every person who consumes NFL news.

I qued it to the relevant spot.

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We have traded true journalism for instant gratification

Journalism is covering and giving information that otherwise would not be out there.

Being the first to say the thing the team will say they're doing in 90 minutes is a different thing.

"I have the truth but I'm not letting it out as it'll piss off the wrong people" is a real thing and I was sort of surprised to see Wright being so honest there.

 

[Joe Bryant]

As Wright says, the key skill for being good at the person getting the news early is for people to like you.

That's why the rehab is almost always positive and the surgery always went well.

 

[King of the Jungle]

This is a great post and makes a lot of sense. For the most part, people will ultimately do what benefits them (human nature). I was always curious (draft specifically) why there were always reports on this team doing this or that and never understood why that information was leaked. Things can happen of course, but I assume few would risk their livelihoods over it.

 

[Joe Bryant]

This is a great post and makes a lot of sense. For the most part, people will ultimately do what benefits them (human nature). I was always curious (draft specifically) why there were always reports on this team doing this or that and never understood why that information was leaked. Things can happen of course, but I assume few would risk their livelihoods over it.

Yes.

And some of this is even more obvious than ever now with all the signings and deal renegotiations being reported where they have the obligatory shoutout to the agent that gave them the story.

I don't begrudge the reporters. They're not doing anything nefarious.

But we have to understand what it is they're giving us what strings are attached. Wright did a nice job of breaking that down.

 

[smbkrypt24]

This is gold and should be required listening for every person who consumes NFL news.

I qued it to the relevant spot.

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We have traded true journalism for instant gratification

Journalism is covering and giving information that otherwise would not be out there.

Being the first to say the thing the team will say they're doing in 90 minutes is a different thing.

"I have the truth but I'm not letting it out as it'll piss off the wrong people" is a real thing and I was sort of surprised to see Wright being so honest there.

Good post.
I think this explains it more than any cry for anything else. The grade wasn’t good but people screaming for instant gratification overwhelmed the real news in this case.

 

[Desert_Power]

Well put by Nick. This is why analysis is so important in fantasy football. Especially this time a year, a lot of the stories are pure access journalism telling the stories teams/agents want.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

This is gold and should be required listening for every person who consumes NFL news.

I qued it to the relevant spot.

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We have traded true journalism for instant gratification

Journalism is covering and giving information that otherwise would not be out there.

Being the first to say the thing the team will say they're doing in 90 minutes is a different thing.

"I have the truth but I'm not letting it out as it'll piss off the wrong people" is a real thing and I was sort of surprised to see Wright being so honest there.

Thanks for sharing Joe. I’m not a reporter but would strongly suspect that you could extend these observations beyond sports reporting into basically all areas of reporting.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

It’s definitely a valid point, and applies to all journalism, not just sports. Brand management has risen as the new goal of “journalism”.

It is a little bit rich, though, coming from Nick Wright on the Cowherd show. Those guys make their bones throwing out ‘hot takes’ they know will be controversial and gain clicks. A little pot calling the kettle black.

 

[Snotbubbles]

Sanders is a perfect example of why you hire a professional agent.

 

[Joe Bryant]

This is gold and should be required listening for every person who consumes NFL news.

I qued it to the relevant spot.

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We have traded true journalism for instant gratification

Journalism is covering and giving information that otherwise would not be out there.

Being the first to say the thing the team will say they're doing in 90 minutes is a different thing.

"I have the truth but I'm not letting it out as it'll piss off the wrong people" is a real thing and I was sort of surprised to see Wright being so honest there.

Thanks for sharing Joe. I’m not a reporter but would strongly suspect that you could extend these observations beyond sports reporting into basically all areas of reporting.

Absolutely @Alex P Keaton

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It’s definitely a valid point, and applies to all journalism, not just sports. Brand management has risen as the new goal of “journalism”.

It is a little bit rich, though, coming from Nick Wright on the Cowherd show. Those guys make their bones throwing out ‘hot takes’ they know will be controversial and gain clicks. A little pot calling the kettle black.

Yes, it was a good point coming from a somewhat suspect source.