I'm a longtime ESPN fan, and I heard you on Bill Simmons podcast. Thank you for coming on, I hope that we can get more espn people on his show. I feel like he will be critical about things that should be addressed, both positive and negative.
You talked about announcers who get complaints. I do enjoy the basketball coverage and think that this is not an issue with them Breen, Van Gundy, and Jackson, but I think that one of the main problems I dislike is bias in the announcers. If an announcer can't keep his personal bias out of his reporting, he should not be announcing. For example when the patriots were on their run toward the perfect season, Mike Tirico couldn't help but show how happy he was whenever they had anything bad happen to them. Or with Kobe, certain announcers feed into the negative stories that are told about him. I just wanted to give a heads up that I feel strongly about this issue, and if I notice further incidents I will send another message.
Thank you, and I'm glad I've discovered this forum for voicing issues.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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