Temo
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I'm probably the last one to say it, but logging on to ESPN.com this morning was really eye-opening.
They had as their top headline (not top feature, which is in the center) "Owens plans to skip Bills' voluntary workouts". Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, NBC Sports didn't even have that story on their front page. This is the SECOND ESPN story on this in the past week.
NBC only had it on their NFL page, and it sure as hell wasn't their top story. And their title for the story, the AP story? "T.O. had good excuse to miss Bills' workout"
Which went on to explain how TO was at a charity event, saying:
"The star receiver is in Washington, D.C., attending the sixth annual National Alzheimer's Gala. He'll receive the Alzheimer's Association's first Young Champions Award on Wednesday night for raising awareness in the fight against the disease. Owens' grandmother has Alzheimer's."
The ESPN story provided the same information, but did not lead with it (like the AP story does), and instead led with the "TO plans to skip voulntary workouts" thing.
Listen. I don't like TO. But a front page story, when the guy has NEVER been to optional workouts? When he was working on charity engagements at the time? And phrased the way it was? Such obvious media bias is so rarely expressed so clearly as this. For my part, I'm just glad that the negative press is all Buffalo's problem now. They could probably use all the attention they can get, negative or not.
They had as their top headline (not top feature, which is in the center) "Owens plans to skip Bills' voluntary workouts". Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, NBC Sports didn't even have that story on their front page. This is the SECOND ESPN story on this in the past week.
NBC only had it on their NFL page, and it sure as hell wasn't their top story. And their title for the story, the AP story? "T.O. had good excuse to miss Bills' workout"
Which went on to explain how TO was at a charity event, saying:
"The star receiver is in Washington, D.C., attending the sixth annual National Alzheimer's Gala. He'll receive the Alzheimer's Association's first Young Champions Award on Wednesday night for raising awareness in the fight against the disease. Owens' grandmother has Alzheimer's."
The ESPN story provided the same information, but did not lead with it (like the AP story does), and instead led with the "TO plans to skip voulntary workouts" thing.
Listen. I don't like TO. But a front page story, when the guy has NEVER been to optional workouts? When he was working on charity engagements at the time? And phrased the way it was? Such obvious media bias is so rarely expressed so clearly as this. For my part, I'm just glad that the negative press is all Buffalo's problem now. They could probably use all the attention they can get, negative or not.
