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Had dinner with a journalism friend of mine and his wife last night after a fund raiser. While there my friend pointed out Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly. For those of you who don't know, Rick has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year nine times.
He was a real friendly guy, more then willing to share a story or two. During the conversation I asked him what was the deal with Cowboys hate in the media. He explained to me that the media discovered in the 70's and again in the mid 90's when the Cowboys are up the best way to get ratings is to be negative.
He said there is no doubt the Cowboys are not only Americas team but the worlds team. Media outlets learned long ago, if you do a positive piece on the Cowboys you may get a million readers. The Cowboys fans and few others will pay attention but if you put a negative spin on it, your going to get those million Cowboys fans, plus a million more that want something to argue about then 3 million more non-Cowboys fans who just want that chance to hate on the Cowboys.
He said it's basically not that the media hates the Cowboys but that every media outlet is going to do what they have to in order to bring in the ratings and there is no bigger cash cow then the Cowboys. He did say they are followed closely by the Yankees.
He was a real friendly guy, more then willing to share a story or two. During the conversation I asked him what was the deal with Cowboys hate in the media. He explained to me that the media discovered in the 70's and again in the mid 90's when the Cowboys are up the best way to get ratings is to be negative.
He said there is no doubt the Cowboys are not only Americas team but the worlds team. Media outlets learned long ago, if you do a positive piece on the Cowboys you may get a million readers. The Cowboys fans and few others will pay attention but if you put a negative spin on it, your going to get those million Cowboys fans, plus a million more that want something to argue about then 3 million more non-Cowboys fans who just want that chance to hate on the Cowboys.
He said it's basically not that the media hates the Cowboys but that every media outlet is going to do what they have to in order to bring in the ratings and there is no bigger cash cow then the Cowboys. He did say they are followed closely by the Yankees.
