Sources: Yankees may deal Chapman to Cubs https://t.co/NJ6ED6uLvP the story is via @ESPNChiCubs Send your comments his way, he loves them— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 25, 2016
What the hell happened to actually reporting on the news?
I’m sorry to start your Tuesday morning off with a rant but I feel like there
is a lot of things I have to get off my chest right now and this is the best
place for me to do so because I don’t want to be blocked by half of twitter or
hated on by half my friends. What happened to actual journalism and why is
click baiting so damn “necessary” in an era where news is always up to the
minute and people are going to be reading anyway? It’s sickening and it’s why I
got into blogging, not to change the world but to show people that it can be
done the “right” way.
On Sunday night I went on a bit of a sarcastic rampage because
anyone and everyone was reporting what they “knew” about the potential Aroldis
Chapman trade to the Chicago Cubs. Now I was on twitter when people like Chris
Cotillo were still essentially “nobodies” in the grand scheme of things so I’m
not knocking on people because they just own a blog or don’t have millions of
followers but I saw people “breaking news” that had 36 and 46 followers citing
“sources.” To complicate matters you then had real and true insiders citing these
same “sources” with the vaguest titles or the most click baiting titles I have
ever seen in my life.
Andrew Marchand of ESPN “reported” that the Yankees “may”
trade Chapman to the Chicago Cubs a good three-or-four hours into the whole
debacle where names were being leaked and the trade was reportedly close. And
of course they “may” trade him, they may not trade him as well. What’s your
point? And where did the journalism in all these things go? Are there anymore
journalists left in the world or are we as fans subject to the same recycled
crap with a few words changed around for the rest of our reading lives?
Twelve hours prior to the Yankees being “close” to trading
Chapman to the Cubs these same “sources” and insiders had him going to the Washington
Nationals. Six hours later they had him going to the Cleveland Indians. Then
the Cubs. Do you guys actually believe anything that you write or is being
first, whether it’s accurate or not, or does being first mean THAT much to you?
What happened to integrity first? Come on guys you are better than this. I know
it because I’m old enough to have seen it. Believe it or not you may get more
clicks and more views, which I understand is what pays your bills, for being
real than being a d-bag. Ask Robert Casey and his Bleeding Yankee Blue site who
probably get more clicks per day than you do. Why? Because they are awesome and
better yet they are ACCOUNTABLE.
Oh and Cubs fans. You ought to be ashamed of yourself
talking to Julie DiCario the way that you do. Shame the hell on you and I hope
I’m around when karma comes back to bite you in the ass. Sad and pathetic
little people. Rant over!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)