Wow. ESPN has higher journalistic integrity than most news outlets

[LSdemocrat]

ESPN.com actually has Peter Gammons apologizing, prominently on its home page, for failing to give full credit to a source he referenced in one of his articles.

It is a complete travesty that the rest of today's media doesn't have the same standards.

To see the initial apology:
http://espn.com (scroll down to "Today's Voices" in the middle of the page)

And for the full apology:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gammons/story?id=2037158

[caligirl]

1. My sons and husband said that too last weekend. eom

[whistle]

2. Reporting on sports news requires complete honesty and....

...integrity, otherwise, how could all those office betting pools ever be properly determined?

[babylonsister]

3. Isn't that where Keith Olbermann hailed from? That

says a lot, to me.

[NYBlackCat]

4. No Question

As a HUGE sports fan myself, I can testify to the fact that Gammons and Olberman are both class acts, and I do believe that in many ways sports journalism maintains a higher standard than the 24 hour news networks, if only because people demand more accountability. People are fanatical about their sports, to an extant that they aren't about news/politics, and it is for this reason that viewers won't accept major mistakes on ESPN but are willing to look the other way when Howard Kurtz spends a week talking about how Martinez's talking points came from the Dems.

Anyways, I just had to rant for a while :-)

[Toby109]

5. You are spot on.

And it's sad really that people would care more about their favorite sports team than the direction of their country.

Welcome to DU!

[babylonsister]

6. The majority of this country has messed up

priorities! I like sports (major Giants fan and I originally hail from NY), but am still looking for a somewhat reputable talking head, besides KO, to look up to.
BTW, welcome to DU! :thumbsup:

[NYBlackCat]

7. Thanks

Hehe, thanks Toby and babylon. Babylon, I'm originally from NYC too (though I root for the Jets). Anyways, nice to meet you both, and yeah, lets hope that one of these days people will get their priorities straight :-P