Can't you find something else to write about?

The media has been really getting to me recently. They always get to me, because it really never ceases to amaze me as to how stupid the media really can be, especially the media in the area I watch most, which is sports. ESPN doesn't seem to get the fact that nobody cares about Terrell Owens and how he broke his little finger... except for maybe Cowboys fans, for the simple fact that now they have a reason to hate the guy. People do not care about Barry Bonds, yet they still send Pedro Gomez there to report on how he's doing. Can't they think of anything better to write about in sports?

How about this one... the New York Mets clinched the NL East. Wait, isn't this the first time in 14 years that the Atlanta Braves have not owned this title? Why don't they talk about that? They would talk about it every time the Braves won it, making it a very long tenure. But when it's broken, nobody cares at all? Thanks sports media for reporting thoroughly about what Owens is eating for lunch, but not that this historical run has been broken by the National League powerhouse this year.

The media instead talks about Steve Smith's ploy to get hurt so that he can get a bigger contract (extension). Ok, I really do not think many players would sit around and look like an idiot, when he could just hold out like a normal player. Smith said, "There are a lot of other things I can be doing if I'm holding out. I can go home. I can go to the lake house with my family. I can do a lot of things more important than to make a [fool] out of myself and the organization. You're foolish to think that." Way to tell them Steve, show them how stupid they are, and ask them to write a story about something that is actually happening, instead of wasting our time with garbage that isn't true.

Or why don't they try to rip the Yankees apart, as they seem to want to do every time they do something good. The Yankees are about to win their 9th straight AL Eastern divisional title, and what does SI do? They try to stir up controversy about what seems like "the player to hate," Alex Rodriguez. Leave the guy alone. Ok, maybe Jason Giambi and Joe Torre talked to him, and told him basically that he needed to start getting big hits. But leave it in the clubhouse. The media just really needs to stop stirring up trouble. SI is my favorite sports publication, and Tom Verducci is a great writer. But leave things alone during this point of the season. It's pathetic... report on the division races and stop trying to turn sports into a soap opera.

Uh oh, breaking news: "TO might not miss games" - I don't care! Find something better to report on! The media is absolute garbage, and although it is the reason that sports is so large today (telecasts and such), it is also the reason that teams are distracted, players are not able to perform to their potentials, etc.

Though the media seems to make sports readily available to people across the world, it is a double edged sword, because it also ruins sports. Period. Without the media, sports would be much better than what they are now, but without it, nobody would be able to see this.