As much as I love football, the level of special interest reporting that accompanies it drives me crazy. Last night the New Orleans Saints played their first game in the Superdome since Hurricane Katrina. Attention returns to New Orleans, a good thing. Not so good is having sideline reporters like Suzy Kolbert ask every celebrity she could find inane questions about the symbolism of it all. I guess ESPN can't help it, their entire business is based on propping up what is really only entertainment as something deeper and more profund. Stick to sports and leave the deeper questions to others, please.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
1 comment:
I agree. it seemed like one of the commentators (i am not sure if it was Joe Theisman, Mike Tirico or Tony) wanted to just let it be a football game and not some overly huge symbol.
ESPN did a cheesy job of sharing the human story behind Katrina and keeping things in perspective. the saints winning the game is not going to move folks into trailers, new homes or get them jobs. after a while suzy's interviews and the other commentators statements about how big this game was to new orleans simply felt like they were beating a dead horse.
oh and how about those All state insurance commercials with supposedly homeowners crying and praising All State for their response to Katrina...unnecessary! no need to milk a tragedy, especially when many claims were denied by insurance carriers.
Post a Comment