http://Seth Ellis/ ([identity profile] seth ellis) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2014-02-06 12:53 am (UTC)

Well, the same goes for the reporters. They haven't been there to do sober exposés, they're there because their employing corporations expect them to generate the cynical, vulgar, intrusive sports coverage with a veneer of cheap sentimentality that their advertisers require. Tweeting their experiences as they happen, mostly from their private accounts, may not have the quiet dignity of the transparency you prefer, but to a degree, it's the transparency that's available to them, and to us. You're setting up a false dichotomy between the poor athletes and the sniggering reporters that isn't really there.

Also, if we'd prefer not to be the subject of poopbucket jokes, we should try to get the plumbing working before the guests show up.

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