REPORTING ISSUES??

by Brian P. Foley, The College Baseball Blog

What is the point of the media? Is it to report the truth or to speculate?

I recently wrote a brief post on The College Baseball Blog about a Wofford baseball player who has been charged with Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature. Someone commented that the media in the South Carolina area has been handling the case inappropriately by committing the student-athlete before the case even goes to court. This is not the first time that some major media outlets have been quick to jump on an athlete for being CHARGED with committing a felony.

We can even look at a more high profile cases with the UConn basketball players and Randy Moss having a restraining order put up against him. The UConn players were charged with a DUI and driving with a suspended license. This is a typical decision that some college students make in getting a DUI after a long night drinking. I know it is not right to be driving drunk but who hasn't in college made a decision to regret? The Moss case is a little bit different with him being charged with a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend. This is a pretty common with a jilted lover trying to get back on their boyfriend/girlfriend by filing a restraining order.

The media tends to blame the BLOGS for the media hype of issues in sports today when the old fashioned media is just as bad. They need to recognize that anything in a Blog setup could be biased reporting or factual depending on the source of the material. Let's all be better at focusing that these are just charges and not a conviction for causing trouble.