Does the Post's Jason La Canfora Hate the Skins?

[Rock Your Face]

I am no huge fan of the Post as a paper, but whether or not the pulling of their season tickets by the Skins was justified, it came across as petty and vindictive. Back to the original post about JLC:

a) Most of the gripes expressed here come from comments posted on the Redskins Insider blog, which is where I believe he has more latitude to express his own point of view.

b) The Skins deserve to be criticized when they do dumb stuff and they do dumb stuff a lot. I love the Skins, but I do get sick of people in this town that see them as incapable of doing anything stupid or wrong. It's refreshing to me have a somewhat critical eye cast upon them and that view expressed in the local media.

c) Again, I love Gibbs, but it was a bad move by him to go after JLC at a presser. It is actions like this that reinforce the Skins as being vindictive.

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by Rock Your Face

I am no huge fan of the Post as a paper, but whether or not the pulling of their season tickets by the Skins was justified, it came across as petty and vindictive. Back to the original post about JLC:

a) Most of the gripes expressed here come from comments posted on the Redskins Insider blog, which is where I believe he has more latitude to express his own point of view.

b) The Skins deserve to be criticized when they do dumb stuff and they do dumb stuff a lot. I love the Skins, but I do get sick of people in this town that see them as incapable of doing anything stupid or wrong. It's refreshing to me have a somewhat critical eye cast upon them and that view expressed in the local media.

c) Again, I love Gibbs, but it was a bad move by him to go after JLC at a presser. It is actions like this that reinforce the Skins as being vindictive.

Good post RYF. But I agree with those who've noticed a nasty tone lately, and no doubt, Gibbs personal call-out didn't help. JLac obviously has a number of "NFL sources" who give him a very different line from what the skins say (didn't he cover the Ravens?). So he says they need a real LG, he gets smacked, then they DO get an LG, and Gibbs says "were just making the team stronger, no big deal, yatta, yatta." So there's obviously animosity. But I don't think it's Sally Jenkins type negligence--JLac works hard and his blog is generally very good, and one of the best sources of skins info, IMO.

[ncskinsfanec]

Most people in the media are morons that couldn't cut it in any other walk of life. There are very few people in the media that I have even an ounce of respect for these days, and even fewer on that formerly informative sports network, ESPN. The Post is a joke in many ways anyway.

[Drift Reality]

Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

Most people in the media are morons that couldn't cut it in any other walk of life. There are very few people in the media that I have even an ounce of respect for these days, and even fewer on that formerly informative sports network, ESPN. The Post is a joke in many ways anyway.

Just curious - do you actually know anyone in the media?

Why is the Post a joke?

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by Drift Reality

Just curious - do you actually know anyone in the media?

Why is the Post a joke?

I apoligize to the good people in the media, and no I really don't know any media person personally. As for the Post maybe I was a bit too harsh to call it a joke. I do think their coverage is slanted sometimes though.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

Most people in the media are morons that couldn't cut it in any other walk of life. There are very few people in the media that I have even an ounce of respect for these days, and even fewer on that formerly informative sports network, ESPN. The Post is a joke in many ways anyway.

Um, thanks for taking the time to get to know me

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Um, thanks for taking the time to get to know me

I didn't say all people in the media are morons, and there are some things I still like about ESPN (it just devotes too much time to silly mess these days, unfortunately). I love ESPN's coverage of NASCAR, most of their NFL coverage, and the NBA coverage is pretty good. I just hate that the've turned Sportscenter into an entertainment show and gotten away from their roots. Sorry to offend you personally, though, I'm sure you're a devoted and true professional.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

I didn't say all people in the media are morons, and there are some things I still like about ESPN (it just devotes too much time to silly mess these days, unfortunately). I love ESPN's coverage of NASCAR, most of their NFL coverage, and the NBA coverage is pretty good. I just hate that the've turned Sportscenter into an entertainment show and gotten away from their roots. Sorry to offend you personally, though, I'm sure you're a devoted and true professional.

So long as you like their coverage of NASCAR, that's all that really matters to me

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

So long as you like their coverage of NASCAR, that's all that really matters to me

Yeah, the NASCAR coverage has been great so far! I'm glad ESPN has gotten back to their roots from that perspective, I just wish ESPN still carried the PGA Tour, the Golf Channel isn't always accessible for me.