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Written by Ryan
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Monday, 18 January 2010 13:03 |
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 I generally find myself in agreement with Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski, but his article today on Mike Richards' soon to be infamous battle with the Philadephia media has us seeing the same situation through two different lenses.
I think as a journalist, which Greg is even though he's also a blogger, Richards' accusations of the local media "making stuff up" is something you can't help but focus on. Journalism is based upon integrity - it's the foundation of the industry. But Richards is not a journalist and the local beat writers are taking offense to to his actual choice of words and totally missing the point. What Mike Richards is getting at is that the local media makes issues out of situations where there previously were none. The Flyers goaltending situation right now is a perfect example.
The Flyers have 3 goalies on the roster. One of them is going to have to go at some point. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal. But when you read the local headlines and they're screaming of goalie "controversy" and then the articles go into the past 10 years and the Flyers goaltending woes, that shit's made up. Now it's a controversy. The final step in the process is to ask a player or Peter Laviolette about it - making the coach discuss something that they indeed "made up." Not in the sense that they fudged some facts or got a bogus quote, but they created a drama with their aloted spaces in the paper and now something that was previously not an issue is a huge one in the public's eye. And if you want your proof here's an audio clip of the coach discussing it.
I don't think any Philadelphia beat writer should be surprised that Mike Richards doesn't like him/her. He's just trying to dodge one bear trap after another. And this latest example provides even more proof. He gets qouted by a national publication and the Philly media is all pissed off because he took a shot back at them. Good for him. 10 more shots and maybe he'll even the score.
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