Former players, turned analysts, failed to offer objective reactions - 11/23/04

More importantly, should ESPN be acting like a journalist to begin with? The whole network's existence is to show sports. Oh yeah, BTW, they have this highlight show where the sportscasters make jokes too.

Is there that much serious reporting done by ESPN? Should they be held to the same standard as the WSJ or CBS News? I say no. Their job is to report on the sporting events; who's hurt, what happened, etc. Any pretense that they are actual journalists is ridiculous. Sure, some come from newspaper backgrounds and Peter Gammons has some sort of insight. However, his opinion on matters of baseball are simply opinions.

I certainly don't agree with the analyst's opinions, but that's what they are. Nothing more than that. The fact that there are few journalists on ESPN shouldn't be a shock to anyone.