NY Times "Feel Good" Jets Coverage

Maybe the NYT should cover the Knicks this way, too. 'Sure, Dolan and Isiah have run the franchise into the ground, but they both like Dora the Explorer, so they can't be all bad.' :

 

Have you seen Dora? Who wouldn't like Dora? And for that matter, who doesn't like pie and chips?

 

Again, I don't see the issue with the Times' coverage of the Jets. Crouse gives you Jets-related news and notes along with features. It is not as if she's blowing off hard news for features.

 

Seriously. I was going to post this yesterday and forgot, but I looked online at the NYT and the tabs and didn't see anything missing from the NYT, except that the Post ran more stories and gave a hed to something insignificant that got a brief in the NYT. If I have a life, do I really need three off-day stories on the Jets when nothing happened? I mean, good for the Post, but it gets to be like nuclear buildup -- more shit than you need or want.

 

I don't think you write this story after Week 12. This is more like the middle of August. And if there's any group of fans as ill-suited to this kind of salt water taffy, it's Jet fans.

 

that right there might be the best points of all.

 

sorry, jackie macmullen is utterly humorless.
earnest. yes.
knowledgeable, yes.
but devoid of wit, irony, and comic timing - all essential sportswriting tools.

 

Why do you assume there's only the two extremes?

How about something between minute-by-minute detail for obsessed fans and "Lifetime" stuff to hook readers who don't like sports? How about, you know, some normal sports stories?

 

Where did I say there were only the two extremes? I said Boom was extreme and not indicative of the typical reader. Go back to your eggnog.

 

Solid story today from Karen that raised the question of whether or not Jonathan Vilma is happy playing in the 3-4 .

This is a question that "hard core" Jet fans have discussed all year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/sports/football/25jets.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin.

 

But this is the kind of work she's done all year, along with some human interest stories. I still don't understand the criticism she's received here for not being X's and O's enough.

The tabloids give you X's and O's. TV gives you X's and O's. WFAN and ESPN Radio give you X's and O's. The guy down the street gives you X's and O's. Eventually, don't you get sick and tired of X's and O's?

Also, and I raised this point earlier in the thread, it's not as if she's ignoring hard news. She's written hard news and gamers, along with the features.

 

HB your definition of "X and O's is different from mine. Either way why would the Times want to drive readers to the tabs.