Media memes

There are rules in our media, people are cast in a certain light and they stay there no matter what...

Case in point. It's 24-7 in the Patriots/Ravens game, the Ravens defense has sacked Tom Brady a bunch, caused 3 turnovers, and have dominated on offense with a powerful running game. So we get to Boomer Esiason and what does he do, bash Randy Moss...Demands Moss step up and make plays. Really Boomer? It's Randy's fault that Brady's being swarmed under constantly? That Brady's thrown 2 picks, one of which was totally inexcusable? I mean seriously, Moss is the problem here?

But this is our media, we have the roles people are supposed to play, Randy Moss is a 'front-runner' he's a quitter, he's a malcontent, so if the Patriots are losing or have lost, if you can find a way to blame Randy Moss you will.

Brett Favre is exactly the opposite, everything he does is glorious and grand, it's sickening listening to the endless worship of this man-god.

But for this week Favre wasn't playing, so our 'bullshit hero-worship' of the day was a story Chris Collinsworth told about Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking. Collinsworth went on a speech about how in training camp Keith Brooking yelled at a player for screwing up a play, the player yelled at him, another play was run, and then Brooking punched the other player. Collinsworth spoke of how this proved Brookings 'leadership'...When if Brooking wasn't a Cowboy, and didn't have lily-white skin, he'd be called a 'thug' for doing this.

I hate our media so much.