NFL Media Takedowns and Other Pointless Noise in of Our Lives

April 1, 2011   ·   Caleb Garling   ·   Jump to comments

I write for Bleacher Report, the fastest maturing sports site on the Internet.
Perhaps apparent only to those who have been readers for some time, Bleacher Report is shifting focus from babe galleries and baseless pontifications—a huge percentage of lower-tier writers have been purged in the last six months—and turning an eye towards tight reporting and introspective columns.
Slowly, but surely. Not there yet. But surely.
So with an eye on that trajectory, I am sure many will attempt to discredit what I’m about to say—and, of course, I recognize the inherent irony in the subject matter.
But you’re only shooting the messenger.
Recently, a reporter wrote a brutal character evaluation of one of the nation’s top college football prospects. Turns out, that “reporter” never interviewed or met with that prospect one-on-one to form these sprawling conclusions. That reporter, more or less, sat at his desk, synthesized ever...

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