On one hand, it's inspiring to see the local fan community come together in its time of grief. D.C. is often accused of not being a real sports town. I think the past couple of days proves that wrong.
On the other, there have been over 150 murders in D.C. this year. Where are the sense of outrage and candlelight vigils for them?
On one hand, it's really touching how the team responded, especially the quotes from the players and Dan Snyder flying down to Miami to be with Taylor's family.
On the other, how long until I get an email from the Redskins asking me to buy a commemorative Taylor jersey?
On one hand, everyone who knew Taylor seemed to like and respect him, and have spoken about how he'd been trying to turn his life around since the birth of his daughter.
On the other, the man wasn't a saint. I don't know why Michael Wilbon is being castigated for daring to say what has crossed everyone's mind at some point, in terms of the possibility that the shooting might have had something to do with the lifestyle Taylor was previously involved in.
On one hand, this is undoubtedly the biggest D.C. sports story in years, so it's understandable that the local media would be all over it.
On the other, the coverage has a distinct "car wreck on the side of the road" feel to it. The quickly assembled promos promising up-to-the-minute coverage, all the resources the local stations are dedicating to it, etc. On Fox this morning, the anchors were urging people to go to its website and blog about how they felt about Taylor's death, and their comments might then be read on-air. I wouldn't say this felt wrong, per se, just...unseemly? Was this supposed to be a substitute for the old "man on the street" interview? A way to drive traffic to the site? A little of both?
On the other, there have been over 150 murders in D.C. this year. Where are the sense of outrage and candlelight vigils for them?
On one hand, it's really touching how the team responded, especially the quotes from the players and Dan Snyder flying down to Miami to be with Taylor's family.
On the other, how long until I get an email from the Redskins asking me to buy a commemorative Taylor jersey?
On one hand, everyone who knew Taylor seemed to like and respect him, and have spoken about how he'd been trying to turn his life around since the birth of his daughter.
On the other, the man wasn't a saint. I don't know why Michael Wilbon is being castigated for daring to say what has crossed everyone's mind at some point, in terms of the possibility that the shooting might have had something to do with the lifestyle Taylor was previously involved in.
On one hand, this is undoubtedly the biggest D.C. sports story in years, so it's understandable that the local media would be all over it.
On the other, the coverage has a distinct "car wreck on the side of the road" feel to it. The quickly assembled promos promising up-to-the-minute coverage, all the resources the local stations are dedicating to it, etc. On Fox this morning, the anchors were urging people to go to its website and blog about how they felt about Taylor's death, and their comments might then be read on-air. I wouldn't say this felt wrong, per se, just...unseemly? Was this supposed to be a substitute for the old "man on the street" interview? A way to drive traffic to the site? A little of both?
On one hand, the season must go on, and everyone hopes the Redskins can get things turned around.
On the other, can we not use Taylor's death as some sort of rallying cry? The following quote was in the Blog Log section of The Express this morning: "The 5-6 record no longer matters; we are 0-0 from here out. If we win Sunday, we are 1-0. Let's do it for Sean; let's do it for pride!"
What the fuck does that even mean?
What the fuck does that even mean?
4 comments:
I saw that Express quote this morning, too, and my first thought was, "Um, no, the 5-6 record DOES matter. We're not 0-0, we're 5-6."
man, you put this in prospective the correct way... showing both sides of the way I think most of us feel.
Next up can you write about how much coverage the media is giving to missing white women... no for real, shit is getting a little out of hand, I get it, they're white, and kind of cute let's move on with it
actually scratch that, I'm on it
Yeah, I love cute white women as much as the next guy, but I've never gotten the appeal of stories about how they've gone missing. Especially not to the extent they've come to dominate the news industry.
I have nothing to support this, but I've always suspected that the people who eat this stuff up are, oddly enough, other white women.
I just think that it's a lot easier for the masses to understand a single death of someone they recognized (like Sean Taylor) than it is for them to really get the meaning behind 150 murders. When you see that, it just sounds like a number -- you don't know the stories behind it. There's some quote like, "one death is a tragedy. 1000 dead is a statistic." I'm sure I butchered it, but you get the idea...
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