I'm with ya Mac. At this point, the 'fourth estate' is no more than a PR / Propaganda extension of whoever wants to mis-use their power to further their corrupt agendas. They used to serve the people, now they just serve themselves & their corporate billionaire overlords. They give us just enough to entertain & distract us while they silently brain wash us. Their "experts" do that split-screen thing with them to lend credence to their fabrications. They lie to & manipulate us every. single. day.
But, who cares anyway? Lying to someone's face is no big deal anymore. Cheating, lying, bending rules, corruption, misrepresentation, misprision, fraud, deceit, manipulation, criminality, false witness, destroying evidence, obstruction of justice, back-stabbing, double-crossing, etc., why it's all OK now. Because, "if you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'", right??
Everyone loves a winner, so much so that they will willingly gloss over their guy / team's infractions, just so they can exult with jubilation, "my guy / team WON!!". But, is it really winning if you are violating every rule you can get away with, so you can beat your opponent who is playing by the rules?
But, what if they pay restitutions and/or fines? doesn't that make it OK?? oh, and it didn't harm me--in fact I benefitted from their fraud, so who cares about those folks over there that they defrauded??
No, this isn't about Stan & the Loo. I'm attempting to support your point by saying, yes, corporate journalism has lost all it's integrity; but, what moral authority do we have to point fingers at them anymore, if we aren't willing to hold those with all the power & wealth responsible? No matter WHO they are? or what they mean to us?
And this is much more than a problem with sports. But until "we", the people, can turn off the TV & stop watching / supporting those who lie to our faces every day, and start calling them out & holding them accountable ("speaking truth TO power"), we WILL lose. And everything we feel like we've "won" will crumble before our eyes.