Jeff Pearlman: Why I'm frustrated with sports media
Posted Jul 31, 2014
That was the difference between being a writer and being a journalist—every word had meaning; every observation was backed by facts. That’s what I believe in. Which was much easier in, oh, 2003 than it is now, in 2014. Somehow, with Twitter as our guide, we’ve turned into a profession where expediency trumps accuracy and precision.
(JeffPearlman.com)
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