Comments on: Mitchell Report undermines Mitchell http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/ A New York Yankees Blog Sun, 27 May 2012 07:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-41230 Michael Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:26:02 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-41230 Ben, Here's the problem with your analysis. Had the Mitchell report been released without the names., the sports news last Thursday would have been: 1. Arod deal complete 2. Patriots expected to run up score vs Jets 3. oh, by the way old George Mitchell has released his report The names are why there was no much advance coverage and why ESPN devoted hours and hours of live programming. Mitchell, being the wise politican and media user he is, knew that and mentioned as he spoke -- paraphrasing -- yeah have fun with the names but don't forget to notice my recommendations. The animal that it is, the media needs new and exciting details -- the names. There isn't much that's new in the recommendations as sound as they may be. The report did accomplish what you wanted, even if the guts of it was overshadowed by the naming of names. It did get the issue of doping in baseball back to the front burner and seems to have created the atmosphere for the Players Association to make additional concessions. History shows how tough that is. Give Mr. Mitchell credit for that. Ben,
Here’s the problem with your analysis.
Had the Mitchell report been released without the names., the sports news last Thursday would have been:

1. Arod deal complete
2. Patriots expected to run up score vs Jets
3. oh, by the way old George Mitchell has released his report

The names are why there was no much advance coverage and why ESPN devoted hours and hours of live programming.
Mitchell, being the wise politican and media user he is, knew that and mentioned as he spoke — paraphrasing — yeah have fun with the names but don’t forget to notice my recommendations.
The animal that it is, the media needs new and exciting details — the names. There isn’t much that’s new in the recommendations as sound as they may be.
The report did accomplish what you wanted, even if the guts of it was overshadowed by the naming of names. It did get the issue of doping in baseball back to the front burner and seems to have created the atmosphere for the Players Association to make additional concessions. History shows how tough that is. Give Mr. Mitchell credit for that.

]]> By: NC Saint http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40938 NC Saint Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:40:51 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40938 I put the two in the same category. They almost always run the same stories and compete for the more provocative headline. In this case, though, it was the News that had a headline which is a direct, uncontroversial lie. Whatever Pettitte did or didn't do, the report never says he injected steroids. The headline says that it does. There is no wriggle room here, so I don't see why this isn't more of an issue. I put the two in the same category. They almost always run the same stories and compete for the more provocative headline. In this case, though, it was the News that had a headline which is a direct, uncontroversial lie. Whatever Pettitte did or didn’t do, the report never says he injected steroids. The headline says that it does. There is no wriggle room here, so I don’t see why this isn’t more of an issue.

]]> By: It'sMeSNITCHES!!! http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40743 It'sMeSNITCHES!!! Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:13:13 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40743 ^ That was supposed to be a reply to NC Saint's post ^ ^ That was supposed to be a reply to NC Saint’s post ^

]]> By: It'sMeSNITCHES!!! http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40741 It'sMeSNITCHES!!! Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:12:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40741 That sounds more like the New York Post. The same idiots that put the A-Rod/Canada/Strip club nonsense on the front page. That sounds more like the New York Post. The same idiots that put the A-Rod/Canada/Strip club nonsense on the front page.

]]> By: It'sMeSNITCHES!!! http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40740 It'sMeSNITCHES!!! Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:10:34 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40740 Im waiting for the Onion to put in their two cents. Im waiting for the Onion to put in their two cents.

]]> By: Todd http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40732 Todd Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:34:57 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40732 Excellent post! Excellent post!

]]> By: barry http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40726 barry Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:20:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40726 The economy is looking up! Probably thanks to Jeter's extensive spending in the services industry :-D The economy is looking up! Probably thanks to Jeter’s extensive spending in the services industry :-D

]]> By: LiveFromNewYork http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40717 LiveFromNewYork Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:45:04 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40717 If you didn't buy steroids from a trainer in NY obviously you didn't use. It's so focused on NY that it's just terribly unfair. I can't believe that the New York papers didn't freak out about that. Usually they are very protective about NY and any bias against it which is obviously here. If you didn’t buy steroids from a trainer in NY obviously you didn’t use. It’s so focused on NY that it’s just terribly unfair. I can’t believe that the New York papers didn’t freak out about that. Usually they are very protective about NY and any bias against it which is obviously here.

]]> By: Travis G. http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40709 Travis G. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:36:22 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/12/14/mitchell-report-undermines-mitchell-1842/#comment-40709 when i first saw the guy's name was McNamee i thought it was a joke. 'You got me blacklisted at Hop Sings?!' when i first saw the guy’s name was McNamee i thought it was a joke.

‘You got me blacklisted at Hop Sings?!’

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