During the day, at work, driving, at home after the day is over I tend to spend quite a bit of time listening to sports radio. I'm the first to admit I don't buy into what's being said the majority of the time. In fact, I look at it simply as a form of entertainment, not a news source/outlet. We (as fan bases) listened to all the talk about what our respective coaches said lately and how they were characterized as having some "moral issues." That was far from my opinion on both situations while I quickly tired of the stories being "over-blown." Now, I find myself looking at a situation that may not be over-blown, but swept under the proverbial rug. I find Cowherd interesting. I don't agree with much of what he says, but, in an entertainment sense he's good at his job. I recall how he villified both Saban and Miles for their comments and find myself wishing the same upon him this morning. Recently, live on air, he made a comment about people living in Alabama being, "Tornado bait." When his producer (AKA his moral compass) was questioned about it yesterday (in light of the tragedy suffered yesterday) his response was only condescension. I've voiced opinions on the print media and the lack of true journalism found so often in their trade. It certainly seems, if this trend continues with "talking heads" like Cowherd, the talk radio genre' (IE: sports) is going to be yet another hobby spoiled. <sorry for the rant>
Re: When sports radio hosts go to far... It's simple, a guy like Stern makes millions of dollars being a shock jock and others have followed: morality, fairness, objectivity, truthfulness, etc. be damned.
cowherd made me sick the other day insulting new orleans and basically treating like a city that's never hosted an event before. it is eye opening to see the ignorance spewed forth by him on that topic. it's not like we're having the all star game in the 9th ward, or slidell, or lakeview. the cbd and french qtr took the least of the brunt and would hold about 95% of the activities. on the flipside, kudos to chris meyers (former wwl sports anchor) and current fox sports radio host for portraying new orleans in an intelligent way. i guess for every cowherd, there's a meyers but the cowherds probably get more attention and shape public opinion more. especially people around the country that have no idea what's going on down here.
i dont understand how this is derogatory at all to alabamans/ites (?). i take it as meaning that's a part of the country were there are tornadoes (obviously), so if you live there you are tornado bait. more tornadoes are in tornado alley (go figure), but i wouldnt necessarily expect him to know that. he didnt mention trailers, did he?
Let me pose this question. How do you think it would be received if the lower Louisiana area residents were called "Hurricane Bait?" It's one thing making a comment, in jest, when it comes to things like you've mentioned. However, when, on a yearly basis, lives are lost? As best, the statement/diatribe he went on was crass. It was derogatory to human life.
To each his own. I'd suspect, you've never been personally involved with a crisis like the ones I've mentioned here. It tends to hit home when you've experienced it.
If someone called me "earthquake bait" I wouldn't be too offended. I do agree that the timing was bad after a high school was leveled and kids died.
I think if Terry asked this question in September of 2005 many here would have different opinions. Really no different than calling New York citizens Terrorist Bait. Real classy.
