Homework Assignment

After reading through two entire articles on the new potential NCAA violations, wondering why they were very similar, and then finding out they were just the AP story posted in both papers as well as every other major publication I looked through, I decided to find two articles on the recent suspension of Tony Kornheiser from ESPN's PTI for two week over comments he made about Hannah Storm, a Sportscenter anchor.

The first story was one done by the Washington Post, and the next one was one done by the Associated Press, that I found in Sports Illustrated. This is interesting, because The Post is the paper that Kornheiser has written for for over 30 years. I thought The Post's article was better in just about every facet. It's lead was far more catchy, where the AP's was really dull and didn't really draw me in as much. The Post's story had more quotes as to what exactly Kornheiser said about Storm, and posted entire excerpts about Storm from his radio show as well as the reaction it got from his fellow radio co-hosts. The SI story really only had quotes from Kornheiser and a vice president at ESPN, which were far less thorough. The Post also went on to define things like Kornheiser's age, as well as Storm's (which is part of what she was being criticized for about her outfit on ESPN being the age that she was). I don't feel that news judgment is really that big of an issue, because I guess I don't feel this to be too sensitive a subject. With my sensitive cap on however, I guess The Post was more relentless in there reporting just because they displayed everything about the hurtful comments Kornheiser said, whereas SI seemed to be a little hesitant to just lay it all out there. The Post also commented on how fragile ESPN is after one of it's employees was caught having an affair with an intern a few months ago, something the SI article failed to include.

Both publications suggested you follow the story on all things from facebook, twitter, buzz etc. And I feel the post did a lot more in terms of the extensive packaging of things such as photo's and video etc. SI's article has no pictures in it, whereas the Post has pictures of both Kornheiser and Storm. The SI article also has no links to any other media about the subject, where the Post's article has audio of the radio show where he made his comments, audio of his apology, audio of other hurtful remarks he's made towards other celebrities, and links to articles talking about the affair Steve Phillips (the ESPN employee mentioned earlier) had with the intern. The Post article also has a comments section underneath where hundreds of fans reactions to the news is displayed, whereas SI did not bother to include the same.