News Reporters to Blame for Lack of Coverage on Players Guilty of Spousal Abuse

December 4th, 2007

Since I started this blog focused on the singular topic of the cruelty and injustice of the actions of Michael Vick, many people have asked me how I could consider the torture and killing of dogs as more important than the crimes that NFL players commit against their wives and kids.

The answer is that I do not consider crimes committed against NFL wives and their children any less important, but this is the blogosphere and in the blogosphere, we each focus on a very minute and focused topic. I am not a reporter, and never claim to be one. Bloggers do not provide news, they provide perspective and subjectivity and sometimes a little of wisdom gathered up from their words and sliced down into truth through the comments of their readers.

It is the job of the press to report the news. That’s their job and Shakesville points out that in the case of sports writers, especially those covering the NFL, they are not doing their job. The news reporters are not reporting the news and crimes that NFL players commit against their families. As a blogger, I do not have the budget, or investigative reporters to send out around the country to track and investigate the crimes that NFL players commit. Once it is reporter we bloggers will definitely talk about it, but we aren’t the ones that break news typically.

So if you want to see more coverage of the spousal abuse perpetrated by NFL players, I would suggest that YOU start a blog yourself and cover it. If you need help, let me know and I can point you in the right direction and help you get started. I can even help you find funding for your site.

4 Responses to “News Reporters to Blame for Lack of Coverage on Players Guilty of Spousal Abuse”

la:

December 12, 2007 at 10:03 am

You are a racist and single-minded. You are acting as a reporter by lynching Michael Vick. What about other player who committ crimes against human beings? Animals do not have rights. Where is the outrage against crimes against human beings. You are evil.
doglover332:

December 12, 2007 at 11:03 am

Hi la,

I am not a racist, nothing could be further from the truth actually.

I am not a reporter at all nor do I pretend to be one. I write my opinion and view on things.

As to players who committ crimes against human beings, if you want to start a website to raise awareness of their actions, I will be more than happy to support you, but between this and my political website I do not have the time.

I am extremely outraged by crimes against humans. If you were paying attention to the Vick case you would be aware that a man (person not a dog) was murdered in this affair. A dog did not murder that many, a person did.

I am not evil, just try to end the promotion of people that do evil things. Michael Vick was paid hundreds of millions of dollars and he did some very evil things with that money. He’s not the worst person in the world, but he is a good example of how the worst start out.

I work to bring awareness to the actions of the worst as well. Those I handle on my political site, but I have found that they are already as corrupt and evil as a person can become. In this case, I wanted to try and work at the beginning of the process when a person is initially becoming corrupt.

Killing dogs and animals before they kill humans, torturing animals for pleasure as opposed to torturing humans in the name of security and democracy.

If I am evil for trying to stop torture, for trying to stop the killing of people and coincidentally dogs and animals too, then I would welcome you to join the rest of us evil types that are trying to make the world a better place.

In reality, I am not evil, and you have chosen to lash out at me without learning the first thing about me. I at least gave Michael Vick the courtesy of investigating the facts fairly and openly first.

So I challenge you to go do something to make a difference in the world. If you are concerned with spouses that have suffered abuse by players in the NFL, then do something about it and do not snipe at people that are trying to make the world a better place. There are lots of opportunities for improvement in the world, make your stand, but don’t criticize those that are doing something that is not your highest priority or is a stepping stone on the path that you would not walk on first.
Maria Melton:

April 5, 2009 at 10:59 pm

There are just people in this world that dont get
it and never will,and you will never understand
their thought process.With that being said we that want to make a difference need to do every
thing that we can and not even bother with people
like”La”.Like i said on every message that i have
left”In no way am i saying what was going on was
right”.However my brother was MURDERED!!!!!!!! I am very hurt,upset,lost and my life will never ever be even close to normal again!!!!I still dont
have the right to take someones life because they
took my brothers!!!I can say this if my brother was involved in or part of another humam beings life taken i would feel that he should go to jail
for the rest of his life.Somebody done this because they were “MAD” and this is senceless and
nobody has the right!!!!!!!!EGO,EGO,EGO…
Sincerly,
Maria Melton
had murdered someone
Maria Melton:

April 5, 2009 at 11:15 pm

That was a drammatical error!!!! I did not mean to type “had murdered someone” under my name.
Sincerly,
Maria Melton My Mistake.