Prior to last Monday night’s game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, a piece from columnist William Rhoden appeared on the Times site depicting the Patriots as a franchise in decline. The headline touted, “The Day The Patriots Empire Began To Crumble†and the story proclaimed, “The shift has occurred: the Jets are in ascendancy, while New England is in retrograde.â€
The use of anonymous sources is nothing new, and more often than not the reports are accurate, but the prevalence of this tactic in sports reporting is a bit alarming. What used to be dismissed as poor journalism is now encouraged, as writers and broadcast talking heads scramble to be seen as “insiders†– leveraging their network of sources to break news or in many cases break rumors.
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