tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post1699678076762100927..comments2023-11-02T05:41:36.074-06:00Comments on City Weekly Salt Blog: Archives January 2007-February 2009: The Vagaries of Sports ReportingSalt Lake City Weeklyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-38193275900366475562009-01-23T14:55:00.000-07:002009-01-23T14:55:00.000-07:00Deep, man, real fucking deep...Deep, man, real fucking deep...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-3096953772310551302009-01-23T12:39:00.000-07:002009-01-23T12:39:00.000-07:00I say leave it alone. If a writer is covering the ...I say leave it alone. If a writer is covering the game, then s/he should stick to writing about the game. One must not try to be all things to all people. No writer is responsible to cover every event at all times; if there were any doubt about the appropriate timing of running a story about a sports team because of a tragedy associated with the school, then let the editor deal with making the call. If anything, they might choose to run a separate piece about the crime or make mention of it in some other way, but not as part of the sports story (which in my opinion is a bit tacky).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-73951635561847889322009-01-23T01:12:00.000-07:002009-01-23T01:12:00.000-07:00In this case, if he had any doubts about his abili...In this case, if he had any doubts about his ability to report this sensitively, I think he should have just left it out altogether. The story was only posted 23 hours ago, a matter of hours after the attack. At the very least, if someone had complained, he could have plead ignorance, or just admitted that he didn't feel fit to comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com