If you don't know Phil Mushnick, he writes a sports media criticism column for the New York Post. Most of the time it's either amusing or absurd. So here's some absurd.
In today's column he faults Mike and the Mad Dog for criticizing Joe Buck after reacting strongly to the Randy Moss fake mooning. The main point that the sports talk duo was making was that Joe Buck is on the FOX network, and other "disgusting acts" occur in their other programming. Mushnick says that Mike and the Mad Dog are in no position to criticize Buck for making those comments because also on WFAN is the Imus show, which can often be crude.
It's not like Mike and the Mad Dog were criticizing the Terrell Owens Monday Night Football opening or the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. Here, they're talking about how an announcer was overreacting to something in poor taste, but really, it's not like he actually mooned the crowd, gave someone the finger or hit someone.
If we use the logic in the Mushnick article, he has no right to criticize Mike and the Mad Dog or Joe Buck because his paper printed, for example, a cover photo of a girl committing suicide last year.
What drives me most nuts about the New York Post is how sanctimonious it is, and worse, that people read it, agree with it, and pass judgement the way it does.
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1 comment:
i think joe buck overreacted - i heard about what moss did before i saw it
from what the announcers were saying i literally thought he had done something really stupid (like wear a nazi uniform to a halloween party - oh wait, that was prince harry) but when i found out moss only fake mooned the crowd i thought people were overreacting
joe buck - you do those leon commericials so don't act all high and mighty on us
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