In article <[log in to unmask]>, Tony Biscardi
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>        #2 - The Globe has already done *TWO* very pro-Maine articles this
>             year.  One, at the start of the year, was saying how Maine has
>             really worked to clear up all the problems from last year and
>             feels they are "trying to prove" to everyone that they are good
>             and clean.  The other was a very nice piece about Chris Imes.
>        #3 - The *ONLY* time I have *EVER* seen Maine get bad press in Boston
>             was last year due to the violations and culminating in Maine's
>             restraining order coming on the same day as Tonya Harding's.
>             (Could the timing have possibly been worse?!?)
 
I wouldn't call feature articles pro-anything. What do you want a paper
to say in an article about a school that's trying to clean its house?
There is more than one side to every story. It sounds like the Globe
was simply telling Maine's side in a follow-up piece. What is a
reporter supposed to do with a feature story about a player? Find out
secrets about skipping classes?
 
>The local Boston media, with the exception of last year, has been extremely
>I am not saying Maine newspapers should do the following, nor am I certain
>they have not done it, but how often in the past 7 years has the Maine media
>said really nice things about BU... heck *ANY* team in Boston?!?
 
Since when is the news media supposed to say "nice" things about people
from time to time? Nor is the news media supposed to say "bad" things
either. Report what is, that's all.
 
>Should there be more coverage... YES!
 
Why? The readers aren't interested. If readers wanted more coverage,
there would be more. College hockey is simply not that big of a deal
when weighed against Major League Baseball, college basketball, the
NBA, college football and NFL football.
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