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I think the issue is less "reporters weren't doing their jobs" because they didn't dig, but because

Posted by TWuG Sep 11 '14, 07:25

no one really cared until the video showed up.

Too much reporting is driven by what will get eyeballs instead of what is important.

There weren't enough eyeballs to warrant Rice coverage until the video was released. Not reporters are trying very hard to keep the eyeballs by stoking outrage, etc.

It's not journalism in the slightest. It's commercial opportunism.

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disagree. they ate what the NFL fed them and now are finding out they were being lied to the whole time. Schefter was pissed Tuesday when he went off -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 07:26 3
- They did that because readers didn't care and likely wouldn't have without the video. - TWuG Sep 11, 07:30 2
  - This is revisionist, imo. The Ray Rice story was a big, continuing sports story since February. - Inigo Sep 11, 07:35 1
    - Yes, a group of people cared. But the story wasn't terribly juicy until the video came out and contradicvted pretty much every Rice and NFL account. - TWuG Sep 11, 07:38

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