09-26-2010, 09:04 PM
I was wondering about that in the car yesterday. When television was available only as a broadcast over the air, it was important that reporting be unbiased. Now that television is not limited by the broadcast spectrum, we instead have multiple biases (MSNBC and FoxNews, for example).
However, sports is not news; it\'s entertainment. Usually, announcers are unbiased to attract fans from both sides. However, NDBC is being paid by an agreement with the school, so the announcers\' job is to entertain those fans. So, if the Pac-12 gets a broadcast network, would the announcers be likely to root for Pac-12 teams when playing out of conference games?
However, sports is not news; it\'s entertainment. Usually, announcers are unbiased to attract fans from both sides. However, NDBC is being paid by an agreement with the school, so the announcers\' job is to entertain those fans. So, if the Pac-12 gets a broadcast network, would the announcers be likely to root for Pac-12 teams when playing out of conference games?