Baltimore News Report on Mixed Martial Arts: Two Sides to Most Stories, Not This One

Filed under: Baltimore, Fighting, MMA, MMA/BoxingOne of the big problems in American journalism is that reporters sometimes feel the need to be "balanced" by giving equal time to both sides of a controversial subject, even when both sides don't have an equal claim to the facts. This news report from the Baltimore TV station WJZ about mixed martial arts coming to Maryland is a good example:(If you can't view the video, you can read the report here.) The reporter feels the need to "balance" the words spoken by an intelligent, informed proponent of the sport with the words of a doctor who clearly knows little about MMA and has an incentive to make MMA look bad because he's on the payroll of World Wrestling Entertainment, which competes with MMA organizations for fans' pay-per-view dollars.Continue reading Baltimore News Report on Mixed Martial Arts: Two Sides to Most Stories, Not This OnePermalink | Email this | Comments more...