Sportswriters can be guilty of the same human frailties found in any other profession.
Those in the sports media can be just as shallow, lazy, disinterested, venal or corrupt as any other human being. This comment comes in light of a growing controversy in the New York media. An open letter from New York Times beat reporter Mike Freeman to a frequently read website has turned the business on its ear and created a lot of bruised feelings. The Village Voice interviewed each of the five reporters, who vehemently denied this version of the affair. There was no conspiracy about this quote.