Comments on: Two credibility issues brewing in the MMA media

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Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:34:27 +0000

[...] by Steve Cofield from the conference call, Penn is asked a couple of questions by Steven “Tom Hamlin” Marrocco from MMA Weekly. Not only is Penn still fixated on the greasing scandal, he’s [...]

By: dragomort

dragomort — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:22:40 +0000

While BE/sherdog/et al might not be a fabled island of new online journalism worthy of press passes being handed out to them like candy I read them for more opinions and viewpoints into the MMA world. They each offer a perspective on news occurring on the scene that interests me. Now, if the opinion gets too self-righteous a la Kid Nate I’ll not consider it worth my time pretty quickly, but having more viewpoints coming from a similar interest in the sport is rarely a bad thing.

Credentials are a bit of a situation in the way they’re given and utilized though. As a sport MMA needs all the coverage it can receive from those competent enough to write about it. Unfortunately such efficacy and competence is lacking both on- and off-line in all sorts of ways. That shouldn’t mean that the public access to information on these events should suffer for it by necessity though, nor that credentials are an inalienable right for anyone with $5 for a catchy website name and a computer with an internet connection.

I love seeing a fan’s/critic’s/journalist’s point of view from events and how they mesh, as long as we always get those perspectives in as many forms as we can without negatively effecting the quality I’ll be happy. The balance must simply be reached to attain the maximum benefit for the fans and the organizations when it comes to the coverage – and that does exclude having the place so cluttered with semi-coherent ‘press’ that no seats are available for the event itself. Finding that balance between the press on both sides and the organizational hierarchy can be a tricky situation though at times.

By: Marky Mark

Marky Mark — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:28:34 +0000

So he’s going under his real name now at weekly.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8723&zoneid=13

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:11:08 +0000

Garrison: Because Zach is talking about credentialing and Bloody Elbow are the poster children for that argument. Secondly, because half of the staff came into the comments section to defend their e-honor.

By: Robert Joyner

Robert Joyner — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:47:45 +0000

hey robthom

get clams,sir!!!

that’s right…i’m wishing shellfish upon you….

By: Garrett Bailey

Garrett Bailey — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:46:53 +0000

i’m confused how this turned into a BE bashfest…a lot of mma sites take themselves way too seriously and think copying and pasting is what real journalists do. i’m not a journalist…just a blogger with a passion to share my opinion about the sport i love.

…weird how things got so personal and now i know there’s no love between mma sites…

By: Brandt DeLorenzo

Brandt DeLorenzo — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:28:05 +0000

Tony: harsh!

I do’tn now wat ur talken about tho.

By: robthom

robthom — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:37:40 +0000

MMApayout is lame IMO.

By: tony s

tony s — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:10:21 +0000

like I said in #24 way too many so called MMA news sites out there just copy and pasting it up

Most couuldn’t write a 5 word sentance if you spotted them 4.

By: robthom

robthom — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:00:39 +0000

“Anyone who treats their influence like a weapon doesn’t pass the basic test of integrity, journalistic or otherwise.”

I love this quote. I am hereby compelled to appropriate it .