Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The BART cop 'story that isn't; Singletary's grip on SF media; KNBR foibles; The Tuesday media pulse


Uh, yo, Bay Area media? There is NO BART cop story no matter how hard you try to make one.

Why? Uh, take a look at the video. And I don't care if there's 34 angles. We're talking about a guy who's drunk and causing extreme angst among a train load of passengers. The fact that he may be bi-polar is irrelevant. The BART cop did HIS job. End of story.

**The continued sports media conquest by Mike Singletary is amazing. Outside of Lowell Cohn of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and occasional critical questioning by Matt Maiocco of the same publication, Singletary gets a bigger pass than Joe Montana. Why is that?

**Mr. Patronizing himself, Gary Radnich, says that Singletary could be mediocre and bereft of winning games, but "when he talks, you have to listen." If you want to listen to more of Raddy's blathering, tune in to the Cumulus Titanic...By the way, did you notice the last two weeks, Comcast Sports Bay Area OMITTED Radnich' face and instead went with Eric Davis and Willie Brown. Coincidence?

**Radnich' continued act of cutting off callers who don't massage his ego, (with an assist from the back-window enabler) would be hysterical if not further sad of the mail-it-in host who's auditioning for his TV gig when he's gone from KRON the first of the year.

**It's common professional courtesy in the business to credit an announcer when playing an actuality; that is, unless it's the Cumulus Titanic, where the practice is foreign. Then again, KNBR uses interns as occasional sports anchors; what's the big deal?

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  1. Uncle Gar yesterday was pontificating on Singletary, citing the Sunday Chronicle front page article as evidence of what a great guy Singletary is; I read the article Sunday and yawned. As Al Davis says 'Just win Baby."

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