saillias said:
A guy does a good thing and all you have to say is "He could've donated more." And to top that off, you then compare his donation to those of someone elses, and use math and percentages to determine how good of a guy he is.
exactly - if someone makes 1 million dollars a year and donates 2500 bucks and if someone makes 50000 dollars and donates the same -- which is a bigger sacrifice made? Simple math. 2500 bucks is couch change to a pro athlete and is not a newsworthy story.
But when a pro athlete and especially when the flavor of the month does something it is ground breaking news.
And yes I used math and percentages - a simple idea of numbers will substantiate what I am referring to.
Again I state - great he donated something, better than nothing (somehow that keeps getting lost over "someone is criticizing Dion blah blah blah), but to me this story as almost as overblown as the Pat Tillman = Hero (yes his was b/c he defended his country) more than the janitor/teacher/high school grad that died also but didnt give up millions of dollars to defend his country, so they are lesser heros.
NOTE: Not criticizing Dion or Pat Tillman -- criticizing the media and newsreaders for making it a story.