Levitate said:
it's not his job to be objective, and it's not his job to be a journalist in the sense of presenting just the plain facts for people to decide. i can't understand why people think this is what sports columnists should do...it never has been and never will be their job, they're paid to write their opinions and that is what brooks does.
That's certainly fair, but his reputation is now and will always be built upon his ability to be objective even while giving his opinion.
Ann Coulter is a conservative columnist.
George Will is a conservative columnist.
One of those is a writer who is very well respected on BOTH sides of the aisle while the other is seen as a hack and a demagogue by everyone other than those who is as rabid as she.
So I agree that it's okay for Larry Brooks to be myopic in his coverage of the labor issue, but he, you, and everyone else should expect that he's going to be perceived as a shill and a hack. And it's right that he
should be perceived as such. If he wants to be seen as a writer of genuine merit, he needs to change the way he approaches his work.