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First, I never trust the media's protrayal of anyone. They have to turn everyone into either a hero or goat with no middle ground, and once they do, every story they write afterwards takes that slant. Never, never, never, never, never, never think you know someone just because you've read what the media says.
Bonds is a good example. In a private conversation with a reporter, he mentions he doesn't feel like playing next year. So the story gets published as "Bonds says this is his last year!" What, no waiting for an official announcement, no press conference?
Same thing with Terrel Owens. Last year he's complimenting his teammates in an interview. In the context of how good the team is, and how injured McNabb is, he's asked if he agrees with Michael Irvin's assessment that the team would be indefeated with a healthy quarterback like Brett Favre. TO agrees with the comment. When the media is through misrepresenting the interview, they have Owens claiming McNabb is a lousy QB and he's rather have a white quarter back for some racist reason. None of that was in the interview, it was all in the spin afterwards.
After watching what they've done to Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Terrel Owens, Jerry Jones, and just about everybody else they decide to turn into a villain, I never trust anything they say about a person.
Barry Bonds hits homeruns damn well for an old man, when he's not injured. That's the only thing I truly think I know about him. If he beats Aaron's record, all that will prove to me is that he hit more home runs than Aaron, who may or may not be a class act--I don't trust the positive things the media says, either.
Just my two cents.
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