tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19133799.post8069801511770555552..comments2023-11-25T05:18:00.968-05:00Comments on Sports, Media & Society: Implicit racism in sports: Who knew?<a href="http://comm.psu.edu/about/centers/john-curley-center-for-sports-journalism">The John Curley Center for Sports Journalism</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02939720788476724001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19133799.post-11308775641094223732007-05-04T23:16:00.000-04:002007-05-04T23:16:00.000-04:00The problem is, as Stern pointed out, the flawed m...The problem is, as Stern pointed out, the flawed methodology -- not to mention the minimal "bias" their study suggests.<BR/><BR/>No one is denying the existence of bias -- but my gut says the Times thought this would be a sexy story (Duke case, anyone?) and ran with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19133799.post-70479961747769564162007-05-03T20:36:00.000-04:002007-05-03T20:36:00.000-04:00Hi Marie. It's cool to see a journalism prof with ...Hi Marie. It's cool to see a journalism prof with her own blog. I'm an aspiring sports journalist, but at this point I'm finding it difficult to move past the "freelancer" status. Oh well. You take what you can get, right?<BR/><BR/>I also wrote a blog post on the subject, with the premise that our society (and maybe sports in particular) has become hypersensitive to race-related issues. At some point, this becomes a problem. In this case, we'll have refs that start to second-guess their own calls, wondering if they're blowing the whistle because the player is black or because they heard a slap on the wrist.Kevin Haywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775525614447976322noreply@blogger.com