Boston Globe or Boston Herald more credible than MLB.com--AP Sports official

NiemanLab on ethics of entities such as MLB Network which pays reporters to reveal its own news: "If league-owned networks continue to grow in prominence, how will that impact the way sports are covered?...

• “I will go to the grave thinking people find more credibility in the independent voice of the Boston Globe or Boston Herald,” (John) Cherwa, (sports coordinator for the Tribune Co. and legal affairs chair for Associated Press Sports Editors,) says,

• “and believe it to be more factual than the people at MLB.com.”...

(NiemanLab, continuing): "The lines between media and sports teams and leagues have never been perfectly clear. The New York Times Co., which owns The Boston Globe, also owns 17.8 percent of the Boston Red Sox, which Globe reporters obviously cover every day. The Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Tribune, also owns the Chicago Cubs. Cablevision, which owns Newsday, also owns the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. "...

• "When the League Owns the Network--and pays the Journalists, a New set of Ethical Questions Arise,"7/1/09, by Justin Rice, NiemanLab.org via Poynter.org/Romenesko

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