Fantastic Piece at Cardnilly
In case you don’t read Cardnilly, the best Cardinals blog on the web, I thought I would link to what really is a great description of bias, and in particular what bias is all about when it comes to writing about sports. In short, bias is natural, human and perfectly fine. It’s just that writing that aims to be objective should contain the necessary caveat that the writer may have some biases of his own.
For instance, I don’t want to believe that Roberto Petagine’s glove is so bad that the Sox couldn’t put him at first base and help the team. But maybe it is? Anyway, here’s an excerpt…
Bias in and of itself isn’t all that big a deal — it’s always going to be there, and it’s silly to pretend that anyone’s objective about sports in particular. The trick is to recognize where those biases exist, and try to counteract them, or just own up to them and let the reader decide how much weight to give the opinion/analysis/meandering rant.
The piece goes on to identify where some of the writer’s biases exist. It’s just a great read.
Really, really well done, Scott.