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[Blueintheface]

By my count this thread makes a full-blown SU snit.

[falafel]

I don't think its so bad. I happen to agree with Dick. I don't want my burger in a tortilla!

Thanks for the signature.

No problem. If you're looking for something else to put in there, I also prefer that my balls be fried in peanut oil.

[DU Ute]

I have no idea how Harmon survived the latest round of layoffs at Des News.

Maybe they did fire him, then extended a church calling to continue extolling the virtues of BYU football.

[LA Ute]

I once asked a friend, a DesNews insider, why they hired Harmon away from the Provo Herald when he really wasn't a journalist as much as a Total Blue Sports kind of guy. The answer I got was that the News was trying to expand its national (on-line) reach, and their data showed that stories about BYU sports were among the top attractions for out-of-state readers in the paper's internet editions. So they brought on Harmon to give that demographic what it wanted. That does make a lot of sense, as much as I can't stand reading most of Harmon's stuff. IMO, his rant on ESPN about Utah going to the PAC10 kind of finished off whatever reputation he had as a journalist. But that's not really why he's there at the Deseret News anyway, it seems.

[UtahDan]

I once asked a friend, a DesNews insider, why they hired Harmon away from the Provo Herald when he really wasn't a journalist as much as a Total Blue Sports kind of guy. The answer I got was that the News was trying to expand its national (on-line) reach, and their data showed that stories about BYU sports were among the top attractions for out-of-state readers in the paper's internet editions. So they brought on Harmon to give that demographic what it wanted. That does make a lot of sense, as much as I can't stand reading most of Harmon's stuff. IMO, his rant on ESPN about Utah going to the PAC10 kind of finished off whatever reputation he had as a journalist. But that's not really why he's there at the Deseret News anyway, it seems.

In other words, the market has provided the consumer exactly the mirror it wants.

[SeattleUte]

I once asked a friend, a DesNews insider, why they hired Harmon away from the Provo Herald when he really wasn't a journalist as much as a Total Blue Sports kind of guy. The answer I got was that the News was trying to expand its national (on-line) reach, and their data showed that stories about BYU sports were among the top attractions for out-of-state readers in the paper's internet editions. So they brought on Harmon to give that demographic what it wanted. That does make a lot of sense, as much as I can't stand reading most of Harmon's stuff. IMO, his rant on ESPN about Utah going to the PAC10 kind of finished off whatever reputation he had as a journalist. But that's not really why he's there at the Deseret News anyway, it seems.

I think that's a sound strategy, except that Harmon is a moron. I'm sure gman would be 100x better.

Personally, I'm glad that someone in Harmon's position is such a bufoon. He has so many golden opportunities to raise Utes' blood pressure, and he just fritters it away being the BYU idiot.

[jay santos]

I once asked a friend, a DesNews insider, why they hired Harmon away from the Provo Herald when he really wasn't a journalist as much as a Total Blue Sports kind of guy. The answer I got was that the News was trying to expand its national (on-line) reach, and their data showed that stories about BYU sports were among the top attractions for out-of-state readers in the paper's internet editions. So they brought on Harmon to give that demographic what it wanted. That does make a lot of sense, as much as I can't stand reading most of Harmon's stuff. IMO, his rant on ESPN about Utah going to the PAC10 kind of finished off whatever reputation he had as a journalist. But that's not really why he's there at the Deseret News anyway, it seems.

He was hired to sell newspapers to BYU fans.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

I've tried really, really hard and I still don't get it. The Harmon article either.

[LA Ute]

He was hired to sell newspapers to BYU fans.

You said in 8 words what it took me 6 long sentences to say. Well-done.

[ERCougar]

He was hired to sell newspapers to BYU fans.

Exactly. Don't lots of newspapers have these kinds of homer newspaper hacks? I don't read a lot of the smaller regional papers (like the D-News), but when I was browsing the links during the BYU independence thing, I was a little surprised at how homerish and completely uninformed the scattered columnists were. No, it really wasn't even that that surprised me--it was the apparent complete lack of effort to even figure out the motivations behind the move that did. Even the Dallas Morning News guy, who I assume was the TCU beat guy, just spouted the same drivel about how BYU suddenly thought they were too good for TCU. Much like Harmon's rant about Utah leaving, they seemed more like they were trying to rile up the local fans than to present any sort of informed opinion.

[Blueintheface]

Exactly. Don't lots of newspapers have these kinds of homer newspaper hacks? I don't read a lot of the smaller regional papers (like the D-News), but when I was browsing the links during the BYU independence thing, I was a little surprised at how homerish and completely uninformed the scattered columnists were. No, it really wasn't even that that surprised me--it was the apparent complete lack of effort to even figure out the motivations behind the move that did. Even the Dallas Morning News guy, who I assume was the TCU beat guy, just spouted the same drivel about how BYU suddenly thought they were too good for TCU. Much like Harmon's rant about Utah leaving, they seemed more like rallying cries for the local fans than any sort of informed opinion.

I sent an email to the Norman, OK guy after his on-air dismissal of BYU last summer and his response was a profanity laced tirade about the age of BYU's players and some nonsense about their abilities. (You may recall his reference to Jan and others as guys on his softball league). Just think if in my email I had actually accused him of being a homer.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

You said in 8 words what it took me 6 long sentences to say. Well-done.

Way to not participate in this thread.

[Spicy McHaggis]

Dick and Bronco are a perfect match. No sane person can understand either one of them.

[LA Ute]

Way to not participate in this thread.

Rats. I forgot. I hereby withdraw from participation in this thread and declare all my earlier posts inoperative.

[LA Ute]

Exactly. Don't lots of newspapers have these kinds of homer newspaper hacks? I don't read a lot of the smaller regional papers (like the D-News), but when I was browsing the links during the BYU independence thing, I was a little surprised at how homerish and completely uninformed the scattered columnists were. No, it really wasn't even that that surprised me--it was the apparent complete lack of effort to even figure out the motivations behind the move that did. Even the Dallas Morning News guy, who I assume was the TCU beat guy, just spouted the same drivel about how BYU suddenly thought they were too good for TCU. Much like Harmon's rant about Utah leaving, they seemed more like they were trying to rile up the local fans than to present any sort of informed opinion.

The smaller the market, the more homerish the newspaper reporting. Just my opinion. The L.A. Times is brutal on all the local teams - no homers to be seen. Not so for local radio. UCLA and USC have their own station and it's a homer for them - just like KSL and KALL.

(The foregoing post should not be interpreted as my participating in this thread. I'm just making observations. Lawyers would call this a special appearance.)