If you are asking yourself what in the world do those two events have in common that would be a reasonable question. And strange as it may seem, what they have in common is that the news media, printed, radio and television have never told the real story concerning both events and as a result the people have been exposed to what the news media does best today, that is, take up time and space.
The real story of the Saints bounty gate is that the Saints head coach, Sean Payton, let bounty gate happen and as a result was suspended from the team for the 2012 football season and left his players and team with out a leader. Sean Payton let his team down, let the fans down and gave a bad example to thousands of youngsters. Payton's actions were irresponsible for a head coach and jeopardized all the Saints have accomplished. Payton's arrogance displayed the worse in professional sports by believing he was above it all. The news media, especially printed news focused on everything else instead of the real story.
In the case of the BP oil spill the real story that was never told was the oil industry in general lied for the past 40 years by telling the people they had the technology and equipment available to plug any blow out TIMELY and remove any spilled oil from the waters of the gulf before that oil reached shore. The BP event proved they did not have the technology or equipment available to do the job TIMELY. To add insult to injury, the oil industry announced 3 months after the blow out that they were forming a company to do what they said they could do in the first place.
The news media during bounty gate tried to blame the NFL and even went to bat for Payton and the Saints players. They choose to ignore the real story of Payton's arrogance and his irresponsible actions that harmed his own team and left them without a head coach. Mr. Benson should have disciplined Payton for his actions long ago.
The news media during the BP spill and some elected officials from Louisiana tried to use the BP spill to blame President Obama for the moratorium instead of telling the real story. They became a tool of the oil industry and instead of telling the real story, they participated in a fairy tale much like the Warren Report. Football fans, football in general and the American people have been betrayed by a news media who is more interested in hype and filling up news time. Elected officials in the case of the B:P spill could care less because they live and work in con games and do the bidding of the oil industry because of their campaign contributions.
The late Paul Harvey had a part of his news cast called "the rest of the story". Today's media can't even tell the "real story".
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