Wilderness Walk, Supplemental: "Reporting"

Make the jump. Read the article. Let's discuss.

OK, let's take a look at the question posed to Mr. Molinari:

First off, any hockey question posed from Alabama should be viewed with some scrutiny, so let's move away from that fact. Has anyone ever read a more slanted, bias filled question? In court, this would be called leading the witness. When a reporter does it, it's called choosing a question for its inflammatory value, despite likely having a thousand much better questions on the same topic.

The answer?

Here we go, folks. Let's do this, as Russo would say, frog dissection style.

Nice. Good start. Within the first line of the answer from an "objective" reporter, he has already called Clutterbuck stupid.

OK... this is fairly innocuous.

Indeed, Gonchar did claim that, but the video evidence shows otherwise, and you would think a reporter would be willing to accept fact, rather than report a player's opinion as fact.

So, he made a bad hit. The puck was no where near Clutterbuck. Didn't get to him? It wasn't even coming toward him.

Yes, because Colin Campbell is a moron, and the NHL's discipline system is broken at best, and tainted at worst.

Where has Clutterbuck earned said reputation for taking bad penalties? He had 76 PIMs in 78 games last season. He has 20 PIMs in 42 games this season. Bad penalties? Such as? Please, elaborate.

I would hope the refs would call anything illegal Clutterbuck does to anyone on the ice. You know, because its their job. I would also think that the refs are not as stupid as your argument makes them out to be. Despite what Campbell says, Gonchar soiled his reputation with the hit on Clutterbuck. Refs will be watching him more closely as well. If another hit like this happens, Gonchar cannot claim "good citizen" status again.

This is fair. The comments by Cal were not bright, and I said that the night he said them, and several times since. However, they came in the heat of the moment. No matter the words, the sentiment is there. The Wild players will be looking for retribution. Call it "The Code" or whatever you want, but Gonchar will have to answer for the hit.

And fortunately for you, sir, you cannot be given a major penalty for one of the most homeristic, non-objective, easy to pick apart arguments ever made by a reporter. If you want to work for the Penguins PR department, call them. If you want to work for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, you may want to try to actually report the facts.

What say you Wilderness?

-Buddha.