Comments on: The Insiders Face Off: Driver/Media Interaction http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/07/08/the-insiders-face-off-drivermedia-interaction/ A blog by insiders for outsiders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Birdbath http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/07/08/the-insiders-face-off-drivermedia-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Birdbath Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:13:38 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=114#comment-437 Congrats on your 100th post, this blog is a refreshing change from the overtly corporate coverage you get from the big media sights. As far as the driver/media interaction argument goes as a fan of the sport I think that we are so used to seeing the same stock, by the numbers answers to the media's questions that anytime we see a driver being emotional in an interview that we as fans overlook whether or not the driver is being rude or disrespectful. I'm not saying that this is the right way to look at it but of the drivers you mentioned I think that has helped them become more popular with the fans. Of course they are all elite level drivers as well, Sorenson and Sauter wouldn't get a pass if they gave a Barry Bonds style interview. With that being said you also have a lot of journalist covering this sport right now that just aren't qualified to do it. They haven't followed it and there are some things they just don't understand yet. Hell watch Rusty on Espn or DW interview drivers on Fox sometimes, they have spent their entire lives excelling in the sport and they wouldn't know an insightful question if it were sitting on their faces. Congrats on your 100th post, this blog is a refreshing change from the overtly corporate coverage you get from the big media sights. As far as the driver/media interaction argument goes as a fan of the sport I think that we are so used to seeing the same stock, by the numbers answers to the media’s questions that anytime we see a driver being emotional in an interview that we as fans overlook whether or not the driver is being rude or disrespectful. I’m not saying that this is the right way to look at it but of the drivers you mentioned I think that has helped them become more popular with the fans. Of course they are all elite level drivers as well, Sorenson and Sauter wouldn’t get a pass if they gave a Barry Bonds style interview. With that being said you also have a lot of journalist covering this sport right now that just aren’t qualified to do it. They haven’t followed it and there are some things they just don’t understand yet. Hell watch Rusty on Espn or DW interview drivers on Fox sometimes, they have spent their entire lives excelling in the sport and they wouldn’t know an insightful question if it were sitting on their faces.

]]> By: SearsPointer http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/07/08/the-insiders-face-off-drivermedia-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-432 SearsPointer Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:44:56 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=114#comment-432 Yep. Asking questions about spinning out during the race is the media's job. Goading the driver into saying something controversial is not. If you're doing the former, you're doing your job. If you do the latter, you're trying to take advantage of an exhausted driver with heightened adrenaline. Marty Snyder/Tony Stewart after the Sonoma race is the perfect example: the first question was justified. Asking the same question again, slightly modified, was not. He was trying to get a rise out of Tony, and shouldn't be upset about Tony snapping at your question with the subtext of "This is the second time your friend has taken you out! How do you like *that*?" Yep. Asking questions about spinning out during the race is the media’s job. Goading the driver into saying something controversial is not. If you’re doing the former, you’re doing your job. If you do the latter, you’re trying to take advantage of an exhausted driver with heightened adrenaline.

Marty Snyder/Tony Stewart after the Sonoma race is the perfect example: the first question was justified. Asking the same question again, slightly modified, was not. He was trying to get a rise out of Tony, and shouldn’t be upset about Tony snapping at your question with the subtext of “This is the second time your friend has taken you out! How do you like *that*?”

]]> By: windowlicker http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/07/08/the-insiders-face-off-drivermedia-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-429 windowlicker Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:16:52 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=114#comment-429 the question is "are driver's justified at being hostile with the media?" journo states: "The fact of the matter is, what they (the media) are looking for is that driver to explode." question answered. if the media is trying to provoke a driver, they should accept the consequences that come with trying to goad a driver into saying something that could get the driver penalized. if the driver doesn't take the bait & unleashes on the media instead, then so be it. if it's part of the driver's job to be media accessible than it's part of the media's job to deal with a pissed off driver after being asked a stupid question. the question is “are driver’s justified at being hostile with the media?”

journo states: “The fact of the matter is, what they (the media) are looking for is that driver to explode.”

question answered. if the media is trying to provoke a driver, they should accept the consequences that come with trying to goad a driver into saying something that could get the driver penalized. if the driver doesn’t take the bait & unleashes on the media instead, then so be it. if it’s part of the driver’s job to be media accessible than it’s part of the media’s job to deal with a pissed off driver after being asked a stupid question.

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