Not!
Give
me a break… Yes, I can fully understand why no reporter was sent from the Post
as it will end publication before the football season is over. But to not send the beat writer from the
Enquirer, a paper with reported total circulation of 206,320 during
Monday-Friday is absurd. If Bearcat
Insider had 1 to 2 percent of the Enquirer’s circulation, we’d have been in
Newport, Rhode Island covering this event.
Here
are the figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. These are averages for a six month
period ending 3/31/2007.
|
Publication Name |
Frequency |
Total Circulation* |
|
ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI (HAMILTON
CO.) |
SAT M |
181,074 |
|
ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI (HAMILTON
CO.) |
AVG M (M-F) |
206,320 |
|
ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI (HAMILTON
CO.) |
SUN |
290,500 |
|
POST, CINCINNATI (HAMILTON
CO.) |
AVG E (M-F) |
26,870 |
|
POST, CINCINNATI (HAMILTON
CO.) |
SAT M |
37,154 |
While
we all know budgets are tough for many, the fact is the Enquirer made a choice
not to send its beat writer and should be held accountable for this lack in
judgment and the backlash it’s receiving.
This
criticism is not directed to those who cover the team, but at management for
allowing such an injustice to happen for the second straight year.
While the Enquirer did hire a stringer for coverage, it’s simply
not the same.
We
here at Bearcat Insider stressed about missing a chance to interact with all the
Big East coaches as well as their top returning talent. Add conference “Big Wigs” into the mix
and Tim, Doug and I would have enjoyed about two weeks’ worth of story content
including video.
In
fact we apologized for not attending this event.
While
a competitor claimed they covered the event, the fact is their national guy
covered the event and not them.
This would be like us claiming coverage of a national basketball event
because of a story written by Dave Telep or Evan Daniels. In our eyes, it’s simply not the
same.
Brian Kelly has a reason to be upset and disgusted by this lack of
coverage. Last year, Mark Dantonio
also spoke about his embarrassed for his players, fans and school when the local
media snubbed the event. Do you
think Coach Dantonio will have the same problem this year when the Big Ten holds
its media day?
The Cincinnati Enquirer is the city’s newspaper and the source many
residents still use to get their information. While the internet has allowed for other
forms of coverage, a newspaper is still considered by many as the standard in
which news is delivered.
On Wednesday I spoke with several Scout.com Big East publishers to
get their takes on the local coverage given their team. Each said there was plenty of coverage
on the teams they covered and each commented on the fact Cincinnati didn’t have a
single person on hand for the event.
Should we be embarrassed?
I did a quick search about coverage of media days and found the
following information. It seems Big
East football isn’t worth covering, but Dustin Dow covered the A-10 media days
for Xavier fans in both 2005 and 2006.
I couldn’t confirm but he also has mentioned covering Big East Basketball
media day in 2006. Is there a
double standard for UC football?
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