Let’s Have An Honest Conversation About Networks Showing Gruesome Injuries

1. I get why networks don’t want to utilization a gruesome wounded by showing it complete and complete again. And, obviously, they should not beryllium gratuitous successful showing a gruesome injury. But nan reality is that nan video of immoderate hideous injury, including Cam Skattebo’s dislocated ankle from Sunday, is posted each crossed societal media wrong 1 infinitesimal of it happening. Anybody tin watch it astatine immoderate time.

If a web wants to show nan wounded erstwhile aliases doubly arsenic a measurement to support nan assemblage informed of what precisely happened and dainty it arsenic a portion of news, which it is, nan world won’t crumble. Viewers will past and everyone will beryllium capable to spell connected pinch their lives.

Personally, I don’t attraction whether a web shows a gross wounded aliases not. But what I can’t return is erstwhile nan broadcasters enactment for illustration they’re doing america a large favour by not showing what happened.

I really find immense hits that sound a feline retired measurement much gory than an ankle turned nan incorrect way, but that’s conscionable me.

“An wounded we’re not gonna show you,” said Fox’s Kevin Burkhardt while Skattebo was being carted disconnected nan field. “It’s not pretty.”

I tin guarantee you that each Burkhardt’s words did was make astir group watching nan crippled drawback their phones and hunt for nan video. In addition, it each seems truthful performative. There’s besides a tinge of, “If we show nan injury, immoderate group connected societal media will rip us, truthful let’s make judge we fto everyone cognize we’re nan bully guys by not showing nan video.”

Despite what nan networks think, they’re not really heroes for sparing america from seeing a video of a feline breaking his ankle.

2. Will Tom Brady corroborate that he slipped up and accidentally said nan f-word during Sunday’s Giants-Eagles crippled aliases will he show america that he said a different connection and we misheard? I can’t hold to find out.

3. Great worldly present from CBS’s Kyle Brandt, via The NFL Today, connected Bengals backmost Joe Flacco and nan life of a 40-year-old.

4. The communicative present isn’t Terry Bradshaw’s funny train of thought. It’s nan reactions of Howie Long and Michael Strahan.

5. This is what happens erstwhile you go a personnel of nan Jets. You extremity up crying connected nan level of your closet.

6. The latest SI Media With Jimmy Traina features a speech pinch Fox’s Greg Olsen.

The NFL expert talks astir what it’s for illustration to activity pinch a different partner for a fewer weeks during nan play (while Joe Davis calls nan MLB playoffs), what he tries to do otherwise than different analysts and whether a full-time world schedule would entreaty to him arsenic a measurement to get a lead expert job.

In addition, Olsen explains why he doesn’t want nan Tush Push banned, why he thinks we’re going to spot less and less section extremity attempts successful nan NFL, whether coaches person adjusted to nan caller NFL wherever comebacks are truthful easy to propulsion disconnected and overmuch more.

Following Olsen, Sal Licata from WFAN power and SNY TV successful New York joins maine for our play “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week, we talk New York shot controversies, nan World Series, nan return of nan NBA connected NBC, my favourite stake and more.

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7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: I went to a 50th day statement connected Saturday. The invitation said nary gifts. I brought a gift. The adjacent day, nan impermanent of grant told maine everyone ended up bringing a gift. As a Curb Your Enthusiasm fan, this did not astonishment maine 1 bit.

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