PR is not news

So there a few websites that I look at nearly every day. I like to keep up to date with the news so I read NYT online. I love my friends so I keep up with them on facebook. I check my email a few times per day etc. I'm obsessed with becoming a better poker player so there are a number of poker sites I read on a daily basis. None of these sites anger me as much as the final site I look at on a daily basis... nymets.com!

That site just kills me because it is claims to report news to the teams fans. But these reports make "Faux News" actually look "fair and balanced." I'm sick of reading stories about how great this player or that player is going to be this year or how Mets management has put together a competitive team. Now I hope in September to eat my words, but, I do not believe that the 2010 Mets are going to be a competitive team. There are a number of reasons and as inept as Mets management is I don't know if there is anything that can be done about the team for this season.

Of course the most ironic thing about this rant is I can't even direct it at the Mets, because MLB controls all income and content related to official team websites. I'm sure every team site is similar. I wonder what the Pittsburgh Pirate site says.