TV Sports Biased Toward Cavs in Series

I am getting quite tired of the general national media bias being expressed against the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic in favor of superstar Lebron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference championship series. The Magic, who are leading three games to one, are getting relatively little attention or praise for their success so far. In fact, far more attention was given to Cleveland's one victory, only accomplished through a last-second desperation three-point shot by James. You would think that Cleveland had won the series (and the whole NBA Championship to boot) by dint of that one shot.

After the one Cleveland win, sports announcers on TV were all excited and happy. After Orlando's big THIRD win, they all seem sad, subdued, and worried. They have been quick to pin Cleveland's losses on its own players instead of given the very talented Orlando team the credit that they justly deserve for their victories.

Well, I have a message to all of the so-called sports journalists who ply their trade on television. You don't write the scripts: the players do that! And Lebron James, as good as he is, isn't the whole team, either. He deserves the Most Valuable Player award this year hands down, in my opinion. But his Cleveland Cavaliers? Sure they're a good team; they had the best regular season record in the league this year. And they could well come back and win the series against Orlando. But I have yet to be convinced of their greatness. Certainly they don't deserve the weighted attention that they are getting on the air. At least that's how this admittedly biased pro-Orlando viewer sees it.