NotSports

Thank you WhatTheFFacts

Consistency. Something people look for when seeking information.

In the increasingly technological world we inhabit, we are getting news from Twitter, sports on our phones and hearing headlines via Facebook updates. So whom do we trust? Do you trust Twitter, a site where family and friends can break news before AP and CNN? Or maybe Facebook where our own family and friends let us know what’s happening around us?

As media consumers it is our job to know what we’re consuming. Would you blindly take a bit out of whatever someone hands you, right? I’d hope not… And that relates to the media we take in as well. Not that I don’t believe that every WhatTheFFacts tweet is true, but I won’t be using them as my main source in a paper, unless that of course is about Dendrophilia, look it up… too ashamed to write it.

But back to my main point, consistency. Sure, as media consumers it is completely our responsibility to know what were digesting, but at the same time media sources that are consistent are just that much easier to depend on. While WhatTheFFacts may not be in my term paper, I know they will always make me laugh. Skip Bayless can always push my buttons, so he won’t be who I get Tim Tebow stats from. CNN may not always interest me, but I know they have reputable sources I can rely on.

But my point is, that while these three sources aren’t the most professional or my favorite, I still always know what I’m getting. People may have tweeted about Whitney Houston’s death twenty or so minutes before AP, but if you remember back to Paterno’s death, people tweeted it before he even passed.

So who do we trust as media customers? The consistents. Whether they’re truthful or not you know what you’re getting. Maybe it’s just me ranting about why I want my blog to go back to sports, or maybe it’s just me scrambling for something to talk about that’s not sports, but either way consistency is key, and I wouldn’t want to confuse all four of my readers by not talking about the one thing I really know, the game.

OK I lied…. Two readers, thanks Mom.