Depth gives [Stanford's] men's team advantage for autumn :: The Stanford Daily
Depth gives men's team advantage for autumn ~~~
A very comprehensive look at the Stanford tennis team's prospects, with one glaring error and a more subtle one. Matt Bruch doesn't spell his name with an "i". It's rather difficult to read this story with that same mistake, the "cardinal" (if you'll pardon the pun) sin of journalism, repeated over and over. Secondly, Bruch did not finish seventh in Kalamazoo this year. He lost in the round of 16 to Sam Querrey and did not play the backdraw. Michael McClune finished fifth by winning the backdraw, and Alex Clayton finished sixth by making the backdraw final. Those are the last two places that are tracked by number.
Bruch was definitely one of the prize catches of last year's recruiting class and had a very good summer in Europe. He will certainly bring a boost to the program, which is coming off a disappointing season that saw them finish outside the Top Twenty.
And I don't mean to harp on this, but it is difficult to read the rest of the facts in this story with confidence, when neither writer nor editor bothered to do something as simple as check the name spelling.
2 comments:
You are so right to criticize the accuracy of this disgraceful article. In addition to mispelling the name of the article's main subject, and getting the other facts wrong, amazingly the author also identified the Kalamazoo nationals as being in Kalamazoo, MINNESOTA!
Moreover, she mentions that two seniors that are returning this year took the last year off, but never even DISCUSSES why they took a year off and/or what they did. Was it due to injuries, to play professional tournanments, who knows?!! Particularly weird that she doesn't explain this when taking a year off from playing in college is so highly unusual.
Yes, very sloppy and there's really never an excuse for that. But this is a college newspaper/college writer so let's not get too carried away with the outrage. Given the state of media attention in regard to tennis, sloppy coverage is better than no coverage.
Post a Comment