This is a video about the absence (in large part) of truth in sports media. If you’re looking to increase your proximity to truth, I’d recommend starting with this video from Brett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChA-axZyEw&ab_channel=BrettKollmann

I hope you find what I have to say interesting.

Here's an interview I did on disinformation in sports from a while back: https://www.statepress.com/article/2024/02/the-echo-disinformation-sports-media-online

TIMESTAMPS:

Intro 0:00
Early Mass Media 6:50
1920s 7:20
1970s 18:50
1980s 27:43
1990s 31:49
Internet 35:19
Private Internet 38:56
Bill Simmons 44:59
Infotainment 48:04
Pat MacAfee 51:49
Modern Broadcast Media 54:36
Online Sports Disinformation 1:04:50
Sports News Aggregation 1:11:27
Sports Betting 1:16:52
Sports Gaming in Media 1:23:35
Disinformation - The Ending 1:30:33
Sports and Truth - The Ending 1:34:28

Here are the sources I used in this video:

* https://cnu.libguides.com/1920s/sports 
* https://sabr.org/research/article/baseball-on-the-radio-in-the-1920s-and-30s-blackouts-and-bubble-gum/
* https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5087/#:~:text=Baseball's%20growing%20popularity%20in%20the,radio%20broadcasts%20of%20baseball%20games
* https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/09/baseball-and-world-war-i/ 
* https://history.delaware.gov/world-war-i/us-involvement-world-war-i/ 
* https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/fireside-chats-f-roosevelt 
* https://live365.com/blog/how-did-sports-radio-broadcasting-begin/ 
* https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/topic-guide/fairness-doctrine#:~:text=Lawmakers%20became%20concerned%20that%20the,on%20issues%20of%20public%20importance. 
* https://www.home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web#:~:text=Tim%20Berners%2DLee%2C%20a%20British,and%20institutes%20around%20the%20world. 
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/11/01/how-internet-lost-its-soul/ 
* https://awfulannouncing.com/
* https://frontofficesports.com/the-spread-of-sports-misinformation-on-x-is-increasingly-apparent/
* https://progressive.org/op-eds/weve-always-known-fox-news-isnt-news-whitney-230309/ 
* https://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5 
* https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/technology/whistle-blower-facebook-frances-haugen.html 
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0224-y 
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/23/shams-charania-fanduel-draft/ 
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/23/shams-charania-fanduel-draft/
* And Richard Rorty

Here is some of the music used in this video:

B - Somber Ballads by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400012

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/