From KOMO Senior News Reporter Chris Daniels, who cannot stay in his lane. I just don't get the desire to post incidental sports news when you are supposed to be breaking news stories.
"In scheduling news:
Defending FCS Champs Montana State visit the Kibbie Dome & Idaho on Friday, October 2nd in an ESPN nationally televised game.
Fresno State visits Washington State in Pullman on Saturday, October 3rd.
That will be a great weekend on the Palouse."
Sheesh..couldn't wait for this nonsense. Embarrassing.
Should we assume that Daniels will be there to cover those games?
ReplyDeleteNo, but TBH this is what you could best describe as click bait for Daniels' "X" audience. He has done this fairly regularly on his X feed over the years as he clearly has recognized that a lot of sports fans follow him on that platform (frankly, any smart Seattle sports fan especially those wanting the Sonics back, he is a must follow there).
DeleteI don't use "X", but if I did, I would follow Daniels there as, like it or not, he is the go-to reporter for coverage of the Sonics' potential return to Seattle. He has owned that story for years now.
DeleteSince sports fans do follow him there, it does make sense for him to post about sports sometimes, especially anything Sonics related. But this post feels like it should have come from KOMO's official Sports Director, Niko Tamurain. It would have made sense for him to post something like this since WSU is mentioned.
And that is a fair comment IDC.
DeleteYou’re drifting into full “get off my lawn” territory with these Daniels rants.
ReplyDeleteThis post is sports minutiae. MINUTIAE. His position at the station makes a post like this incongruous and obscure. In my opinion, it lessons his primary role of strong, serious reporting. By now, I can somewhat deal with his major posts on sports business, but this? Montana? FCS game in May? Kibble Dome? LOL. C'mon.
DeleteStrongly agree with you Wayne. Chris is the best though! Must be a relative involved?
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