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This is a fair assessment, and a complaint many have with the media. Sports provide a wide variety of subject matter, but outlets only tend to key in on train wrecks, so to speak.
We weren’t the story anymore. They were on to the next thing. Stephen A. didn’t really stick around. I guess he had a plane to catch. Believe me, I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure he doesn’t come back for the same reason.
Needless to say, Smith caught wind of Carter-Williams’ comments and sounded off on his Sirius NBA Radio show on Friday.
But Smith did not leave it there. He then took to Twitter to reemphasize his point.
It’s rather quite remarkable. Professional athletes deal with criticism on a daily basis, from both media and fans. But because they make millions of dollars, we expect them to not respond and keep about their business. But when a popular critic receives criticism from a player, he sounds off ad nauseam about how said criticism is misinformed and incorrect.
It’s pretty easy to see from Carter-Williams’ article that he is using Smith as an example while generalizing the media.
Yes, Stephen A. Smith gets paid to do this, but like Carter-Williams, he too makes the big bucks. Shouldn’t he be able to brush off criticism like the majority of the athletes he criticizes?
