I was watching Around the Horn and the panel was talking about steroids in baseball again and Manny Ramirez visitng the Dodgers. During the discussion, it was mentioned that fans don't care about steroids in baseball anymore. The panelists however, all maintained that they wanted to see Manny sit and answer questions about his steroid use (alleged) for a half an hour at the least in order to feel like they have contrition from Manny. I have two problems with that.
Number one, if the fans feel this is no longer an issue, why are you going to try and force us to really care about this? No one is really crying because some dude went and got some roids and we still want to see the games. The issue is done. Why do these journalists need to try and get every detail of steroid use. They can't figure out how it happens? It is pretty well documented.
Then there is this idea that he must feel contrite or sorry for what he did. He doesn't. He knew what he was doing and is dealing with the consequences. This idea that we have to apologize to your level of satisfaction has to stop. To be holding on to the "issue" until you feel someone has personally come and kissed your feet is a terribly selfish idea and as a journalist, you need to move beyond your own personal need for justification and report the story as is and not make the story yourself.
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