Unfortunately reporters don't just report, far from it, and players don't just play, far from it too. They both use the media as an instant world wide tool to market themselves, to influence personal agendas, express opinions that sell , not facts that don't, create controversy to gain clicks, force new contracts, force trades, leverage one team against the other for negotiations, on and on. This is a mega multi billion dollar monster fueled by the court of public opinion were perception is king in a media infected environment like twitter, facebook, TV, radio and thousand social media sites. The myth that reporters report and players just play sailed a long, long time ago. It's all about instant visibility, good or bad, right or wrong, fair or not.
