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[justindew]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Instead of standing up for the industry so many of the racing media just reprising the same crap about the "dying" sport and too much medication and breeding for too much speed, etc. Perhaps they may actually look at each issue from more than one viewpoint but I guess that would take too much work.

I am by no means an industry insider, but...

Based on things I have witnessed firsthand during Derby Week the last two years, it is clear to me that the racing media knows where it's bread is buttered, so to speak. So while I agree that sometimes their methods and motives SEEM questionable, I think in the end, the racing media operates with the long-term interests of the industry in mind.

Or at least they THINK they have the industry's long-term interest in mind. Usually I don't think the industry itself knows what is in it's long-term interests. But that's another issue.

But then again, my exposure to the inner workings of the industry is limited mainly to Derby Week and the Derby itself. That being said, it seems to me that the racing media is very weary about reporting or stating anything that could ultimately damage the industry.