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...answer this, we need to understand why media outlets form their own, unique biases. Research has shown that people tend to watch news from media outlets which share their own opinions. That means it’s in the interest of media companies to stray from absolute neutrality. Slant the news a little, and you’ve instantly differentiated your newspaper or TV station from the competition. Add headlines more sensationalized and jingoistic than your competitors, and you’ve instantly beaten them. Wooden information-deliverers like Carol Marin don’t stand a chance against...
...hodgepodge of characters I played with had more true diversity than Harvard’s exemplary student body. Incredibly talented, experienced players played shoulder to shoulder with uncoordinated rookies who made catching a slant look like rocket science. I took the field with middle-aged men who had children and regular jobs, a crazy eighteen-year-old linebacker who’d already suffered six concussions (apparently he once broke his helmet, got knocked out, was carted off the field in a stretcher, and then ran back on the field, strapped on his badly broken helmet, and kept playing, again...
Holy Cross’ defense had clamped down to force a Harvard punt from the end zone and the Crusaders were driving deep inside Crimson territory. O’Neil found receiver Sean Gruber ahead of his coverage running a slant across midfield. The two connected and Gruber appeared to be headed for paydirt, a score that would have drawn Holy Cross within a touchdown...
Mazza similarly turned a 10-yard slant across the middle into an 88-yard touchdown...
Fitzpatrick and the first-team offense showed their ability to strike quickly, as the quarterback connected with Mazza on two touchdown strikes, including a 10-yard slant that Mazza broke for an 88-yard score...