{"id":3565,"date":"2008-09-08T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/09\/wtops-dave-johnson-putting-baltimore-first.html"},"modified":"2008-09-08T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T16:15:00","slug":"wtops-dave-johnson-putting-baltimore-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/09\/wtops-dave-johnson-putting-baltimore-first\/","title":{"rendered":"WTOP’s Dave Johnson: Putting Baltimore first"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, WTOP sports led with the Ravens win over Cincinatti and devoted the largest part of the sportscast to Baltimore’s football team. I’m pretty indifferent to the Ravens other than I am glad Baltimore got a NFL team again, even if they have to wear purple. I am not going to suggest that the NFL is not important, if the Redskins had played yesterday instead of Thursday, it would have made sense for them to lead off in sports. I will suggest though that local teams like the Nationals are more important than non-local teams like the Ravens. The Nationals came from behind and won in 14 innings yesterday<\/span><\/a> (The Post<\/span>) and are broadcasted by WTOP’s sister station WWWT.<\/p>\n

Even if you accept that non-local NFL games trump local MLB games, I would argue that the Ravens are not even the second most popular team in BeltwayLand. That position is probably held by the Giants with the Eagles, Jets, Steelers, possibly the Patriots and even Cowboys more popular than the Ravens, so why not focus on them if D.C. teams don’t matter too much? Perhaps sports director Dave Johnson’s bio<\/span><\/a> offers a hint:<\/p>\n

Before breaking into sports Johnson was a disc jockey at several stations in Baltimore. His first job was at a station that played Sinatra music and then he went on to “spin records” at rock and country stations.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Towson University…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is not a stretch to suggest that Johnson’s colors run purple & black and orange & black instead of red, white & blue and burgundy & gold. He is even wearing Ravens colors in his photo. It is an ongoing pro-Baltimore trend that also rewards the bad behavior by anti-Washington baseball owner Peter Angelo$. Johnson should shape up and focus on the real<\/i> home teams.<\/p>\n

Washington Nationals<\/a>, Nats<\/a>, WTOP<\/a>, Dave Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n

©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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