It just doesn't make sense...

From The Nation:  LeBron James and the Quote Heard Round The World

LeBron James tells his truth...

“All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point.”

Then, some media cry out; Jalen Rose on ESPN...

 “He needs to learn to speak to the media. He puts his foot in his mouth time and time again.”

What do you want?  Someone who speaks their truth?  Or, predictable, doublespeak that's been vetted by PR representatives?
I'd rather know the truth of someone through their words than bully them into blandness.

(Next, I wonder why the media works against themselves so often...and I come to the following...)

The best interest of the media used to be shining a light on Truth. 
Now it's inciting a reaction - positive or negative, they don't care. 
Money is drawn to emotional reactions, not truth.
The only thing that's of interest to a corporation is Money.
Money has become more important than Truth in today's media/marketing/Wall Street world.

(Now, I'm thinking about corporations...)

A corporation doesn't support an idea or a government or a way of life.  A corporation will do business with anyone.  People run the corporation, but they run it as if it's separate from them; as if it doesn't reflect who they are.  They hide behind a concept of what a corporation is supposed to do or be.

Mom and Pop stores (and certainly there must be SOME corporations) put something else above the job of making money because it really DOES reflect who they are.  Their values are part of their money-making strategy. 

What if people became more like corporations?
Maybe they already are - media stars, sports stars, etc.

I don't think that's a good thing.
 
Maybe money really is the root of all evil.
 
(After writing this post I'm not sure what the main point would be...I just got led around by the ideas and couldn't sit with any of them long enough to write something more developed.  But honestly, I like the ideas.)
 
(And FYI - I don't really follow basketball.  Last I heard, LeBron James was a phenom high school athlete who transferred straight to the NBA.  Everyone had great hopes and I thought people liked him a lot.  He seemed nice enough when I saw him early on.  Now Cleveland's mad at him and people are saying bad things about him.  I don't get it.  Anyway - this post isn't really about LeBron James - the article about LeBron was the catalyst to begin thinking about broader issues.)