Why?
I've had enough of journalists or media members in sports fabricating stories out of nothing in relation to personal health issues, all in an attempt for clicks. Where is the integrity? The ethics? The morals? It's 2021, and I can't believe that we need to keep having these conversations, but here we are.
Why do I write this blog post? A Flyers beat writer named Sam Carchidi decided to write an "article" about how Carter Hart split with his long-time Sports Psychologist despite having no factual evidence or confirmed source to back it up
All in an attempt to smear Hart's image, the 22-year old goaltender in just his 3rd NHL season, because he's having a tough year in Philadelphia (a city known as "goaltender graveyard" among fans in the NHL). He then shamelessly shared it on twitter (3 separate times!) with "Source" as the tagline, as if this was a major story that every news outlet needs to hear. I'm going to keep this short and simple, but personal health matters have no business being shared as news in sports, in any way shape or form. Whether that's Steve Simmons making up a story about Phil Kessel eating hot dogs or sharing that Auston Matthews had covid before the team did, or this Flyers reporter mocking Hart's mental health, this has to stop. Athletes are people just like every fan and journalist, they are entitled to the privacy that we all have with our personal lives. Being a professional athlete and making millions of dollars doesn't just make it acceptable to treat them like this.
Carter Hart is an exceptional goalie and he doesn't deserve this treatment. Period.
End of Rant
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