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- Women in Parliament Push for Space, IPSNews.net, June 1, 2009.

3. Dwight Howard, you do not get to have it both ways.

The center was in Paris recently, part of a promotional tour by Adidas, and said the Magic do not get enough love from the American media. It was part of an interview with the French magazine Reverse, transcribed by web site TalkBasket.

“I really think we get no love at all, to be honest. But that’s ok. We want to be respected by the teams we play and that’s the only thing that matters. The media can pick whoever they want to win the title, but the team that wins the title is the team that plays. The media doesn’t play a game. I’m pretty sure nobody thought that the Dallas Mavericks were ever going to win the title this year. It’s not about what anybody else says. It’s about what you believe. I believe in myself and in my team. We’ll bring our team to the top, then we will get some respect.”

Is there any player on the planet that doesn’t think the media is out to get them? That their team doesn’t get enough love?

Here’s a little clue: “the media” doesn’t love or hate anyone, not really. “The media” is not some mindless, faceless entity. We’re a bunch of people looking for stories to tell. Stories that people will read. How you react emotionally to said stories depends on your perspective. From your perspective Dwight, look at it this way: Give us good stores to tell (like the year you made the finals), you feel loved. You get knocked out of the playoffs by the Atlanta Hawks, you probably won’t like the stories we tell. It’s not rocket science.