Second Blog (Last Straw for the Browns)

This past week Cleveland sports fans received some of the most depressing news that they have in quite some while. The Cleveland Browns decided to trade away Trent Richardson who was the only elite player our offense has seen in years. The trade happened after he only played 17 games for the football club and his rookie season stats were resembled that of Jim Brown who is regarded as the best running back of all-time. This display of ignorance by the Browns was the last straw for many fans and they took to social media to display their disgust of the decision. Twitter and Facebook were flooded with rants and complaints from fans of all ages. Even youtube was receiving hits of videos of analysts and reporters dialing in their two cents about the preposterous trade. This shows how social media gives people a voice to air out their opinions and let the world know how  they feel. The reports were receiving attention from the organization and in that the Browns attempted to clear the air about their intentions. This still didn't sit well with fans as many have declared their love for the Browns to be terminated with this decision. The social media aspect of this though helped spread the hate in this situation. When fans saw other fans voicing their opinions and disgust it inspired them to do the same. This is what resulted in the avalanche of news about the deal that happened. Without the social media, uninformed fans could have been indifferent about the topic. But because they could see experts claiming that it was a bad trade it influenced them to believe that it was  too. This happens often with news and social media and biased reports often help influence people because it is what the common person sees daily.