Grantland

Unless you know what Grantland prior to reading this, then you're probably thinking it's a town somewhere in the middle of the country with a population barely above 1500. If you thought that, you're wrong. I'm not even sure if Grantland is a physical place, but that's besides the point. Grantland is sports blog that I've been following, and its purpose is to inform people of whats going on in the sports world with a little added opinions to their pieces. Their audience is people like me who have an interest in whats going on in the sports world and/or people who are just interested in hearing what other people have to say about pressing stories in sports. There are many authors who post stories to these blogs and they all have an general interest in sports, but more specifically they are all incredibly biased in one way or another. This is the only scenario I can think of where bias isn't a bad thing. For instance, Bill Simmons wrote a lengthy piece about his view of the teams that were picked for the upcoming NBA All Star Game. When comparing Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and Andrew Bynum of the Lakers for starters for the West squad he said, "He's averaging a 15-10 for Memphis; Bynum is averaging a 17-12 for the Lakers. But Gasol means more to his team. I really believe that. And also, I fucking hate the Lakers." This is the example of good bias because it doesn't impact the informative aspect of the story, it just shows the opinions of the author.