Hoopshype.com... Journalism? Or pure entertainment?

Hoopshype.com started off as a small website serving as news for basketball fans, has turned into a news source for not only fans, but for players, coaches, and even owners. It has become successful because it gives the reader what they want, up-to-minute information on trades, players and game stats. The three Spanish owners may not be big guru basketball fans, but they know their stuff. The websites success is based off the fact that news is constantly being updated. The owners work hand in hand with reliable journalists and other sports websites to give the information to the public. In some cases false information has be given, but those rumors only made the site more popular, because let’s admit it, everyone likes to read about a little scandal every now and then. I consider this website as journalism. It may not be the traditional journalism, but this is the era of the internet, when anyone with basic knowledge of typing/blogging can be a journalist. However, this website is not all about these three men sharing their ideas about the NBA, they have resources that compile the information for them, and all they have to do is put it on the site. I believe that hoopshype.com will have great success because it has already stabilized its foundation and dedication of readers. Not to say that there will not be any other site to come along, but hoopshype.com was the first success of its kind. It’s going to be around for a long time. I do not believe the founders of hoopshype.com are facing too many ethical issues. The only thing I can think of that would be considered unethical is posting false information, rumors. Readers of the site have nothing to really judge the credibility of the information that is posted on the site. They do know that there are reliable journalists that write for the site, but as for the information that is given, it is up to the reader to believe it or not. Like anything on the internet, anyone can write it, anyone can make it up, but it is up to the reader to absorb it, or disregard it.