Final topic for paper

My final thesis is: The media’s manipulation of stories about steroid use can be seen by the correlation between Barry Bonds steroid scandal and his poor treatment of media professionals in the past. The steps to my argument are to first show how Bonds has been treated by the media, and then compare it to how McGuire and Sosa were treated. Then I will explain how Bonds treated the media differently that McGuire and Sosa. Finally I will use this relationship to show why Barry Bonds received so much publicity in relations to the steroid scandal. My favorite source is Its Outta Here by Bill Gutman because it compares Bonds to many different players, and tries to analyze why things involving Barry Bonds have happened instead of just listing facts. One interesting thing that I learned about my topic was just how rude Bonds is to the media. I laughed when I read that Bonds called a reporter a midget.