The Boston media is a bunch of pricks. I have witnessed their handiwork for 45 years. There are some differences with the way they relate to this ownership group. Before this ownership, the media had more of the upper hand. The newspaper columnists were a small group, but a well established institution and they were kind of the only game in town. That dynamic has changed since the Sox have become a 24/7 media phenomenon. The press contingent is huge and they are competing with each other. Under past ownership, the press hammered players while they were with the Red Sox. For the most part, that has stopped. While a player is with the Sox, the press, for all intents and purposes, exercises a see no evil hear no evil approach, probably because they don't want to risk their access to players and management. After the players are gone, the press takes off the gloves. I think this is with the tacit approval of the FO which seems to be the most likely source of the leaks that are the basis for these stories.