I am not sure why some athletes feel like it’s the media’s job to just kiss their ass 24/7. Maybe it is because some media are like that and are nothing more than groupies.
When you win, good stuff will be reported about you, when you lose, media will talk about you losing (and to a lesser extent you being a domestic abuser, but I digress).
Rousey is very sensitive.
Here is what Dana White had to say about her feelings being hurt after she took an L.
“Her biggest issues in my opinion were with the media,” he said. “She just felt like the media completely turned on her when she lost. Not abandoned but felt attacked,” White said. “She felt like these people in the media that she gave three years of her life cruising around, giving interviews to, completely turned on her when she lost. Listen, I’ve been doing this for 16 years and I’ve had my moments with the media. The media can irritate you and if you go through something traumatic like she did with losing and everything else and you have to listen to some of the things that are being written and said, I get it.”
No one attacked her, they just reported what was happening. The media by in large has protected her and that is probably why she felt abandoned.