The main reason sports fans say they dislike the media is because they view reporters and sports personalities as having an “agenda.� While I’d like to defend the profession by saying most try their best to be unbiased and give both sides of a story, I have to admit that those who cover athletes often get too close to them to have any objectivity. This happens even with the best in the business.

Case in point; Peter King sounding foolish this morning trying to defend Brett Favre. And I like Peter King. I enjoy listening to and reading him because he’s well-connected and usually brings a fresh, outsider’s perspective to a Patriots fan base growing increasingly yahoo.

When discussing the ripping Favre is getting for waiting so long to announce his intentions for the upcoming season, King actually said something to the effect of; well, Packers management told him to take all the time he needed to make his decision. No one told him to decide before the draft.

No one told him to decide before the draft? Are you kidding me? How many hits to the helmet does it take before you forget that the team you play for, a team that’s rewarded you quite handsomely I might add, needs to know if its highest paid player at the most important position will actually retire before it goes into the biggest weekend of the off-season?

Now, I’m sure Brett Favre has given King plenty of good scoops through the years, but he loses a ton of credibility by defending his actions, especially with that lame excuse.

Frankly, I think Favre is the most overrated player in the history of the NFL. He’s 22-interceptions shy of breaking the all-time record, and his biggest moment in the last 10-years was a cameo in There’s Something About Mary. His recent behavior is incredibly selfish and an insult to the Packers and the most loyal and rabid football fans in the country.

Perhaps that’s why in a recent poll cited by King, a Wisconsin newspaper poll with about 11,000 respondents, 81% said the Packers should trade Brett Favre. King, no doubt, was part of the 19%.

What are your thoughts on Favre? Should he have made his intentions known sooner? Should he retire and spare himself the indignity of breaking the dubious record? Would Cameron Diaz even give him a second look after his pathetic performance last year?

And what about those of us in the media? What drives you nuts about the way we go about our jobs? Who are the worst offenders? Who are the ones you like?