There was an article from a Miami newspaper that said the same thing. Sports talk radio agreed this morning, but as the day progressed, it sounds as though they were given the word to not bash the officials, because they unexplainedly changed their opinion.
I found the constant profiles of the Steeler team members to be completely offensive and indicative of the prejudice against Seattle. If you read the USA Today article, profiling the two teams, you get an idea of what they were thinking, that Seattle isn't a real "football" kind of city and didn't deserve to win. Kind of like, Clinton Powell isn't a real Black, Gonzalez isn't a real Hispanic. The article claimed that while Seattlites drink lattes, Pittsburgh fans drink Iron City.
"I found the constant profiles of the Steeler team members to be completely offensive and indicative of the prejudice against Seattle."
That's the funniest statement I've read all day-there was a BLATANT bias against the Steelers in ALL of the coverage of every single post-season game. The entire SB pregame show can be basically summed up as "Steelers-mean, trash talking and overrated, Seahawks, nice, quiet underdogs not getting the respect they deserve." It was obvious the media was working itself all up for a big upset which they DIDN'T get-that's why we're seeing this backlash now.
I guarantee you-if that offensive pass interference was committted by a Steeler and it WASN'T called, we'd be hearing the exact same whining we're hearing now. It has nothing to do with the calls themselves, there is nothing there to indicate that these calls were even WRONG, let alone intentionally biased.