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More Cuts at ESPN

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Doc Holliday, Mar 7, 2017.

  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I wanted more of his pop culture opinions. Calling DeNiro "a sellout piece of shit" begs for more.
     
  2. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member


    Anti-DeNiro while essentially calling the Mafia “very fine people.”
     
  3. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

  4. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I watched about 13 seconds of Ravens-Colts last night, and had to turn the channel.
    Tess was very good with Gilmore on late night, west coast college football.
    Monday Night Football is a totally different animal.
     
  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Tessitore reminds me very much of Brad Nessler, who is another one who I think adores the sound of his own voice.
     
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  6. lcjjdnh

    lcjjdnh Well-Known Member

    Enjoyed The Ringer article. Thanks to those who flagged it.
     
  7. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

  8. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Man, Rotillo has become a jacked up meathead.
     
  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Rotillo is one of the better name screwups I’ve seen around here.

    ESPN is in the midst of a massive culture reshift under Pitaro. My sense is there’s almost no way back, either. The “sports media” media, what little of that there is, is unabsashedly liberal (especially Deitsch) and frankly loved the direction Skipper had taken the company, ratings be damned. Reversing those trends will not only not be celebrated, it’ll be characterized by Deadspin as “rolling over” for the NFL. It’ll be uncool - perhaps the worst thing for a liberal to be.

    ESPN isn’t gonna win this PR battle.
     
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  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    oy
     
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  11. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    Clay Travis must laugh his ass off every time he finds someone parroting his "ESPN is liberal" shtick.
     
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  12. lcjjdnh

    lcjjdnh Well-Known Member

    Aren’t there (at least)* two different questions?

    (1) Is ESPN liberal? And while of course there are personalities and executives who are not, I think it’s hard to deny there was somewhat of a drift in that direction.

    (2) Did ESPN lose viewers and subscribers because of this (perceived) liberal shift? This is where Travis is further out on the deep end of speculation, since it seems more likely these declines relate to general industry trends. (Except perhaps to the extend the frayed relationship with NFL led to crappier selection of games and therefore lower ratings.)

    * There are more but I’m not going set out every permutation.
     
    Last edited: Aug 22, 2018
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