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What is going on in Washington?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by MeanGreenATO, Jul 16, 2020.

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  1. SoloFlyer

    SoloFlyer Well-Known Member

    Indeed, though I didn't see anyone from The Athletic hyping it up beforehand. Perhaps there was concern that the outlet was too close to the incident, since it involved one its own? Not sure I buy that, but that could be the thought.

    As far as the problematic journalists, it's been my experience that it's mostly local radio and TV reporters. They were the most prominent hypers with this story, though there were others. It's been my experience that many local TV/radio crews are more concerned with access than investigative work. I'm not absolving print/web/national broadcasters. And not every local TV/radio crew does it. It's just been my experience.
     
    SoloFlyer, Jul 17, 2020
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  2. SoloFlyer

    SoloFlyer Well-Known Member

    SoloFlyer, Jul 17, 2020
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  3. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Good story.

    I imagine The Athletic stayed out of it to give respect to the writer - personally, I found what happened to her to be among the worst things, just a shocking diminishment of a professional journalist.
     
    Alma, Jul 17, 2020
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    There was way more to that story than Rhiannon Walker's sexual harassment incident. The WaPo story documents a pattern with multiple incidents, and the reporting involved interviews with more than 40 current and former employees and a review of text messages and internal company documents. The Athletic was probably aware of just the incident involving their reporter, but not aware of the rest of it. I can see them not going public with a story about one of their reporters saying she was sexually harassed. What they had was one incident that makes them part of the story, involving just one person in the organization. What the WaPo put together runs through the entire organization and involves a lot of incidents.
     
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    The Big Ragu, Jul 17, 2020
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  5. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I read the story.

    I'm gonna guess bits and pieces of it were known by lots of journalists. The key was getting someone to go on the record - which the Post did.
     
    Alma, Jul 17, 2020
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    That is my sense, too, but who knows? I get the feeling everyone knew bits and pieces of shitty little things, but the two WaPo reporters were the ones who went out and did the work to put it all together. I know a lot of people were disappointed because of the way the thing was teased by a bunch of people on twitter creating silly expectations. But it's a very damning story about the culture within the organization, and it's pretty well done. They did a fine job in piecing it all together.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 17, 2020
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  7. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    A timeline on this would be fascinating. It started with national and other DC media and then spread to fanboi Twitter, where the allegations became more and more disturbing -- sexual assault vs. sexual harassment -- and specific (and false.)
     
    tapintoamerica, Jul 17, 2020
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  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    The Athletic knew about the incidents and went to the team, this is covered in the Post story.

     
    wicked, Jul 17, 2020
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  9. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    It also appears that D.C. is the first to officially kick high school football to the spring, so that's the other thing going on in Washington.
     
    JayFarrar, Jul 17, 2020
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  10. JimmyHoward33

    JimmyHoward33 Well-Known Member

    not to thread jack but how the F is that supposed to work alongside baseball and lacrosse
     
    JimmyHoward33, Jul 17, 2020
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  11. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Washington Post sez ...

    Winter sports — basketball and indoor track — will be the first teams tentatively planning to be back in action, with practices scheduled to begin Dec. 14 and games ranging from Jan. 4 to Feb. 28.
    Fall sports — cross-country, football, volleyball and soccer — are scheduled to get underway Feb. 1, with games starting Feb. 22 and concluding April 16.
    Spring sports — baseball, softball, tennis, ultimate disc, chess and track and field — are set to start March 29.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...ostpones-fall-sports-plans-football-february/
     
    JayFarrar, Jul 20, 2020
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  12. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    wicked, Jul 20, 2020
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