LAT sports columnist placed on leave

That’s just jaw-dropping on so many levels, from a stunningly widespread lack of ethical behavior to the paper’s willingness to expose what is, essentially, an absolute mess.

 

The hits just keep on coming with that story. I read it on the phone and every time I assumed it was about to end, another topic of ethical disgrace started up. The sports editor must go.
Management has been so reckless and inept that the rank and file reporters have taken it upon themselves to police the place.

 

That's a remarkable takedown of the LA Times by the LA Times.

This particularly floored me: Pearlstine, the Executive Editor, accuses a reporter of delivering a letter to the owner and claims her image was captured on surveillance video. It wasn't her; he lied about the video. How on earth does that asshole still have a job?

Honestly, that newsroom seems like a disaster on every single level.

 

No, it actually isn't, apparently. (See the first sentence of your post).

 

The stagnancy of newspaper wages and work environments, coupled with the overall outside negative view of the journalism industry, and the increased emphasis on branding in sports media will absolutely have situations like this becoming more common.

In fact, it's already here. Clay Travis and Jason Whitlock don't care about ethics. They see someone or something they don't like and go on the attack.

Barstool doesn't know the meaning of ethics, as evidenced by their special blend of misogyny and internet trolling.

Those are two have audiences larger than many major market, professional news outlets. And there are others like them with no sign of the appeal waning.

 

When I was at ESPN I covered the grand opening of the NBA suite at the Palms hotel and as part of that I was given a Palm’s jersey with my name printed on the back. For whatever reason I really liked that piece of swag so I smuggled it home. I was so worried about breaking ESPN Protocol that I felt like I was smuggling heroin across the border.
Man was I naive!

 

Sounds like the perfect gig for him. None of those nasty ethics thingys to fret over.

 

I wonder if he will try and continue his "I was never welcome at the LA Times" narrative like he did in the article

 

For the life of me, I can't figure out why he's a thing.