is the New York Post national media?

Bart Hubbuch of the NYP is whining on Twitter that he can't go to Browns rookie minicamp because the Browns say they don't want a Tebow-like circus around Johnny Manziel. He claims the natioal media is barred from the rookie minicamp. In an ESPN.com article, some Browns PR guy says local media and probably some select national media will be allowed in.

Is the NYP actually national media? Sounds like some guy is just pissed to find out he's not as high up on the food chain as he thinks.

 

A New York paper wanting to cover a story in Cleveland probably counts as "national media" for Browns' PR purposes. You can buy the Post on newsstands hundreds of miles from New York, for whatever that's worth.

 

By all means he should be allowed to cover the story. Good story, good reporter. What's the problem? Has the NFL become so arrogant that it thinks it can pick and choose who gets to cover it? Pete Rozelle must be spinning in his grave. Even his initials were "P.R." Any story on Johnny Football in the middle of May will increase interest in the "product."

 

Yeah, the NFL is really missing an opportunity by not having the New York Post cover it. Where else could we possibly read about how Johnny Manziel's first workout went?

Your view of the league's PR needs is perfect for 1985. Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana, etc.

 

Well, yeah.

That line about Rozelle is foolish, by the way. You should retire it.

 

Exactly.

The league has its own network, and website. They can communicate directly with their audience, and don't need the media fucking up their message.

And, enough media is willing to buy into the league pedaled narrative in exchange for access.

 

New York tabs are read in N.Y. newsrooms and advertising and marketing offices and corporate HQs ... yes, national.

 

They're read in New York, so that makes them national?

Judges? It's all zeros for you!

 

FWIW, you could get the Post in Florida when I was down there last time... and do they still sell the Post in LA at some newsstands?

 

I can find a whole bunch of papers from here with this Internet doohinky.

 

Discussing serious subjects with people like you is like arguing with hecklers in the bleachers. Which side are you on -- the media's or the people obsructing the media" Maybe if you signed your real names, we might know. Yes, my take is perfect for 1985 --and 1965 and 2015. There was a time when boxing and horse racing were major sports. Now, they're on the fringe. Pro football, with its brain damage, gun-slingers and steroid-inflated freaks, may someday recede in popularity and publicity. Manziel is fascinating story for more than just his first workout. Did you see the piece "Deadspin" did on his family history? There's a lot more to be written than just how many guys can run a 4.4 40.