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Deitsch on the Skip Bayless-ization of ESPN

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by H.L. Mencken, Dec 27, 2011.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Sub "network" for "show" and you'll have my stance on ESPN. If it's not a live sporting event (ESPYs do not count), I'm not watching any ESPN channel.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Dec 27, 2011
    #13
  2. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    I have never understood the garment-rending that results from ESPN's loudmouth shows. They're there to entertain, like the logo says.

    If you want "JOURNALISM!!!!!!" watch Outside the Lines, or the parts of E:60 that don't involve contrived discussions around the table.

    As for Bayless: his Cowboys book wasn't his finest hour (to say the least), but the man has had five jobs that even now would possibly be considered "destination" jobs. Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Dallas Morning News, ESPN.

    So dude obviously knows something of what he is doing. If he chooses to spend the rest of his career being well-paid to espouse and sell loud takes on a morning show that I can choose not to watch (and I do choose not to watch, but usually only when Rob Parker is on), more power to him.
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Dec 27, 2011
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  3. Fran Curci

    Fran Curci Well-Known Member

    Bay Area friends tell me Bayless was relatively under control in San Jose. That's my recollection, too.
     
    Fran Curci, Dec 28, 2011
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  4. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Compared to what he is now, yeah, you can say he was tame. I just thought there were better columnists out there. How, he's a loud-mouth who spouts nonsensical points. Then, he was just an idiot, IMO
     
    Spartan Squad, Dec 28, 2011
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  5. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Bayless's Cowboys books are a hell of a lot more entertaining than any of the aforementioned garbage on the network.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Dec 28, 2011
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  6. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    A show with Rob Parker and Skip Bayless is too much to take.
     
    Tarheel316, Dec 28, 2011
    #18
  7. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Hopefully they put Dana back on Sportscenter. She's better there than some of the others. She had actual, discernible talent.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Dec 28, 2011
    #19
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Anytime I stumble upon this show, I feel like I need a HazMat suit as I wade into a cesspool next to Three Mile Island. I too stay away from most ESPN shows other than live events. PTI, Outside the Lines, 360 and 30-for-30 movies are the exceptions, but that's quality stuff, not the nuclear wasteland that ESPN shows have been turned into.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 28, 2011
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  9. Editude

    Editude Active Member

    And compared to the MLB Network, ESPN's Baseball Tonight is unwatchable.
     
    Editude, Dec 28, 2011
    #21
  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Add Mark Madden and they could re-name the show "HELL"
     
    Mizzougrad96, Dec 28, 2011
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Piotr has it right. For all the effortful, predictable shouting here about ESPN programming, people continue to watch in great numbers. If you really want ESPN programming to change, stop watching it.
     
    Azrael, Dec 28, 2011
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  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Count me among the non-watchers. I'm doing my part!

    What's annoying to me is that the ESPN stable of analysts/commentators/blabbermouths has become so large that just about all the programs today are inbred productions. Cowherd's show, for all its other stupidity, is the only one on ESPN radio or TV that I can think of that regularly speaks to reporters outside the ESPN circle with its "spanning the globe" feature. Or at least it did the last time I heard it, which was several months ago.
     
    playthrough, Dec 28, 2011
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