I like espn. Sportscenter, NFL coverage, nba on espn, MLB tonight, PTI and outside the lines are great to have on when I'm working, reading or just lounging around. I don;t watch their shows that don't appeal to me, such as first take, anything with Jemele hill, amin elhassan, stephen a smith, skip bayless before, or anything similar. Loved going to read great articles by many great reporters, though the insider thing was super annoying. Agree that it was definitely bloated. Their plan to overtake local sport media in NY, Dallas, Chicago, SF bay area etc was a failure evident by the cutting of Ethan Strauss and Calvin Watkin among others whom were team designated reporters. The cuts wont affect me to much as a viewer, listener, reader, but I'm sure ill miss reading a stark article or a inciteful strauss (whom i find annoying but a very good reporter) article or a few others. Hope they all find similarly rewarding jobs like the ones they've lost today at espn.
ESPN became too much like the CNN of sports. The bias was too obvious. Trying to brainwash the average sports fan. It was also getting too big. People these days don't sit in front of a tv with sports center on waiting for a highlight. They just go to NBA.com or NFL.com and watch it there. Or DVR it. People also don't care a lot about what these analysts have to say anymore.
Someone remarked that all the REAL Journalist are getting bumped more Style over Substance is remaining and probably more coming I don't watch but do you all feel this way? Rocket River
Oh I know. It also explains why radio stations fire people like Charlie Palillo and hire people like Josh Innes.
This is awful but so is spending money on something called ESPNW (when nobody cares) just so you don't get into any trouble. ESPN is responsible for their own demise.
The ad revenue ESPN missed out on from you not clicking those stories is like spitting in the ocean of insane broadcasting rights and cancelled cable subscriptions. But, that's never stopped a good old persecution complex.
While I think some on the right are overplaying the liberal demise of ESPN, I do think it has some impact on the bottom line. As an often listener, I will definitely change the station once someone like Bomani Jones or Dan LeBetard (whose shows I generally love) starts going off on a tangent with respect to bathroom politics. Sometimes I hang around for their thoughts on race because I find them interesting and often well done, and other times I change the station because they are just hackneyed arguments. Just kind of depends on how it's being done. And I wouldn't mind the political talk as much if they hadn't so clearly chosen a side as if there were no salient points from the other side. I just kind of say to myself, thanks for the lecture ESPN, and then change the channel. Just smacks of big corporate group-think. Again, this is all part of water in an ocean, but I do think its more than just a drop, probably like a small to medium sized gulf.
it doesn't because the cord cutting phenomena and millennials who don't watch tv are the main reason but even myself which is neither watches less because they annoy the **** out of me. as soon as one of their talents goes social, political, etc... I change the channel. so at the very least they hurt their neilsen ratings and advertising so shouldn't lean in any direction, only sports.
