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ESPN gets its butt kicked by CNN in covering the Joe Paterno firing
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TMC
Nov 10, 2011, 4:53:28 PM11/10/11
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http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserably.php
The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
readily admits.
http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2011/11/front-center-norby-williamson/
http://espn.go.com/blog/poynterreview/post/_/id/168/espn-stumbles-with-penn-state-coverage
From the Poynter Institute, ESPN Ombudsmen Jason C. Fry and Kelly
McBride are highly critical of the Alleged Worldwide Leader’s early
coverage of the scandal.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/november/poor-showing-by-cnn-btn-espn-in-live-coverage-of-paternomeanwhile-twitter-dominates.html
Ben Koo from Awful Announcing critiques last night’s coverage from
CNN, ESPN and Big Ten Network.
http://fangsbites.com/2011/11/penn-state-media-coverage-links-thoughts/
As far as the television coverage has been concerned, it’s been
spotty. ESPN wants to be known as the leader when it comes to breaking
news in sports, but it was caught dead to right when the Sandusky
surfaced. At first, people were questioning if ESPN was protecting
interests as it did a couple of years ago with the Ben Roethlisberger
alleged sexual assault. But as the story ramped up on Monday, ESPN
sent reporters to the scene, trying to blanket the Penn State campus.
However, ESPN continued to use its analysts like Kirk Herbstreit via
the phone to talk about the story.
It also had the memorable scene of PSU alum Matt Millen breaking down
on SportsCenter in front of anchor Chris McKendry on Tuesday following
the school’s cancellation of a weekly press conference involving Coach
Paterno. But ESPN’s constant promotion of that emotional breakdown
seemed as if the network was trying to exploit that moment and create
news.
On Wednesday when the PSU Board of Trustees called a press conference
at 10 p.m. ET, ESPN had trouble with its borrowed live truck and had
to rely on a phone to get sound to viewers. It was quite bizarre
hearing the announcement of the firing via static phone signal while
video of the coach was being played on the screen.
It was CNN that had live pictures and also the start of the student
gathering on the Penn State campus, then to downtown State College. As
noted earlier, anchor Isha Sesay was a little bewildered about
football, however, remember CNN is a news network, not a sports
network. Also, Anderson Cooper 360° is aired not only in the US, but
around the world on CNN International, so I can give Isha a pass for
her lack of knowledge on American sports. But during its coverage of
the breaking story, CNN was on top of the press conference, the start
of the riots and interviews with local reporters and college football
writers until it broke away around midnight to go to political
coverage. During the two hours CNN and ESPN simultaneously carried the
story, I give the edge to CNN by a wide margin.
In the moments after the Board of Trustees press conference, ESPN
chose not to show pictures of the students’ groundswell and instead
went to dueling analysts. The story was the growing number of students
on campus and then into town, not talking with Matt Millen, Kirk
Herbstreit, Chris Fowler and Rece Davis.
Later, ESPN did go to reporters on the ground, but it was handicapped
by a lack of live pictures from the scene whether it was in State
College or at Joe Paterno’s house where the coach gave statements to
the media. ESPN had to depend on footage from outside the Disney
family, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, NBC’s regional sports network
and KYW, a CBS owned-and-operated station. While ABC Radio’s Aaron
Katersky and in-house reporter John Barr were big assets in ESPN’s
coverage, Tom Rinaldi and ABC’s Mi Seon Lee were not as both seemed to
be stationed at the wrong locations to be effective.
The only demerit in CNN’s coverage was bringing in media opportunist
Dr. Phil to discuss the Sandusky case with Anderson Cooper. While Dr.
Phil may have said something substantial on the story, it appeared
excessive to have him interviewed.
And the Big Ten Network did have coverage on Wednesday, but when it
needed to step up big, the channel chose to air a “classic” game
instead of the Board of Trustees press conference. Big Ten Network is
not a bastion of journalism, but I do expect it to air some press
conferences when it had the opportunity.
But the most bizarre moment was at 1 a.m. ET when ESPN was re-airing
KYW footage of the Board of Trustees press conference when it switched
without warning to NBA Commissioner David Stern announcing the Lockout
negotiations would continue into Thursday. No comments from anchors
Steve Levy or Stuart Scott, just a sudden switch. You could not make
that up.
Overall, the TV coverage has been above average. ESPN which is
expected to step up in breaking stories only did so late. Its
resources have not been put to good use and lack of live pictures last
night were telling. It still has time to make a dent in the coverage,
but right now, I’m depending on the old fashioned print outlets to
provide the stories.
The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
readily admits.
http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2011/11/front-center-norby-williamson/
http://espn.go.com/blog/poynterreview/post/_/id/168/espn-stumbles-with-penn-state-coverage
From the Poynter Institute, ESPN Ombudsmen Jason C. Fry and Kelly
McBride are highly critical of the Alleged Worldwide Leader’s early
coverage of the scandal.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/november/poor-showing-by-cnn-btn-espn-in-live-coverage-of-paternomeanwhile-twitter-dominates.html
Ben Koo from Awful Announcing critiques last night’s coverage from
CNN, ESPN and Big Ten Network.
http://fangsbites.com/2011/11/penn-state-media-coverage-links-thoughts/
As far as the television coverage has been concerned, it’s been
spotty. ESPN wants to be known as the leader when it comes to breaking
news in sports, but it was caught dead to right when the Sandusky
surfaced. At first, people were questioning if ESPN was protecting
interests as it did a couple of years ago with the Ben Roethlisberger
alleged sexual assault. But as the story ramped up on Monday, ESPN
sent reporters to the scene, trying to blanket the Penn State campus.
However, ESPN continued to use its analysts like Kirk Herbstreit via
the phone to talk about the story.
It also had the memorable scene of PSU alum Matt Millen breaking down
on SportsCenter in front of anchor Chris McKendry on Tuesday following
the school’s cancellation of a weekly press conference involving Coach
Paterno. But ESPN’s constant promotion of that emotional breakdown
seemed as if the network was trying to exploit that moment and create
news.
On Wednesday when the PSU Board of Trustees called a press conference
at 10 p.m. ET, ESPN had trouble with its borrowed live truck and had
to rely on a phone to get sound to viewers. It was quite bizarre
hearing the announcement of the firing via static phone signal while
video of the coach was being played on the screen.
It was CNN that had live pictures and also the start of the student
gathering on the Penn State campus, then to downtown State College. As
noted earlier, anchor Isha Sesay was a little bewildered about
football, however, remember CNN is a news network, not a sports
network. Also, Anderson Cooper 360° is aired not only in the US, but
around the world on CNN International, so I can give Isha a pass for
her lack of knowledge on American sports. But during its coverage of
the breaking story, CNN was on top of the press conference, the start
of the riots and interviews with local reporters and college football
writers until it broke away around midnight to go to political
coverage. During the two hours CNN and ESPN simultaneously carried the
story, I give the edge to CNN by a wide margin.
In the moments after the Board of Trustees press conference, ESPN
chose not to show pictures of the students’ groundswell and instead
went to dueling analysts. The story was the growing number of students
on campus and then into town, not talking with Matt Millen, Kirk
Herbstreit, Chris Fowler and Rece Davis.
Later, ESPN did go to reporters on the ground, but it was handicapped
by a lack of live pictures from the scene whether it was in State
College or at Joe Paterno’s house where the coach gave statements to
the media. ESPN had to depend on footage from outside the Disney
family, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, NBC’s regional sports network
and KYW, a CBS owned-and-operated station. While ABC Radio’s Aaron
Katersky and in-house reporter John Barr were big assets in ESPN’s
coverage, Tom Rinaldi and ABC’s Mi Seon Lee were not as both seemed to
be stationed at the wrong locations to be effective.
The only demerit in CNN’s coverage was bringing in media opportunist
Dr. Phil to discuss the Sandusky case with Anderson Cooper. While Dr.
Phil may have said something substantial on the story, it appeared
excessive to have him interviewed.
And the Big Ten Network did have coverage on Wednesday, but when it
needed to step up big, the channel chose to air a “classic” game
instead of the Board of Trustees press conference. Big Ten Network is
not a bastion of journalism, but I do expect it to air some press
conferences when it had the opportunity.
But the most bizarre moment was at 1 a.m. ET when ESPN was re-airing
KYW footage of the Board of Trustees press conference when it switched
without warning to NBA Commissioner David Stern announcing the Lockout
negotiations would continue into Thursday. No comments from anchors
Steve Levy or Stuart Scott, just a sudden switch. You could not make
that up.
Overall, the TV coverage has been above average. ESPN which is
expected to step up in breaking stories only did so late. Its
resources have not been put to good use and lack of live pictures last
night were telling. It still has time to make a dent in the coverage,
but right now, I’m depending on the old fashioned print outlets to
provide the stories.
Dennis J
Nov 10, 2011, 5:37:02 PM11/10/11
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hey, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com>'s been through solid matter, for crying
out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled
his molecules...
>http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserably.php
>
>The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
>story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
>readily admits.
CNN is like the AP, they have always had affiliates across the
country, in some markets two or even three stations. ESPN is seen more
of Competition to local T.V. not a partner. That said BigTen Network
(FOX) shoulda had at least one crew covering that, BUT sometimes Fox
Affiliates are at best second rate. Unless they were big in Football
before Fox got the NFC.
this brief explaination of Broadcasting was brought to you by the
letters P and U and the Number 96.
You're Welcome.
oh and ESPN would rather lead the story than Lead with a Story.
--
"It’s been so difficult to get out of this recession because of the disequilibrium in the real economy.”" -- Paul Volcker
"Education is the progressive discovery of our own Ignorance" Will Durant
"One can't have a sense of perspective without a sense of Humor" -- Wayne Thiboux
"the Glass is not only half full, it has been delicious so far!!" -- ME
To reply, SCRAPE off the end bits.
out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled
his molecules...
>http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserably.php
>
>The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
>story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
>readily admits.
country, in some markets two or even three stations. ESPN is seen more
of Competition to local T.V. not a partner. That said BigTen Network
(FOX) shoulda had at least one crew covering that, BUT sometimes Fox
Affiliates are at best second rate. Unless they were big in Football
before Fox got the NFC.
this brief explaination of Broadcasting was brought to you by the
letters P and U and the Number 96.
You're Welcome.
oh and ESPN would rather lead the story than Lead with a Story.
--
"It’s been so difficult to get out of this recession because of the disequilibrium in the real economy.”" -- Paul Volcker
"Education is the progressive discovery of our own Ignorance" Will Durant
"One can't have a sense of perspective without a sense of Humor" -- Wayne Thiboux
"the Glass is not only half full, it has been delicious so far!!" -- ME
To reply, SCRAPE off the end bits.
TimV
Nov 10, 2011, 9:12:36 PM11/10/11
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On 11/10/11 4:37 PM, Dennis J wrote:
> hey, TMC<tmc...@gmail.com>'s been through solid matter, for crying
> out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled
> his molecules...
>
>> http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserably.php
>>
>> The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
>> story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
>> readily admits.
>
> CNN is like the AP, they have always had affiliates across the
> country, in some markets two or even three stations. ESPN is seen more
> of Competition to local T.V. not a partner. That said BigTen Network
> (FOX) shoulda had at least one crew covering that, BUT sometimes Fox
> Affiliates are at best second rate. Unless they were big in Football
> before Fox got the NFC.
>
> this brief explaination of Broadcasting was brought to you by the
> letters P and U and the Number 96.
>
> You're Welcome.
>
> oh and ESPN would rather lead the story than Lead with a Story.
> --
Yeah, it isn't reasonable to expect ESPN to have people in place to
> hey, TMC<tmc...@gmail.com>'s been through solid matter, for crying
> out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled
> his molecules...
>
>> http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserably.php
>>
>> The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
>> story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
>> readily admits.
>
> CNN is like the AP, they have always had affiliates across the
> country, in some markets two or even three stations. ESPN is seen more
> of Competition to local T.V. not a partner. That said BigTen Network
> (FOX) shoulda had at least one crew covering that, BUT sometimes Fox
> Affiliates are at best second rate. Unless they were big in Football
> before Fox got the NFC.
>
> this brief explaination of Broadcasting was brought to you by the
> letters P and U and the Number 96.
>
> You're Welcome.
>
> oh and ESPN would rather lead the story than Lead with a Story.
> --
cover such a minor story with only a week's notice. Plus, unlike CNN,
ESPN is not part of a large media conglomerate that has an affiliate in
every television market in the U.S. If only it could be snagged up by
ABC and then by some huge company like Disney so that they could have
the resources to truly cover sports news. Until then, we'll just have to
be content with a little boutique sports station out of Bristol and
dream of its future.
T
T
RichA
Nov 11, 2011, 12:18:14 PM11/11/11
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On Nov 10, 4:53 pm, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserab...
these professions. Doesn't do much for the likes of ESPN when their
pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
pedophile faggot heroes
> http://outkickthecoverage.com/espns-penn-state-coverage-fails-miserab...
>
> The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
> story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
> readily admits.
>
No doubt sport is rife with this stuff since predatory fags seek out
> The Worldwide Leader in Sports treated last night's big breaking news
> story as if it was a big event for radio, not TV — something that ESPN
> readily admits.
>
these professions. Doesn't do much for the likes of ESPN when their
pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
pedophile faggot heroes
Antonio Veranos
Nov 11, 2011, 12:21:20 PM11/11/11
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[RichA, rande...@gmail.com]
[Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:18:14 -0800 (PST)]
: No doubt sport is rife with this stuff since predatory fags seek out
--
Antonio Veranos
<insert witty comment here>
[Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:18:14 -0800 (PST)]
: No doubt sport is rife with this stuff since predatory fags seek out
: these professions. Doesn't do much for the likes of ESPN when their
: pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
: pedophile faggot heroes
Wow... exactly how many swirlies did the jocks at your school give you?
: pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
: pedophile faggot heroes
--
Antonio Veranos
<insert witty comment here>
unclejr
Nov 11, 2011, 1:31:39 PM11/11/11
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On Nov 11, 11:21 am, Antonio Veranos <nos...@thanksverymuch.com>
wrote:
> [RichA, rander3...@gmail.com]
"dirty" swirlies.
-Junior
wrote:
> [RichA, rander3...@gmail.com]
> [Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:18:14 -0800 (PST)]
>
> : No doubt sport is rife with this stuff since predatory fags seek out
> : these professions. Doesn't do much for the likes of ESPN when their
> : pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
> : pedophile faggot heroes
>
> Wow... exactly how many swirlies did the jocks at your school give you?
I'm guessing that they just weren't "normal" swirlies... They were
>
> : No doubt sport is rife with this stuff since predatory fags seek out
> : these professions. Doesn't do much for the likes of ESPN when their
> : pathetic, latent viewers can no longer worship their depraved
> : pedophile faggot heroes
>
> Wow... exactly how many swirlies did the jocks at your school give you?
"dirty" swirlies.
-Junior
trotsky
Nov 11, 2011, 8:16:42 PM11/11/11
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