1. The NFL investigation into the Washington soccer team that led to the discovery of offensive emails sent by Jon Gruden between 2011 and 2018 has now unearthed an email from ESPN’s Adam Schefter that is causing quite a stir in the world of journalism. .
the Los Angeles Times reported that in July 2011, Schefter emailed a full draft of an NFL lockout story that ESPN was publishing that day to then-WFT president Bruce Allen.
“Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be added, changed or modified,” wrote Schefter. “Thank you, Mr. Editor, for that and the trust. Plan to present this to espn around 6 am… ”.
While it’s bad to give Allen a chance to change history, that “Mr. The editor’s line is so embarrassing.
Most journalists will send quotes or an overview of a story to someone to give them a chance to officially respond. Submitting a full story is totally unethical.
ESPN released this statement about Schefter’s questionable methods:
“Without sharing all the details of the reporter process for a story from 10 years ago during the NFL lockout, we believe that nothing is more important to Adam and ESPN than providing fans with the most accurate, fair and complete story.”
I know I’m supposed to be outraged and have a definitive insight into Schefter’s murky practice, but when I first read this story, all I could muster was a shrug.
I never considered Schefter as a staunch journalist doing investigative work. It mainly gives news about transfers, exchanges, hires and layoffs. This is not intended to be an insult. Schefter does it better than anyone in the NFL. But the news it gives is mainly transactional. It’s been obvious for decades that he gets that information from agents and personnel at the league’s front office.
It’s not exactly a surprise that he had a friendly relationship with the team president.
I’ve seen a lot of people on Twitter say things like, “This is a bad look for Schefter” and “This is enough to get Schefter fired.”
Talk about your standard “prisoner of the moment” take. This story will be gone and forgotten tomorrow. By Friday, Schefter’s 8.6 million Twitter followers will be turning to him to find out the player status for Sunday’s games so they can set up their fantasy lineup.
Bad appearance? Sure. Meaningful discipline? No possibility.
2. Today was good news for ESPN. The company announced that it will air the wild card game on Monday night, starting this season, for the next five years. They also confirmed that the alternate broadcast involving Peyton and Eli Manning will be part of the coverage.
3. Shaq is amazing. Kelly Clarkson is amazing. This video is amazing. Clarkson performed her pop classic, “Since U Been Gone” at a charity event Shaq organized a couple of weeks ago and O’Neal couldn’t help but join her on stage. And he couldn’t have had more fun as evidenced by his dancing at the 1:50 mark.
Four. The NHL returned to ESPN last night, which means the old theme song is back, too. The song was the subject of this report narrated by Justin Bieber.
5. I still don’t know what an NFT is, so I appreciated this quote from the Bucs defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh.
6. The last SI Media Podcast present a conversation with Good morning soccerIt’s Kyle Brandt.
Brandt takes us behind the scenes of his audition with Peyton and Eli Manning for the role of host of his Monday night football broadcasting. Brandt also talks about the void left by Nate Burleson, who left Good morning soccer by CBS this morning, how he and Peter Schrager put together GMFB ‘s “Wall Street”, why don’t you think Goodwill hunt argues, the most prolific sports film actor and much more.
After the conversation with Brandt, Sal Licata of WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins the podcast of the weekly segment “Traina Thoughts”. The big topic discussed this week is The many saints of Newark.
You can listen to the podcast below or download it at Apple, Spotify and Stapler.
You can also see the SI Media Podcast in Youtube.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Larry David was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night and it was hilarious as always.
Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and look at the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast Presented by Jimmy Traina at Apple, Spotify or Stapler. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.