ESPN Ombudsman: Mike Leach Coverage More Bias than Balance

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Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer: Mike Leach coverage more bias than balance - ESPN

This is a long and interesting article about the mistakes ESPN made in televising the Alamo Bowl and in covering Mike Leach's firing. This is just a piece:

Was the telecast balanced? ESPN thinks it was -- and for me, that is the most troubling aspect of this whole affair. One ESPN decision-maker reviewed the telecast and, admitting his tally was subjective, told me the positive and negative comments about Leach were nearly equal. That may be accurate, at a high level. But the positives revolved around his X's and O's achievements as a coach. The negatives reflected on Leach's character as a man, which is where the balance was required.

That's a critical distinction.

 

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Read the entire thing... VERY good! Thanks for sharing it!

 

[GeronimusClone]

Yeah it is. ESPN really stuck it to Leach.