Soaring cable costs and fumbled reporting are just two of the most recent accusations.
Of particular note is the idea that ESPN is at fault for not notifying authorities about a 9-year-old tape recording that Bobby Davis supplied. To Davis, it was proof that former Syracuse University basketball assistant Bernie Fine had abused him.
I’m a mechanical klutz, but I know this much about electronics, masking, dubbing and any other manipulating hijinks: Even if the tape is 100 percent pure, good luck proving that.
Why didn’t Davis go to the police? Why would he go to an organization whose first initial stands for Entertainment?
That’s more puzzling than ESPN’s perceived lack of moral responsibility.
How about that agenda-filled spin on reporting? As if MSNBC, FOX, NPR, CBS and scores of other like media acronyms don’t have self-serving interests. As always, it’s up to the viewer or listener or reader to apply a discernible interest.
Many of us can’t remember a world without ESPN scrolling the latest sports developments. The rest of us were limited to weekly Saturday baseball games, taped Notre Dame football on Sunday mornings and eight minutes of NFL highlights on Monday nights.
I’ll take ESPN over that, warts and all.
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