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[ronpolk]

Olberman’s role... that should be well received with sports fans**

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Maybe all those layoffs weren't related to decreasing revenue

 

[patdog]

He was cool once. But that was 20 years ago. Now, he's just a pompous douche-bag.

 

[ronpolk]

He was cool once. But that was 20 years ago. Now, he's just a pompous douche-bag.

Agreed. I think it shows how out of touch the decision makers are at ESPN. I can’t imagine ESPN’s target audience cares anything about Olberman and his political rants.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

If we had someone with a vision in the sec office we would be working on an espn exit strategy to go full online provider and OTA of all sec sports.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

I’m not sure the SEC has really been affected by ESPN’s bad decisions yet. I pretty sure I saw where SEC network ratings have been improving over years while ESPN has been on a rapid downfall.

This Olberman hire is baffling to me. I don’t see this going well for them at all

 

[Duke Humphrey]

That’s because the SEC maintains content

I’m not sure the SEC has really been affected by ESPN’s bad decisions yet. I pretty sure I saw where SEC network ratings have been improving over years while ESPN has been on a rapid downfall.

This Olberman hire is baffling to me. I don’t see this going well for them at all

Through a content committee made up of league staffers, university presidents, ADs, etc.

 

[57stratdawg]

I had no idea Obermann was on ESPN.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Girls announce sports?

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Coming Soon - SportsCenter sponsored by George Soros

 

[Grove Sh*tter]

ESPN is owned by Disney. Disney sees through far left lenses, period. They just can't help themselves. They use their vast media empire to promote what they believe politically and philosophically regardless of potential hiccups in viewership numbers. I generally disagree with their philosophies but admire their dedication in their promotion of them.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I have trouble understanding why so many media entities are left leaning. Can someone explain to me? Especially with how it seems to negatively impact ratings to come out leaning left

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Liberals promote Freedom of Speech as long as they agree with what you are saying!

 

[Allday.sixpack]

Jews own the media. Always have. Jews vote democratic except for Shmuley

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Jews own the media. Always have. Jews vote democratic except for Shmuley

Oops. You appear to have tripped and dropped your swastika for everyone to see...

 

[Allday.sixpack]

Oops. You appear to have tripped and dropped your swastika for everyone to see...

Not at all. I’m just answering a philosophical question. This has nothing to do with Germans.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

Jews own the media. Always have. Jews vote democratic except for Shmuley

Oh boy...

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Don't you have a Russian village to burn down?

 

[Allday.sixpack]

Oh boy...

Ok... you explain it.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

More educated people tend to lean left. Population centers tend to lean left. That's the world most in the media inhabit.

And certainly not everyone agrees with your premise that it negatively impacts ratings in the first place. Media companies are in the business of making money.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Ok... you explain it.

Maybe you don't realize it, I surely hope you don't, but your post reads extremely anti-Semitic. In fact it's the second bullet point used as a contemporary example of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/working-definition-antisemitism

Contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in the religious sphere could, taking into account the overall context, include, but are not limited to:

Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion.

Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.

 

[Allday.sixpack]

Oh boy...

Look, I’m as sympathetic as anyone to the the plight of the Jewish people during WWll and hate the empirialism of Germany and Japan. My parents grew up dirt poor share croppers in Tennessee and ran for and were elected to many public offices. They were funded by and supported by Jewish business owners. All media was owned or controlled by Jewish board of directors.
I’m simply answering a philosophical question as to why media slants things to the left. I believe this to be still the reason media is left leaning.
I’m interested if someone believes there’s a better explanation.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

More educated people tend to lean left. Population centers tend to lean left. That's the world most in the media inhabit.

And certainly not everyone agrees with your premise that it negatively impacts ratings in the first place. Media companies are in the business of making money.

I say that really in regard to ESPN shows that can be politically charged sometimes and the NFLs recent ratings have been down. It’s definitely up for debate as to the reasons why...cord cutting and other variables.

 

[ArcherSPS]

Woooooof

 

[Go Budaw]

If they really want the fans back they’ll find a way to bring back Charlie Steiner. Otherwise they can 17 right off.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Not at all. I’m just answering a philosophical question. This has nothing to do with Germans.

But what about Cossacks?

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I say that really in regard to ESPN shows that can be politically charged Marxist Indoctrination sometimes and the NFLs recent ratings have been down. It’s definitely up for debate as to the reasons why...cord cutting and other variables.

Fixed it for you.

 

[LilSebastian]

Through a content committee made up of league staffers, university presidents, ADs, etc.

Or the fact the SEC Network is steadily being added to regional cable providers, and ESPN is included in every cable package, and cable subscriptions as a whole are down.

 

[Shamoan]

I grow weary of journalists and politicos posing as analysts and people with unique insight. 17 Olberman and his slanted liberal tripe. ESPN seems dead-set on getting it wrong at every turn and it's murdering their prospects of digging themselves out of this hole.