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<blockquote data-quote="Pharm Frog" data-source="post: 2453152" data-attributes="member: 34435"><p>Excerpt from an article by ESPN's Public Editor earlier this evening...</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As to the larger question of ESPN’s overall political climate, I still stand by what I <a href="http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/767/inside-and-out-espn-dealing-with-changing-political-dynamics" target="_blank">wrote late last year</a>: If you consume as much of ESPN’s content as I have for the past 22 months, it seems clear the company leans left. I don’t think anyone ever made an executive decision to go that route as much as the personalities the network has promoted into high-profile positions tend to be more liberal, and as their voices are amplified, the overall voice has shifted with it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But I still think it’s a problem that needs to be addressed if ESPN plans to better navigate the intersection of sports, politics and culture, and if it wants to hold onto a larger share of its audience in these days of unbundling. Bringing back Hank Williams Jr. for Monday Night Football isn’t the answer; the answer is improved ideological diversity in ESPN’s overall products.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/871/espn-awash-in-rising-political-tide-2" target="_blank">http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/871/espn-awash-in-rising-political-tide-2</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pharm Frog, post: 2453152, member: 34435"] Excerpt from an article by ESPN's Public Editor earlier this evening... [I] As to the larger question of ESPN’s overall political climate, I still stand by what I [URL='http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/767/inside-and-out-espn-dealing-with-changing-political-dynamics']wrote late last year[/URL]: If you consume as much of ESPN’s content as I have for the past 22 months, it seems clear the company leans left. I don’t think anyone ever made an executive decision to go that route as much as the personalities the network has promoted into high-profile positions tend to be more liberal, and as their voices are amplified, the overall voice has shifted with it. But I still think it’s a problem that needs to be addressed if ESPN plans to better navigate the intersection of sports, politics and culture, and if it wants to hold onto a larger share of its audience in these days of unbundling. Bringing back Hank Williams Jr. for Monday Night Football isn’t the answer; the answer is improved ideological diversity in ESPN’s overall products. [URL]http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/871/espn-awash-in-rising-political-tide-2[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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