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WP: Leonard Shapiro Blasts ESPN's Coverage


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It was horrible this morning. I couldn't sleep, turned on to news 4 where they immediately talked about Taylor's death. I then flipped to ESPN expecting more in depth coverage, but it was just a bulletin on the side, along with other important news about Tony Romo sits to pee's man crush on Favre.

ESPN just lost a viewer.

Great, and justified article.

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If it is not about Brett Farve, Tom Brady, or Tony Romo sits to pee you will not see it on ESPN or unless it is a black athlete in trouble with the law! Sorry, but this is the "other" world we live in.
You're partially right, but only because those players' teams are winning and are not the Redskins (whom ESPN has some problem with in general).
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Lets see, Coach K saying he's not interested in the Lakers head coach job warranted a 30 minute "Coach K to Stay" special while the murder of a 24 year old pro bowl player gets 20 seconds here and there with special emphasis on his past discretions. Have I missed anything?

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He's right! Think about when Anna Nicole Smith died earlier this year. CNN was all over it, even though she was dumber than a box of rocks and offered very little to society except her body. But, given that ESPN promotes itself as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports," you'd think they would have given Taylor's wound and eventually death more coverage than it received.

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There is seriously something wrong with that network.

Today, during ESPN commercials for "Outside The Lines" at 3 PM, they promoted the fact that they were going to devote it to Sean Taylor's shooting....yet only interviewed Larry Michael for 5 minutes before going on to something else.

And even the Sean Taylor career highlights segment before the interview was pretty much just about the legal troubles and NFL fines during his first couple years. AND, when they did happen to mention his Pro Bowl selection last year, they said his hit on the punter was viewed at negatively around the NFL (not in those exact words) -- basically saying it tainted his selection.

Pathetic.

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