----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)
> --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, having said that, I'm not at all surprised that > > he was fired by ESPN. > > He publicly called out the CEO of the corporation > > with which he was doing > > business. I'm a small independent contractor, and > > I'd expect to lose a > > contract if I did that. It isn't fair, but its > > business. > > > > > > Dan M. > > In general, I would agree with you. In this > particular case, however, ESPN at least pretends to be > a journalistic enterprise. Journalistic businesses > are _not_ supposed to fire people in this situation, > or they are not independent of their financial side - > which they are supposed to be. If ESPN wants to be a > real news organization, then it can't allow Michael > Eisner to fire Easterbrook for what he said. If it > doesn't, then it should say so publicly instead of > pretending otherwise. I agree with your comments on journalism, but I never thought of ESPN as real journalism. Maybe we should take this as Disney acknowledging that ESPN is in the entertainment, not the journalism business. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
