ESPN was tipped to the Te'o story being a hoax a day before Deadspin. Deadspin beat them to publishing the story because ESPN executives demanded a comment by Te'o before allowing the story to go live. The article also raises the possibility that ESPN was too cautious because they air all those college football bowl games, especially the national championship game.
I'm posting this to the list because I find two things relevant to recent discussions: the question of ESPN's reticence to make the story public (they claimed to hold the story for further research but the Deadspin writer says that none of his on-the-record sources talked to ESPN), and what happened with Te'o after Deadspin published - ESPN wanted an on-camera interview, but Te'o's agent dictated access to him and decided among all offers to give the on camera interview to Katie Couric. I think the second point answers Kevin's point about why journalism is failing these days. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=all -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
