Perseus wrote:
My guess is that for the longest time the more ESPN expanded the more money they made. When things started to go the other way someone decided they would get involved in politics and be liberal. Anything but their sports coverage is about as unwatchable as a soap opera. They put two to four people on the screen who argue to no end, relentlessly call the other people crazy.
I think Disney will dump ESPN and watch as the bad sports broadcastings contracts sinks them.
What's interesting is that there several reports and non-scientific surveys that say sports journalists today are more left-leaning than they've ever been in the past. I've been a (low-level) journalist. I'm more of the "play it straight down the middle" camp and I'm not really interested in the kind of advocacy and ideological journalism and subtle commentary that many sports journalists interject into their stories these days. It's been a big turnoff for me with ESPN, which I used to love partly for the Chris Berman shtick and its nonpartisan sports commentary and journalism. Why it felt it had to go so far left is beyond me.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."