What is wrong with ESPN??

[Dlyne8r]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I'll post something later on that B.Mitch said on the radio this morning.

Let me assure you guys, the media coverage here locally has a strikingly different tone than the national media covering this story.

They are actually giving in depth interviews about Taylor. BMitch had some really good things to say, and actually called Wilbon out on the carpet.

That's one of the things I really like about Brian Mitchell. He pulls no punches and tells it like it really is whether you like it or not. Look out Wilbon!

[irish]

I think a big reason for these negative reports is that ST didnt talk to the media so they have no relationship with him and know little about him so they just recycle the stories they have from the past and unfortunately for St most of those were negative.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Watch the tribute video on Redskins.com and I guarantee you will cry. Make sure you have the audio on.

As for those highlighting Sean's past legal troubles, f em'. It's akin to spitting on a man's grave.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Watch the tribute video on Redskins.com and I guarantee you will cry. Make sure you have the audio on.

As for those highlighting Sean's past legal troubles, f em'. It's akin to spitting on a man's grave.

I just saw that. I'm crying like a little baby right now. The background music is the same as in Gladiator when Russell Crowe dies. Fitting. A gladiator.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Watch the tribute video on Redskins.com and I guarantee you will cry. Make sure you have the audio on.

As for those highlighting Sean's past legal troubles, f em'. It's akin to spitting on a man's grave.

Best image from that montage is the one they end with:

[SmootSmack]

ESPN (while NFL Network continues to replay GameDay and Total Access) has been covering Sean Taylor the man (both the good and the bad) through all its platforms (tv, radio, online) all morning long.

The complexity of Sean Taylor adds to what makes all this so tragic and compelling.

Sorry if I seem harsh but I don't understand the need to bash ESPN at every turn. And maybe, definitely actually, I take it too personally. But you'd be the same if I spent my time talking about how you constantly fail at your jobs.

[Lady Brave]

Sorry, but all the networks devoted a heck of a lot more coverage to the TO attempted suicide and Ben R's. motorcycle crash than they have to Sean's MURDER.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Lady Brave

Sorry, but all the networks devoted a heck of a lot more coverage to the TO suicide and Ben R's. motorcycle crash than they have to Sean's MURDER.

True. But TO is also a well known pain in the ass. So his suicide was almost like a media frenzy waiting to happen.

But I think ST deserves more than Big Ben I mean Big Ben's accident was his own stupidity. ST did nothing more than protect his loved ones and paid the ultimate price for it.

ST was no saint. But his legacy doesn't need to be kicked around either. He wasn't a thug, he wasn't some guy who knocked off old ladies, or in some dogfight scandal. He was a guy who made a few bad decisions and then turned his life around. That's the kinda story that needs to be on the news today. Not this "He was such a thug" bullshit. The media needs to back off with that.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

True. But TO is also a well known pain in the ass. So his suicide was almost like a media frenzy waiting to happen.

But I think ST deserves more than Big Ben I mean Big Ben's accident was his own stupidity. ST did nothing more than protect his loved ones and paid the ultimate price for it.

ST was no saint. But his legacy doesn't need to be kicked around either. He wasn't a thug, he wasn't some guy who knocked off old ladies, or in some dogfight scandal. He was a guy who made a few bad decisions and then turned his life around. That's the kinda story that needs to be on the news today. Not this "He was such a thug" bullshit. The media needs to back off with that.

To be fair, Ben's crash was offseason when there was no other sports news. From a media perspective, big difference between June and November.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by Lady Brave

Sorry, but all the networks devoted a heck of a lot more coverage to the TO attempted suicide and Ben R's. motorcycle crash than they have to Sean's MURDER.

And I don't remember a "tribute" talking about his spitting on Deangelo Hall..

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

ESPN (while NFL Network continues to replay GameDay and Total Access) has been covering Sean Taylor the man (both the good and the bad) through all its platforms (tv, radio, online) all morning long.

The complexity of Sean Taylor adds to what makes all this so tragic and compelling.

Sorry if I seem harsh but I don't understand the need to bash ESPN at every turn. And maybe, definitely actually, I take it too personally. But you'd be the same if I spent my time talking about how you constantly fail at your jobs.

If you do half as good a job at ESPN as you do on this website, then they are very lucky to have someone like you. Everyone is just pretty emotional right now. No disrespect to you whatsoever SS. ESPN is obviously a great network, otherwise they wouldn't have the worldwide success they've achieved. Sorry if my comments seemed harsh.

[Dlyne8r]

Originally Posted by GMScud

If you do half as good a job at ESPN as you do on this website, then they are very lucky to have someone like you. Everyone is just pretty emotional right now. No disrespect to you whatsoever SS. ESPN is obviously a great network, otherwise they wouldn't have the worldwide success they've achieved. Sorry if my comments seemed harsh.

Ditto that response

[irish]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

ESPN (while NFL Network continues to replay GameDay and Total Access) has been covering Sean Taylor the man (both the good and the bad) through all its platforms (tv, radio, online) all morning long.

The complexity of Sean Taylor adds to what makes all this so tragic and compelling.

Sorry if I seem harsh but I don't understand the need to bash ESPN at every turn. And maybe, definitely actually, I take it too personally. But you'd be the same if I spent my time talking about how you constantly fail at your jobs.

I agree. ST was no choirboy and almost everything everyone knew of heard about him was negative. His turning his life around was a very recent thing and since he never talked to the media not many knew he was changing. I think that in order to understand the man the good and bad must be talked about and from what I have seen ESPN is doing a pretty good job.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

ESPN (while NFL Network continues to replay GameDay and Total Access) has been covering Sean Taylor the man (both the good and the bad) through all its platforms (tv, radio, online) all morning long.

The complexity of Sean Taylor adds to what makes all this so tragic and compelling.

Sorry if I seem harsh but I don't understand the need to bash ESPN at every turn. And maybe, definitely actually, I take it too personally. But you'd be the same if I spent my time talking about how you constantly fail at your jobs.

I don't think I have ever trashed ESPN. That being said, I can understand why some are upset at the way ST is being portayed. I believe there is a more tasteful way of presenting this story. Dwelling on his past and harping on it to a national audience has consequences. I was reading on a couple of other teams websites yesterday and most were acting like he deserved this. The national media has portrayed this guy like a gangster so thats all the non-locals hear about. He never got the chance to show the media and the whole world that he was trying to be a better person.

ESPN is not alone in this boat folks! Everybody running this story nationally has something to say about his past.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

ESPN is not alone in this boat folks! Everybody running this story nationally has something to say about his past.

Well that's one of my biggest gripes. That ESPN is singled out. But at the same time I understand Pain and Brud's point that ESPN is the big dog.

But regardless, my frustration is really irrelevant to what truly matters, as is how the media covers it or how viewers react to the coverage.