Do you wait to see what the market says before making any decisions in your business? I'm going to guess not. You try to anticipate what the market will say, and act accordingly. Why shouldn't ESPN do the same? barfo
It's apples and oranges. My business experiences strong, slow and steady trends; media firestorms are intense and short. Lots of letters to the editor, lots of threats from readers, threatened boycotts by self-appointed leaders of movements, etc. There weren't many of these signs in this case. Perhaps you really are in favor of Bush's policy of pre-emption? barfo, you ol' neocon, you!
Do you mean that he feigned the opinion or deliberately wrote an honest, unpopular opinion knowing it might jump-start his writing career (even if it cost him his ESPN gig)? Ed O.
Oh, I think that is his honest opinion, but I do think he deliberately stated it in a more inflammatory manner just to draw attention and generate controversy. With so many media outlets these days, you REALLY need to stand out to get attention, and without that attention, your career is short lived. When it comes to getting attention, Paul Shirely knows how to do it. A guy who can milk an awful 18-game NBA career into a book deal with a major publishing house and a 5-year run writing for a major sports network obviously knows how to work the media to his advantage. BNM
Why? Do you think that an intellectual laziness when it comes to making cardboard begging signs is in NO way indicative of any other type of laziness? Clearly Paul spelled that incorrectly to make fun of the individuals who are too stupid to spell correctly (or are smart enough to spell incorrectly for sympathy) when they're asking strangers for money on the street... Ed O.
You may very well be right. I simply took it as journalistic laziness. My bad if otherwise. Oh, and for the street beggars...I simply hand them free chalupa coupons collected from Blazer games.
Heh. Yes, it's possible he made a mistake, but I think he spelled it incorrectly to make a point (that people who can't spell probably won't do well with the dollar he gives them). His point might not be that strong, but I think his spelling was intentional Ed O.
