Deadspin editor quits after new owner tells her to stick to sports
 

..and drop the SJW stuff. Perhaps the Star owners can learn a thing or two...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadsp...-to-and-gaslit

“We are laser focused on serving Deadspin readers sports and everything related to sports. Our former editor had a different vision and we wish her well in her future endeavors.”

ROFL

**** yes!!! Maybe some sense will get injected back into sports media now.

hahahahaha

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Of course. ROFL

They were angry about the coverage of the new owners.


They wanted to neuter coverage and have a bunch of sponsored content.... Good for her.

golden rule of journalism

you are not the story

she sure did a great job of making herself one, though

hire meeeee!!! i am being persecuted! reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

She was pointing out the new ownership are anti union morons who want to sell Kinja deals.

pretty sure this gal had no business directing sports coverage for anyone

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wrote for <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimesbusiness</a> about racist children&#39;s librarians, among other things! <a href="https://t.co/EvfdemP1i5">https://t.co/EvfdemP1i5</a></p>&mdash; Megan Greenwell (@megreenwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/megreenwell/status/1159907487388229632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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ROFL

The wanted deadspin to write about sports and drop the politics. Reader surveys agreed. Let's see what happens to readership with more focus on sports, okay?

ROFL

When political bias enters your sports coverage...you may be full of shit.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All the things Tyreek Hill&#39;s lawyer left out of the letter to the NFL <a href="https://t.co/5MDlVBnoMa">https://t.co/5MDlVBnoMa</a> <a href="https://t.co/shQwsB9a0W">pic.twitter.com/shQwsB9a0W</a></p>&mdash; Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/1124095040790454275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit.

Respect to you deadspin.

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/JimSpanfeller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimSpanfeller</a> congrats on getting rid of <a href="https://twitter.com/megreenwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@megreenwell</a> That’s a huge step in the right direction to fixing <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Deadspin</a> Love to grab lunch and talk about ways we can help each other.</p>&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1162479631301337088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>