Mike Reiss seems pissed off

[reneluar]

I understand why he is pissed

 

[Dr Pain]

Mike is a class guy and a throw back to the days or respectable journalism.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Mike is a class guy and a throw back to the days or respectable journalism.

Yeah and he needs to get away from ESPN ...

 

[Jlaff]

I understand why he is pissed

Aww, that actually made me feel bad for the guy.

 

[Fencer]

Mike is a class guy and a throw back to the days or respectable journalism.

Yep, including in that he's a reporter first and an analyst second.

There are still guys like that. There's a trade press guy who quotes me much more than any others do. We trust each other with confidences, joke around caustically, solve minor mysteries together, and all that other stuff that good reporter/source relationships entail.

But nobody's perfect, and I politely pointed out to him once that he'd paraphrased me in a way that was 180 degrees opposed to my meaning. It was as if I could see him blanch through the computer screen. He immediately suggested that it would be OK if I went to his editor to complain. WTF?? I think the world of the guy; I'd never do that. But I don't think he was playing me; he just takes accuracy that seriously.

 

[PatriotsReign]

I posted this in another thread, but it seems relevant here too so...

I'm done with ESPN. Done.

Only Adam Schefter has come out of this looking like an actual journalist. The rest of them got so caught up in the agenda and editorial they were pushing that all they did was report rumor, hearsay and ill informed opinion as fact and damned the Patriots with no evidence. It was a witch hunt and a feeding frenzy of the worst possible kind. They created the hysteria and they point blank refused to engage in any reasoned debate about what might have happened. They are all far more concerned about website hits and retweets than their laughable crusade to preserve the integrity of the game.

If sporting integrity was so important to them they would actually do some research and report fact instead of being glorified TMZ reporters. Even Mike Reiss has let himself down, which is very disappointing. I hope the Patriots organization remembers this and treats ESPN accordingly from now on.

Who wrote the above? Who is "done with ESPN"? You or somone in the media?

 

[DarrylS]

Yeah and he needs to get away from ESPN ...

It is better to know the dog that will bite you, at least he keeps most things on balance..

 

[RayClay]

I think ESPN is saving money by hiring temps to write articles in what used to be reiss's pieces.

Seriously...starting a sentence with "But yet"?

 

[RobertWeathers]

I understand why he is pissed

He represents the lollipop guild...

 

[Fencer]

I think ESPN is saving money by hiring temps to write articles in what used to be reiss's pieces.

Seriously...starting a sentence with "But yet"?

Happens to everybody. I only ping reporters about errors that actually confuse the meaning, and I've sent Reiss two tweets of that kind. I let many more errors pass.

Reiss is on the long-ish list of people who have jokingly offered to hire me as a copy-editor ...