Media Thread

[Guilt Trip]

McKenzie is staying with TSN for 6 more seasons.

Like Bobby Mac

 

[Peter D.]

McKenzie is staying with TSN for 6 more seasons.

What's his % per point in comparison with all the other signings?

 

[Kin]

McKenzie is staying with TSN for 6 more seasons.

I thought he'd made noise about retirement.

Anyways, he's another guy who I find way, way more interesting when not in "insider" mode.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/tomurtzjr/status/1179569471389929472

I heard this during the game and it was just a bad, bad way to fill the air, man.

 

[Bullfrog]

Yep. I was going to comment on that in the GDT. What an idiot.

 

[herman]

It should be a career limiting move there, but *gestures to Grapes* the precedent is... ?\_(ツ)_/? 

 

[ZBBM]

It should be a career limiting move there, but *gestures to Grapes* the precedent is... ?\_(ツ)_/?

I would hope your standards in Canada are higher than where ours have fallen to.  And, 3 years late, I make a generalized apology to all of you for our Electoral College.

 

[Kin]

Not that I think what Hughson said was smart, it wasn't, but I'm seeing people on Twitter suggesting he was referring to Kane and the sexual assault accusation. He pretty clearly says 2012 which is about Kane being filmed acting like a drunken idiot. The sexual assault stuff was years later.

 

[Bullfrog]

I thought it was clear what he was referring to. But that's part of why it was idiotic: knowing that there were later accusations that people might -- unsurprisingly -- think he was referring to.

 

[rdowdall]

I thought it was clear what he was referring to. But that's part of why it was idiotic: knowing that there were later accusations that people might -- unsurprisingly -- think he was referring to.

We should blame Kane for having two indiscretions.  We should also blame the NHL for having multiple Kanes.

 

[Bullfrog]

I don't understand what you're saying. We should blame P.Kane's two issues for Hughson's dumb remarks?

 

[rdowdall]

I don't understand what you're saying. We should blame P.Kane's two issues for Hughson's dumb remarks?

It was a joke.  Sorry, bad joke.

 

[Zee]

Unbelievable article in the Athletic this morning about one time Leaf Don Edwards family and their horror over their parents murder 30 years ago.  Worth a read.

 

[herman]

Did you see the one in The Athletic where someone posted this really weird pro-China piece and then they started blocking comments about Hong Kong and banning members over it before closing off the comments?

 

[Zee]

Did you see the one in The Athletic where someone posted this really weird pro-China piece and then they started blocking comments about Hong Kong and banning members over it before closing off the comments?

I heard about that after this NBA backlash but I didn't see the article

 

[herman]

Did you see the one in The Athletic where someone posted this really weird pro-China piece and then they started blocking comments about Hong Kong and banning members over it before closing off the comments?

I heard about that after this NBA backlash but I didn't see the article

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/des8nt/the_athletic_didnt_post_on_the_china_story_all/

 

[Kin]

Hmmm. It's almost as if running what should be a journalistic enterprise as a tech start-up means the bosses will ultimately side with potential sources of new capital over ethical standards. If only someone had seen it coming.

But who? Who could possibly have been wise, and handsome, enough to call this?

 

[Zee]

Did you see the one in The Athletic where someone posted this really weird pro-China piece and then they started blocking comments about Hong Kong and banning members over it before closing off the comments?

I heard about that after this NBA backlash but I didn't see the article

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/des8nt/the_athletic_didnt_post_on_the_china_story_all/

Eh, I read the article today, it wasn't the Athletic posting a pro-China stance, they were reporting on comments made by Nets owner Joseph Tsai, Taiwanese born who made the comments that Hong Kong is part of China.  They've followed up on the story today, including why comments were disabled on the article with commentators attacking each other with vitriol on topics unrelated to the article in general.

Also, with respect to money they said today:

Good question. As I messaged to our staff yesterday, we do not have active business operations in China nor do we have any commercial or financial relationships with the NBA or any party that would preclude us from covering this story objectively.

You can also view the full investor list with a quick Google search. As far as I am aware, with only a couple of exceptions (BDMI is backed by a German media company and Amasia is co-headquartered in the US & Singapore), our investors are US-based firms with portfolios in principally US-based companies. Most importantly, our investors have zero influence on the journalism our newsroom does.

And their statement today as well:
https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1181951585011679232

 

[Kin]

It's passing on pro-regime viewpoints uncritically and unsourced. You can't just put "people say..." in front of propaganda and get to claim it's "just reporting".

 

[Zee]

It's passing on pro-regime viewpoints uncritically and unsourced. You can't just put "people say..." in front of propaganda and get to claim it's "just reporting".

It was just a crappy article nothing more nefarious than that. I think people are making too much out of it.  The Athletic staff have already responded to criticism on it and will improve in the future when handling sensitive topics like this.