Message: "The Real Media is not needed!"---Demasio

The problem of sportswriters who also appear on tv and radio was mentioned without fanfare, but I thought the former NFL beat writer's best line was:

• "The ominous message is that the real media is not needed." Nunyo Demasio on conditions the NFL has recently revealed and/or dictated to media, owning its own network, website, etc. Demasio's interview by The Big Lead blog, posted 9/14/07.

A former SI writer, Demasio is asked by The Big Lead what his work entailed there:

• "...you often end up doing an all-nighter trying to craft a quality story that will hold up several days after ESPN has shaped the national conversation."

(Add this name to Bob Ley's--that's at least 2 people to publicly admit it doesn't matter unless ESPN, Inc. says so. Amazing that no one questions that. Here are persons unelected, often appointed for many years, who get to tell me what is. No thanks). sm

• The problem of baseball writers as radio and tv celebrities is distinct from that of other sportswriters. Baseball writers often become members of BBWAA, usually a lifetime appointment, then vote on baseball awards that can mean millions of dollars and immortality. Other sports have awards, but none as meaningful, secretly controlled, and without accountability.

Quotes from interview in "The Big Lead" blog, 9/14/07. Via Romenesko.

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