Shafer on ESPN v Kornheiser-the suits could look in a mirror

Jack Shafer, Slate: "I dunno, but if the network (ESPN) is worried that sex talk will damage its reputation, it's sending in its cavalry a little late.

• See this allegation of sexual harassment at ESPN, or this blowup, or this one, or this firing of a baseball analyst for having an affair with a young production assistant....

The ESPN brass is punishing Kornheiser for being Kornheiser when they should be punishing themselves for running their network like a high-school locker room.

• When ESPN frees Kornheiser from the penalty box—as it surely will soon—I'd like to see it prove its sincerity

by stuffing one of the network's executives in the box for a time-out of his own."

• from Slate, 2/23,10, "Sympathy for Kornheiser," by Jack Shafer, via Poynter.org/Romenesko

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