Re:Deadspin Staffers Are Quitting
by pasquinelli on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:46PM
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When people talk about politics they mean other people's politics. When they talk about their own politics it's just common sense.
Re:Deadspin Staffers Are Quitting
by manigandham on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:57PM
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Barstool has noticeably more coverage of actual sports and much less divisive political and cultural content. Low-brow/college humor is very different than left vs right politicking. It is not surprising that you will suffer audience loss when picking one side of the battle.
They literally became famous for their daily “smokeshow” content. If that isn’t politically divisive I don’t know what is.
Re:Deadspin Staffers Are Quitting
by manigandham on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:57PM
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Along with their sports coverage, yes. And how is “smokeshow” politically divisive?
Re:Deadspin Staffers Are Quitting
by big_chungus on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:55PM
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A magazine targeting men distributing pictures of scantily-clad ladies? The humanity! On a more serious note, I don't hear any issue with tabloids putting guys in speedoes on the front, let alone hear it called, "politically divisive." What distinguishes the two?
>Contrast this with barstool sports which is doing well.
There is a high level of irony in these two comments considering Barstool doesn't "stick to sports" either. They just approach a lot of the same issues from the opposite direction as Deadspin.