What happens in Vegas gets pulled from ESPN.com

CitizenTino · Aug 3, 2010

Aside from whether it was ethically questionable, I thought the story just plain sucked.

What was its point? He had all that access and the best he could do was relay some observations with little context or original thought? That's incredibly weak and a total waste of an opportunity.

Sic semper tyrannis · Aug 3, 2010

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

mustangj17 said:

mythirdalt said:

BYH said:

If he had any journalistic cred at all, he would have quit on the spot instead of going along with that bullshit press release.
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So you must not be a journalist, or are a wanna-be low level bitter guy.

ESPN protects LeBron and the top-tier level to the end because they want to be in with these guys. Give Markazi credit, whether you like him or not, to actually try to give a real profile of an athlete (even though there's apparently not much to say about LeBron. He sounds like a boring douche)

You can debate whether or not he should have grabbed LeBron's hand and said he writes for ESPN.com, but c'mon. He was a guy that got into the party, who observed what happened, and wrote about it. And ESPN should have rolled with it.
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And you must have never gone to j-school. Never say you are somebody you aren't to get an interview, never hide who you are to get an interview. He was there as Bosh's friend not a reporter.
Now, having said that, I though there was nothing wrong with the article and I liked it. A lot worse has been done by reporters who have identified themselves. Oh well.
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And that's it right?
Eveything I read about the piece being pulled was because said reporter never identified himself as a reporter.
ESPN got this one right.
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Is it really any different, though, from the cellphone pics and video submitted by "citizen journalists" that are becoming common in newscasts / sportscasts

YankeeFan · Aug 3, 2010

I know Markazi had "inside the ropes" access, but did he report on anything that didn't happen in public?

He recounts what happened in a restaurant, a nightclub, and walking the casino floor.

All of this could have been observed by anyone. Does that make a difference?

playthrough · Aug 3, 2010

I'm sure he was able to expense some or all of that, no small detail on the Vegas club scene.

Piotr Rasputin · Aug 4, 2010

More on Markazi:

http://deadspin.com/5600036/the-scapegoating-of-arash-markazi?skyline=true&s=i

Ace · Aug 4, 2010

Piotr Rasputin said:

More on Markazi:

http://deadspin.com/5600036/the-scapegoating-of-arash-markazi?skyline=true&s=i
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That's pretty good.

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