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Why did ESPN edit Playboy out of an AP story?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, Mar 5, 2008.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    AP original ...

    http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/309641

    ESPN.com's version of the same story ...

    http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/figureskating/news/story?id=3277861

    Why would ESPN edit out a paragraph about Playboy?
     
    Inky_Wretch, Mar 5, 2008
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  2. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    The most justifiable reason IMO: They felt it doesn't add anything to the story.

    Not that I agree. I think it definitely plays a role in a story about Witt. I'm just saying what I think might be the most acceptable reason.
     
    forever_town, Mar 5, 2008
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  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Space concerns? :D
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 5, 2008
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  4. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    Maybe they have a publisher breathing down their neck for once? :D
     
    forever_town, Mar 5, 2008
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  5. dawgpounddiehard

    dawgpounddiehard Active Member

    Did they keep the paragraph about her in the opening credits of "Arli$$?"
     
    dawgpounddiehard, Mar 5, 2008
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  6. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    Maybe they're coming up with a Playboy-fighter of their own.
     
    Mystery_Meat, Mar 5, 2008
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  7. Lester Bangs

    Lester Bangs Active Member

    ESPN's David Aldridge has learned that Katarina Witt will pose nude in a men's magazine.
     
    Lester Bangs, Mar 5, 2008
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  8. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    ESPN is owned by Disney. Need more be said?
     
    Sam Mills 51, Mar 5, 2008
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  9. BigDog

    BigDog Active Member

    I'd like to eat her kraut.
     
    BigDog, Mar 6, 2008
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  10. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    disney makes movies about whores, what's wrong with playboy?
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 6, 2008
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  11. KoM

    KoM Member

    I've still got the issue tucked away upstairs at home. Think I might go dust it off (the magazine, that is).
     
    KoM, Mar 6, 2008
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  12. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Witt's pictorial may be one of the best celeb pictorials Playboy has ever done...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Mar 7, 2008
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