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I missed this one. Deadspin's only draw in its heyday was the replies to its posts, which were mostly just dead funny without political or social considerations. That is where we are at in the Roaring Twenties.
 
It seems like the only time people pay attention to Deadspin 2.0 is when they make complete fools of themselves, which seems to happen more and more. Their normal daily content is ignored, but in their hamfisted, replacement-level attempt to emulate the edginess of the first version of the site, they'l occasionally fart out content that's just so easily mockable. Remember when they had the Rachel Nichols news and did nothing with it, but after the NYT broke that story, they wrote a completely self-owning story about how they shrugged off that scoop?

https://defector.com/the-current-version-of-deadspin-cant-even-eat-****-correctly
 
Deadspin's tired angst did not age well as real world problems emerged, did it.
 
I'll admit I enjoyed Deadspin and they did a really good job of building intriguing blogs that people enjoyed. There's a reason the Defector might be the industry standard when it comes to written content that drives revenue. ‘The last good website’

On a separate note, OP, do you think the Kansas City child's outfit isn't racist? That seems like a tough argument to make.
 
MeanGreenATO said:
I'll admit I enjoyed Deadspin and they did a really good job of building intriguing blogs that people enjoyed. There's a reason the Defector might be the industry standard when it comes to written content that drives revenue. ‘The last good website’

On a separate note, OP, do you think the Kansas City child's outfit isn't racist? That seems like a tough argument to make.
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It's not blackface, at least.
 
Calling a 5-year-old racist isn’t the hill I’d opt to die on, but I am kind of a weenie.
 
PCLoadLetter said:
I can say with some confidence a five year old didn't do the makeup and headdress.
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Obviously, his parents are the problem. Obviously. But it's his face you're flashing all over your website. You don't need to **** all over a ****ing kindergartner to make the point that the Chiefs embrace and promote racist imagery and cheers.
 
I thought the Deadspin hate spiraled too far out of control in the past — hate the company, sure, but treating those who came aboard as scabs or what not? In this industry, it’s an opportunity for someone to make a name and you cannot fault them for that.

With that being said, I have been thouroughly impressed with how talentless the current staff is. There is zero talent there and the product is trash. I cannot believe the people they’re putting on video and the words that are written there. Perhaps Julie DiCaro aside — I respect her work.
 
Fdufta said:
I thought the Deadspin hate spiraled too far out of control in the past — hate the company, sure, but treating those who came aboard as scabs or what not? In this industry, it’s an opportunity for someone to make a name and you cannot fault them for that.

With that being said, I have been thouroughly impressed with how talentless the current staff is. There is zero talent there and the product is trash. I cannot believe the people they’re putting on video and the words that are written there. Perhaps Julie DiCaro aside — I respect her work.
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I understood both sides of the post-Deadspin I debate. The people hired were hired to replace and try to replicate people fired by the herb Jim
Spanfeller, who wanted the Deadspin name and rep without anything that made Deadspin so memorable (good and bad) in the first place. I get why the originals were angry. But it was also their choice to leave and as you note, in this industry, it's hard to blame people for trying to hang on to any life boat. I knew some people at Deadspin II and hoped they would succeed in spite of their bosses. But yeah, this site is a trainwreck. Most of the taeks are just routine hot nonsense and none of it is very well-written. Even the biggest critics of Deadspin I would acknowledge they had terrific writers. Most of these writers are not.
 
Fdufta said:
I thought the Deadspin hate spiraled too far out of control in the past — hate the company, sure, but treating those who came aboard as scabs or what not? In this industry, it’s an opportunity for someone to make a name and you cannot fault them for that.

With that being said, I have been thouroughly impressed with how talentless the current staff is. There is zero talent there and the product is trash. I cannot believe the people they’re putting on video and the words that are written there. Perhaps Julie DiCaro aside — I respect her work.
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DiCaro might be the biggest hack of all of them. She was terrible on the radio in Chicago, all of her podcasts have failed, and then she raced into that Deadspin vacancy before the desk chairs were cold.
 
Equalizer said:
DiCaro might be the biggest hack of all of them. She was terrible on the radio in Chicago, all of her podcasts have failed, and then she raced into that Deadspin vacancy before the desk chairs were cold.
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Before I know how to react to this, how do you feel about Leila Rahimi?
 
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