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Originally Posted by LFC_USA
Schefty stuff doesn't seem that bad and I just assumed stuff like that happened all the time. We really supposed to leave journalists aren't mouth pieces for organizations/corporations?
I thought it was common knowledge that this is how these newsbreakers operated. Go read some tweets from Woj during NBA free agency - they either read like an advertisement for the sports agency representing the player, or an advertisement for the player themself.
There was also a podcast with Jackie MacMullan (was a BS pod) where she explained that most of the players/agents now request some sort of control / spin on the subsequent article that would be written if they got interviewed. I believe she said it was a more recent development, and definitely had a negative impact on the journalism aspect of the industry.