NFL Network and avoidance of criticism?

[stuckincincy]

Article about the NFL Network on the day of the Nov 30 local broadcast of the BAL- CIN tilt.

 

 

"...'The network is not heavy into discussion of league business and policy or its dirty laundry - such as player misconduct off the field.

 

"I'll tell you this," (B'gals owner Mike) Brown said. "We fill up the stadium (every week). No one comes down here to discuss league policy with me."

 

Early discussions about forming a network included displeasure among owners with coverage of the league driven by rumor-based Web sites that newspapers and other media often followed.

 

"A lot of the time, the discussion is about how we make sausage," Brown said. "But what people want is a good sausage."

 

The idea of internal censorship bubbled up in August when noted sportscaster Bryant Gumbel suggested that outgoing NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue show successor Roger Goodell "where he keeps (players union head) Gene Upshaw's leash."

 

Tagliabue called into question Gumbel's "desire to do the job and to do it in a way that we in the NFL would expect it to be done."

 

Still, Gumbel is calling the game tonight for NFL Network.

 

COO Williams called the flap "an isolated incident" and said the NFL wants the network's stable of former coaches and players to speak their minds.

 

Besides, said Howard Kleiman, professor of communications at Miami University, "The average fan doesn't care (that the league owns the network and controls content) or avoids issues. It's all about what your team did on third down.".

 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../611300346/1066

[Chilly]

Not surprising that the Inquirer wrote an article about the NFL Network's coverage. After all, Gannett, the company which owns the Inquirer, also owns lots of CBS and NBC stations around the country.

[stuckincincy]

Not surprising that the Inquirer wrote an article about the NFL Network's coverage.  After all, Gannett, the company which owns the Inquirer, also owns lots of CBS and NBC stations around the country.

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So you glean a conspiracy forced upon the Enquirer, about the one and only NFL Network broadcast over cable or the airwaves, ever, in the Cincinnati area?

 

 

Buy Reynold's Wrap foil for your protective headgear...it's much better than the store brands. The 200' size has a coupon for goggles that protect you from the Black Helicopter Mind Waves...

[Chilly]

Conspiracy? Dude, the media does this ALL the time. Corporate interests of the major media companies drive criticism of other media outlets.

[Lori]

Not surprising that the Inquirer wrote an article about the NFL Network's coverage.  After all, Gannett, the company which owns the Inquirer, also owns lots of CBS and NBC stations around the country.

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Look further than Gannett -- this is a big issue in the entire industry, as leagues and/or individual teams continue to limit media access while creating an ever-increasing amount of in-house product.

[stuckincincy]

Look further than Gannett -- this is a big issue in the entire industry, as leagues and/or individual teams continue to limit media access while creating an ever-increasing amount of in-house product.

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As in the banning of the local tv stations from filming in the stadium. IIRC, the league mumbled something about "safety" being the reason, or some such.

[Lori]

As in the banning of the local tv stations from filming in the stadium.  IIRC, the league mumbled something about "safety" being the reason, or some such.

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'Zactly. I hate to keep rehashing the Donahoe-freezing-out-GR flap, but that's not an uncommon occurrence. Earlier this year, Tennessee (as in UT) temporarily pulled a local beat writer's credentials after he dared to sidestep the SID's office to get an interview with an injured football player... who, incidentally, was more than willing to talk to the reporter. All about controlling the message.