Espn and its parent company Disney have come under fire after it was revealed the three anchors of College Gameday all have endorsement deals to wear Nike shoes.
The news comes about a month after it became known Espn sideline reporter Erin Andrews has an agreement to wear Reebok shoes.
Jim Romenesko's Poynter Institute column questions if Disney CEO Bob Iger will do anything about the deals.
"The Unethical Espn Four are just part of a much bigger problem, one that now casts a shadow of doubt on all of the news operations of the Walt Disney Company, which owns Espn and also ABC News," he writes.
"What if Citibank paid the Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel? The Patton Boggs lobbying firm paid ABC’s Jake Tapper? Moody’s PBS Newshour’s Paul Solmon by Moody’s? Their unassailable work would no longer be trustworthy. Indeed, imagine that Richard Sandomir,...
The news comes about a month after it became known Espn sideline reporter Erin Andrews has an agreement to wear Reebok shoes.
Jim Romenesko's Poynter Institute column questions if Disney CEO Bob Iger will do anything about the deals.
"The Unethical Espn Four are just part of a much bigger problem, one that now casts a shadow of doubt on all of the news operations of the Walt Disney Company, which owns Espn and also ABC News," he writes.
"What if Citibank paid the Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel? The Patton Boggs lobbying firm paid ABC’s Jake Tapper? Moody’s PBS Newshour’s Paul Solmon by Moody’s? Their unassailable work would no longer be trustworthy. Indeed, imagine that Richard Sandomir,...
- 2/16/2011
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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