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ESPN has minuscule margin on mistakes, apologies
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanThanks to its wafer-thin margin of error, winning the perception game with users, writes the ombudsman, can be difficult for ESPN -- even when it endeavors to do the right thing.
Story | November 12, 2008'SportsCenter Specials' too often just hot air on hot topics
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanThe prospect of saying goodbye to "SportsCenter Specials," writes the ombudsman, means ESPN can stop asking its on-air talent to fill five gallons of airtime with a half-pint of breaking news.
Story | June 11, 2008New-and-improved "SportsCenter" throws ombudsman curveball
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanAfter recently watching 10 straight days of "SportsCenters," the ombudsman was pleased to see crisp, clean shows dominated by highlights and news, with remarkably few gimmicks, sponsored segments or cross-promotions.
Story | March 17, 2008MNF dilemma: How to entice casual fans, not alienate purists
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanAt its best, "Monday Night Football" invites fans to be the fourth person in the booth. At its worst, writes ESPN's ombudsman, it excludes fans from a loud private party, not letting them get a word in edgewise and blocking the view of the game.
Story | February 10, 2008Proportion, perspective missing ingredients in news coverage
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanHolding ESPN to a lofty journalistic standard, the ombudsman writes that, in several recent high-profile news stories, the sports network lacked proportion, perspective and decency.
Story | December 10, 2007Fed fast food of opinion, ESPN audience starves for reported fact
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanThe main function of sports news, it seems, is to serve as the molehill on which mountains of opinion are built. We don't have news cycles anymore, writes the Ombudsman, we have opinion cycles.
Story | October 05, 2007Vick coverage shows ESPN at its best -- and less than best
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN's avalanche of reporting, analysis and commentary about Michael Vick's legal issues showed the network operating at its best, at its less than best, and as usual.
Story | September 07, 2007At ESPN, conflict of interest is business as usual
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN pays rights fees to leagues. It also covers those games as a news organization. The two intersect in ways that have the ombudsman asking questions.
Story | May 10, 2007Too much shouting obscures the message
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanWhat did the ombudsman gather from an intensive initial dose of ESPN watching? Lots and lots of high-volume opinions.
Story | April 12, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "pti" make the list?
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