{"id":4029,"date":"2014-01-23T13:23:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T18:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2014-01-23T13:23:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T18:23:41","slug":"morning-media-newsfeed-grantland-under-fire-bbc-host-dead-roker-feeling-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2014\/01\/23\/morning-media-newsfeed-grantland-under-fire-bbc-host-dead-roker-feeling-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Media Newsfeed: Grantland Under Fire | BBC Host Dead | Roker Feeling The Heat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESPN Responds to Criticism of Grantland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDr. V\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Story<\/a><\/strong> (BuzzFeed)
\nESPN issued a statement Sunday in response to continued controversy and criticism over a Jan. 15 Grantland article about a transgender physicist and golf club inventor. The story in question, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. V\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magical Putter,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d profiled Dr. Essay Anne Vanderbilt, the inventor of the Oracle GXI smart putter club \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and ultimately outed Vanderbilt as a transgender woman, against her wishes. At the end of the piece, author Caleb Hannan wrote that Vanderbilt killed herself. Slate \/ CultureBox<\/a><\/strong> Over the last few days, Twitter has bubbled over with arguments about what Hannan did and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do. At one extreme are the people calling Hannan a murderer, alleging that a trans woman killed herself because she believed a reporter was about to out her. At the opposite pole are those who say Hannan did what journalists are trained to do: report out a story until he unearths the truth. Glittering Scrivener<\/a><\/strong> It is not the mandate of a writer to keep pursuing a private citizen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secrets (secrets which have exactly no impact on the product you are writing about) until they kill themselves. This is not an honorable act. Jezebel<\/a><\/strong> It appears from the story\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tone that there was zero ethical concern whatsoever concerning the trans status. This is the sort of stuff that comes up, by the way, in 101 ethics classes: Say you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re called to cover the story of a hero who saved a drowning man from an icy river, and in the course of reporting you determine the hero is also gay, and would prefer to remain anonymous for privacy reasons. Do you report on it? The answer, of course, is no, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t report that detail, because the hero being gay is irrelevant to the story. But real-life scenarios are not so simple. Shakesville<\/a><\/strong> This is one of the most cavalier, irresponsible pieces of journalism I have read in a very long time. New Republic<\/em><\/a><\/strong> An inquiry to Grantland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s editors was redirected to an ESPN spokesperson. He said that Bill Simmons, who runs Grantland, will respond via Grantland soon, and wrote: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We understand and appreciate the wide range of thoughtful reaction this story has generated and to the family and friends of Essay Anne Vanderbilt, we express our deepest condolences.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hannan did not reply to a request for comment. Nieman Storyboard<\/a><\/strong> I spoke to Hannan Sunday afternoon. He told me he has been following the reaction to the story, and that he is working with his editors to prepare a statement. He said he will discuss the story when he and his editors feel the time is right.<\/p>\n

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Click here to receive Mediabistro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Morning Media Newsfeed via email. ESPN Responds to Criticism of Grantland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDr. V\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Story (BuzzFeed) ESPN issued a statement Sunday in response to continued controversy and criticism over a Jan. 15 Grantland article about a transgender physicist and golf club inventor. The story in question, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. V\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magical Putter,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d profiled … <\/p>\n

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