Comments on: Deadspin Goes Medieval On ESPN – Is It Too Much? http://www.launchsquad.com/blogs/exclamation/2009/10/28/deadspin-goes-medieval-on-espn-%e2%80%93-is-it-too-much/ Stories, Ideas and Loud Noises Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Cornthwaite http://www.launchsquad.com/blogs/exclamation/2009/10/28/deadspin-goes-medieval-on-espn-%e2%80%93-is-it-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-29087 Scott Cornthwaite Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:38:11 +0000 http://www.launchsquad.com/blogs/exclamation/?p=1105#comment-29087 "When an unnamed source misleads, as far as we’re concerned, they lose the right to remain in the shadows," -- in the conversation on #espnhorndoggery. Even if you do punish a source like that, what kind of credibility can you hold onto for the future? Whether or not "muckraking" is good for the company, it seems as if this quote leads more to exposing truth than leading the company toward fixing the problem. “When an unnamed source misleads, as far as we’re concerned, they lose the right to remain in the shadows,” — in the conversation on #espnhorndoggery.

Even if you do punish a source like that, what kind of credibility can you hold onto for the future? Whether or not “muckraking” is good for the company, it seems as if this quote leads more to exposing truth than leading the company toward fixing the problem.

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