Should we be concerned?
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I read the following article, “Culled Out” by Robert Montgomery writer for ESPN Outdoors, and it definitely got my attention.
I deleted a post linking to this article yesterday and now I will explain why, since this story has clearly grown.
I have friends at ESPN Outdoors. The writer in question, Robert Montgomery, is a BASS employee who has been given a column at ESPN. I am not at liberty to quote my friends or explain much further, but suffice it to say that Mr. Montgomery’s reporting has been seriously called into question based on this article. My impression is that ESPN’s upper management is embarrassed by this piece (but that is not my friends’ statement).
It appears to me that Mr. Montgomery, who typically is responsible for things like reporting the size of fish caught, got a little out in front of himself and turned what was meant to be a factual piece into an op-ed.
Thus, this piece should be read as an op-ed.
Because it is an op-ed piece, and because it is blatantly political, I am going to lock this thread. I would just ask you to draw your own conclusions based on the sourcing, and use the internet to seek additional information about this topic before becoming ‘concerned.’
Zach
Edit:
This disclaimer has appeared at the bottom and top of the ESPN story: “This is an opinion column from Robert Montgomery. As a Senior Writer for BASS Publications, Montgomery has written about conservation, environment, and access issues for more than two decades.”
Further, ESPNOutdoors.com has issued an apology for the article, while leaving it up:
“[W]hile our series overall has examined several sides of this topic, this particular column was not properly balanced and failed to represent contrary points of view.”
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