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>Constant political stories and culture outrage doesn’t make good sports reading. >Contrast this with barstool sports which is doing well. There is a high lev
by slg 7y ago
>Constant political stories and culture outrage doesn’t make good sports reading.
>Contrast this with barstool sports which is doing well.
There is a high level of irony in these two comments considering Barstool doesn't "stick to sports" either. They just approach a lot of the same issues from the opposite direction as Deadspin.
- pasquinelli 7y agoWhen people talk about politics they mean other people's politics. When they talk about their own politics it's just common sense.
- manigandham 7y agoBarstool has noticeably more coverage of actual sports and much less divisive political and cultural content. Low-brow/college humor is very different than left vs right politicking. It is not surprising that you will suffer audience loss when picking one side of the battle.
- tclancy 7y agoThey literally became famous for their daily “smokeshow” content. If that isn’t politically divisive I don’t know what is.
- big_chungus 7y agoA magazine targeting men distributing pictures of scantily-clad ladies? The humanity! On a more serious note, I don't hear any issue with tabloids putting guys in speedoes on the front, let alone hear it called, "politically divisive." What distinguishes the two?
- manigandham 7y agoAlong with their sports coverage, yes. And how is “smokeshow” politically divisive?