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6 Oct 2016 Conversations with Tyler Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World
“Even as I think professional sports is way overrated, sports journalism is continuously underrated.”
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- Ezra Klein
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- 6 Oct 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Isn’t there some other better way to consume it than to watch it all? You watch it in parts but it needs to be there for you to pick the right parts and then you talk to people about the rest. It’s like going to the theater, except you’re free to talk to your friends while it’s on. It’s true. Even as I think professional sports is way overrated, sports journalism is continuously underrated. It is always some of the best journalism we’re doing in America and nearly always the best-written form of journalism that we do in America. Why is that? What about the structure of sports makes the journalism so good and the product so bad?…
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