When Silver first brought it up a few months ago I couldn’t believe that 538 had hired G Elliot Morris to run it. But the more I think about it absolutely makes sense. For a long time the left loved Silver because his predictions made them feel good about themselves. But once he stopped affirming the the non-stop ascendancy of the Democratic party he stopped being soothing to their psyche, hence why a progressive hack is now in charge.
Silver’s anecdote about being in West Hollywood after the Rams Super Bowl win as proof of LA not being a sports town shows some ignorance there… If the Raiders had won the Super Bowl, people would be partying in most parts of LA. That’s still the #1 NFL fan base in LA.
Totally. I live in LA and the town goes crazy when the Dodgers and Lakers are in the playoffs.
The Rams are just a weird case where they were the second most popular LA football team when they were here (behind the Raiders) then they were gone for 20 years and lost most of their LA fandom during that time. USC might actually be more popular.
Would you consider having one of the original baseball Newsletter writers (as well as Baseball Prospectus founder) Joe Sheehan on as a guest? I think he’d have a unique perspective on how sports media has developed over this last decade, having effectively done Substack about a decade before actual Substack
I think Trump and MAGA are so beyond the pale ridiculous/awful/dangerous that it's not even worth mentioning at this point because there's nothing left to say beyond just reporting on the day-to-day news of it all.
Instead, you have this brand of "disaffected substack liberals" like your Matt Taibis, Barri Weisses, 5th Column'ers, Ethan, etc. who would never vote for Trump yet never really criticize him or the GOP either. Instead they choose to hand-wring over things like "wokeness," COVID, and trans issues. Who knows how they really feel... is it just contrarianism, a business decision that seizes upon a market inefficiency in the media, or is it genuinely how they truly feel? Idk...
Maybe they are legitimately "just asking questions?"
There's such an assumption (which this interview hit on & the Glaspiegel one) that journalists should always have their mind made up when that was not the case from the "yellow journalism" times until now
The market inefficiency is probably the elder millennials who still want to write about stuff, still have ambition, and were raised in a different journalistic time that they feel apart from
I’ll defend him, and maybe random members of the base, even if he/they do not need it. You should view it as a compliment. In contexts such as this, you criticize something when you have standards for it (that you think it can meet!) that it does not live up to, and when you think the criticism may strengthen it.
It’s a sign of investment, attachment, and respect.
A lack of criticism, in such circumstances, often means no respect, no expectations, and you being checked out.
I still am processing the Will Cain appearance. Every time I go to my dads house and see Cain on Fox News I remember that Ethan had him on and never really pushed him on anything
"Republicans in Tennessee are instituting a poll tax but did you see Paul George wearing Equality For All on his jersey?"
I've got respect for any paying customer and usually let people get off a single take, even if critical. But I'm not going to let the comment section turn into Twitter, with complaints about platforming and dunk-style representations of stuff nobody said.
When Silver first brought it up a few months ago I couldn’t believe that 538 had hired G Elliot Morris to run it. But the more I think about it absolutely makes sense. For a long time the left loved Silver because his predictions made them feel good about themselves. But once he stopped affirming the the non-stop ascendancy of the Democratic party he stopped being soothing to their psyche, hence why a progressive hack is now in charge.
You can actually hear Silver considering how much he wants to risk in this interview. He must be a good poker player
Silver’s anecdote about being in West Hollywood after the Rams Super Bowl win as proof of LA not being a sports town shows some ignorance there… If the Raiders had won the Super Bowl, people would be partying in most parts of LA. That’s still the #1 NFL fan base in LA.
Totally. I live in LA and the town goes crazy when the Dodgers and Lakers are in the playoffs.
The Rams are just a weird case where they were the second most popular LA football team when they were here (behind the Raiders) then they were gone for 20 years and lost most of their LA fandom during that time. USC might actually be more popular.
Can someone provide a link to the Bill James discussions on athletes. I couldn't find it on YT. Thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hf5TVETs6Y&list=PLhbPeSFiFnAaCOQ8GBqw6ES5pfSmlul0V&index=15
Would you consider having one of the original baseball Newsletter writers (as well as Baseball Prospectus founder) Joe Sheehan on as a guest? I think he’d have a unique perspective on how sports media has developed over this last decade, having effectively done Substack about a decade before actual Substack
I think Trump and MAGA are so beyond the pale ridiculous/awful/dangerous that it's not even worth mentioning at this point because there's nothing left to say beyond just reporting on the day-to-day news of it all.
Instead, you have this brand of "disaffected substack liberals" like your Matt Taibis, Barri Weisses, 5th Column'ers, Ethan, etc. who would never vote for Trump yet never really criticize him or the GOP either. Instead they choose to hand-wring over things like "wokeness," COVID, and trans issues. Who knows how they really feel... is it just contrarianism, a business decision that seizes upon a market inefficiency in the media, or is it genuinely how they truly feel? Idk...
Maybe they don't know how they really feel?
Maybe they are legitimately "just asking questions?"
There's such an assumption (which this interview hit on & the Glaspiegel one) that journalists should always have their mind made up when that was not the case from the "yellow journalism" times until now
The market inefficiency is probably the elder millennials who still want to write about stuff, still have ambition, and were raised in a different journalistic time that they feel apart from
That fits the ppl mentioned in your comment
I’ll defend him, and maybe random members of the base, even if he/they do not need it. You should view it as a compliment. In contexts such as this, you criticize something when you have standards for it (that you think it can meet!) that it does not live up to, and when you think the criticism may strengthen it.
It’s a sign of investment, attachment, and respect.
A lack of criticism, in such circumstances, often means no respect, no expectations, and you being checked out.
More clout/ money in the former liberal going to the right. It’s business
I still am processing the Will Cain appearance. Every time I go to my dads house and see Cain on Fox News I remember that Ethan had him on and never really pushed him on anything
I mean did you not hear them discuss saturated markets and inefficiencies in the podcast?
"Republicans in Tennessee are instituting a poll tax but did you see Paul George wearing Equality For All on his jersey?"
I've got respect for any paying customer and usually let people get off a single take, even if critical. But I'm not going to let the comment section turn into Twitter, with complaints about platforming and dunk-style representations of stuff nobody said.
You flag this but no issue with the guy who cites "victim culture ingrained in Black America" in multiple comment sections???
Nah, no issue with platforming racists (so long as they're paying customers) just taking note of what gets a slap on the wrist and what doesn't.
Dude, you do talk about the jerseys a lot.
I’m positive there are several dozen podcasts/blogs that will say everything you want to hear about what’s going on in Tennessee.
i live in tennessee, didn't know what they meant, and googled it but still couldn't figure it out lol