First off, I’ll be doing a Substack Live podcast this Tuesday 1 pm ET/10 AM PT with Ryan Glasspiegel. You subscribers can ask some questions during this next House of Glass. See you there. We’ll discuss the following topic, plus some others…
So, my new niche hobby is watching segments posted by local Portland news outlet KGW on the firing of newly hired Blazers TV play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell, based on tweets he made as a high school freshman. I dislike the firing, and what it represents, but can at least enjoy the awkwardness of KGW covering it as though they aren’t part of a broadly hated story. Here’s what’s happened to KGW since KGW did its investigation into the thoughts of a once 15 year-old.