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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Tim Tebow

1. August 6, 2012 11:11 AM

   ESPN’s Tim Tebow lovefest

   Shut out of the Olympics, the 'Worldwide Leader In Sports' puts NFL front and center

   By Robert Weintraub

   US sports coverage last week was split neatly into two distinct, Jungian halves, represented by those sportscasting sweethearts, married couple Dan Hicks and Hannah Storm. Hicks works for NBC, and called the swimming competition at the London Olympics. His enthusiastic descriptions of Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin winning gold appeared only on tape delay during prime time, a four-hour show...

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2. November 16, 2012 10:40 AM

   ESPN’s unreality-based coverage

   Karl Rove's got nothing on the boys from Bristol

   By Robert Weintraub

   One of the main takeaways from last week’s election was that conservatives were living in a bubble of delusion, convinced right up until the returns started coming in that Mitt Romney would swamp President Obama in the electoral college. The candidate himself was said to be gobsmacked that he lost, and so decisively. This detachment from reality was mainly the...

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