ESPN PR Archives - Awful Announcing

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ESPN PR calls Fox EVP Michael Mulvihill’s ratings tweet “inaccurate information” over overnights/finals divide around Florida-LSU/MLB

"Incomplete data provides inaccurate information" is quite a stance to take on a tweet that was correct at the time.

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ESPN aired a Chinese-endorsed map backing China’s claims to Taiwan and more, then declined all requests for comment on that move

ESPN has turned down at least three news outlets' requests for comment on a highly-controversial map they ran over a day ago.

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Once again, ESPN claims Michael Kay beat Mike Francesa by using numbers that ignore WFAN’s streaming

For the second straight quarter, ESPN PR sent out a release claiming Michael Kay "beat" Mike Francesa, citing numbers that include Kay's streaming feed and don't count Francesa's.

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ESPN is again promoting 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings, maybe a sign of larger shifts in their strategy

After taking criticism for hyping a 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings boost over SC6 last month, ESPN has done that again.

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ESPN PR promoted Adrian Wojnarowski’s handle before he changed it, then deleted the tweet

Might want to check that handle first.