ESPN Loses Credibility with Bruce Feldman Firing over Mike Leach Case

Auburn University and Auburn fans are very accustomed to ESPN-driven witch-hunts; they were also warned about such events by former head coach Tommy Tuberville.

Quotes from 2004-2005:

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"ESPN has gotten so much power lately, it's kinda scary. And most of their analysts are coaches who haven't won any games. That's why they're there. I think you know who I'm talking about.

And Lou Holtz gets on there and talks about what a team has to do win that game, and the guy couldn't beat anybody in our conference. These guys will come talk to you and look you straight in the eye and tell you something, then they'll get on the air and say something else.

ESPN, I'll tell you, I don't have much to do with them anymore."

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It turns out he was destined to replace the target of an ESPN witch-hunt at Texas Tech just a few short years later. ESPN took up a relentless campaign against Mike Leach, the former Texas Tech head coach. It seems they were at least responsible for some mild exaggeration. The details of ESPN’s coverage of the incident are stunning to say the least.

Everyone has been witness to the 2010 witch-hunt ESPN hyped month upon month targeting Auburn. While the vast majority of their speculation was disproved in its entirety, they were only entertaining; no one expects them to deal in truth.

ESPN has since publicly reprimanded their writer Joe Schad for his unbelievable inaccuracies while reporting on Auburn. One has to assume this was done with a wink and nod as they certainly did not mind the ratings the false stories generated.

It seems that Schad was duped by some less-than-honest sources in that matter, but there is little question that minimum due diligence at most news organizations would have avoided such error. Schad still has his job.

This is not the case with now former ESPN writer Bruce Feldman. It seems he is being fired by ESPN for simply being accurate and participating in exposing some of the chicanery at ESPN in the Leach case. It seems ESPN is much more concerned with protecting their profits and ratings than putting out accurate information to the general public.

ESPN has become a circus that attempts to take every side of every issue initially and then run with the most popular and ratings-driven choice. They are woefully inaccurate in most of their sports analysis and are less accurate than the National Enquirer and TMZ for sporting news and information.

ESPN has a credibility problem with the public at large and it is growing exponentially every day. The firing of Bruce Feldman will only enhance that negative perception in the general public.