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Luke Thomas: ESPN Got DOG WALKED by Pablo Torre on Clippers Scandal
Description
Luke Thomas: The NBA dropped the BIGGEST punishment in league history on the LA Clippers — five first-round draft picks stripped, a $30 million fine, and Steve Ballmer suspended for a full year. Pablo Torre's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the Clippers salary cap circumvention scheme has been totally vindicated, and the fallout is just getting started.
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Chapters
00:00 Clippers Hit With Historic Punishment
00:45 How LA Clippers Scheme Worked
03:10 Pablo Torre's embarrasses ESPN
04:20 ESPN Publishes a False Story
07:00 ESPN Gutted Its Own Newsroom
08:15 Corporate Media Serves the Powerful
09:30 Hot Takes vs. Real Journalism
10:45 Billionaire Owners Are Gross People
11:50 What Real Sports Journalism Looks Like