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One of my favorite websites over the past year has been deadspin.com. It just happens to be a sports blog with ridiculous popularity, getting just under the amount of hits we do per day. What was once a comedic and reliable source for sports that prided itself on protecting the image of blogs, has recently gone off the deep end by establishing a personal vendetta against ESPN, an institution that aided Deadspin's success. Following the news that Baseball Tonight analyst Steve Phillips had been suspended for getting his dick wet with another ESPN employee, AJ Daulerio, the editor of Deadspin revealed that they had received a tip about this story back in early September and subsequently inquired the ESPN public relations department whether the rumor was true. ESPN simply did the right thing and protected their employee’s image by denying the rumors of Phillips’ sexual dabbling. Fast forward to now, and it seems that the rumors were true. Ok, cool. A 1/10th celebrity had an affair, he was fired from his job, let’s move on with life, but Daulerio insists on using ESPN’s initial cover-up as ammunition to slander many other ESPN employees. In this post he vows to release every sexual mischievous rumor that has come out of Bristol, in his possession.

“It's probably about time to just unload the inbox of all the sordid rumors we've received over the years about various ESPN employees. Chances are, at this point, there's some truth to them. We'll just throw 'em out there and see how many "no comments" or, you know, actual comments or "you would be completely wrongs" there are about these situations… So, Bristolites, strap in — it's gonna be a long day.”

Yea, that seems like the totally rational and humane thing to do. Erik Kuselias and Senior Vice President of Marketing Katie Lacey, were the first victims in Daulerio’s insane diatribe. Using nothing but rumors and hearsay Deadspin has taken actions that will tear apart lives and families. All because Steve Phillips had an affair, something that happens everyday in companies and businesses across America. What irks me the most about all this is the fact that Deadspin is exposing media members. I suppose it would be newsworthy if these were famous athletes caught up in sexual scandals, but still incredibly unethical as his accusations have no proof. I disagree with intruding on athletes personal lives, but think it's fair that they are held to higher standards due to their ridiculous salaries. But Daulerio's rampage is against marginally public figures who simply talk about sports in the media, EXACTLY WHAT DAULERIO DOES. Anyone who reads Deadspin consistently knows that they consistently stand up for blogs credibility, well, you just set it back a long ways. Good job AJ have fun getting off on destroying insignificant media member's lives.

AJ Daulerio- Really Shitty