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FRPLG · 03-30-2005, 01:32 PM

I think we can all agree that Demasio has some serious deficiencies as an objective reporter. I tend to think Maske probably WAS a little too cozy and I think Demasio has sought to balance that by over compensating with negativity. I don't mind negative stories as long as they are accurate. It just seems that Demasio has consistently gone with stories with less than credible information and has been outright wrong on several occasions with regards to facts. Clearly the relationship on the whole with the Post has turned sour and that probably has affected his ability to access information. One issue not mentioned is the presence of Gibbs. Gibbs is notorious for saying anything whatsoever to the press. Gibbs ranks up there with Bush with the ability to talk and say absolutely nothing. The Ryan Clark situation looks like a seminal moment in the relationship.

If I were to speculate I would imagine that when Gibbs came aboard the newest directive for all football personel was to shut your face and let Gibbs do the talking. With the exception of Bugel(who he knew he could trust to say little beyond some meaningless 'guts' type references) nobody else did much talking. Then when they were on the fence whether to keep Clark or maybe an extra o-lineman it was well know among the press corp and eventually it made its way to Demasio as fact so he ran it. I would imagine he had little contact with anybody who really was in on the decision since he knew they were thinking about it so why question it? Once it ran and they had decided to keep Clark I would guess Gibbs went ape s%&* which in turn allowed Synder to be at his best in terms of being a first class asshole. Ever since both the Skins and Demasio/Post feel slighted and now they can't "just get along". This is all just speculation remember.

Demasio will be out as beat writer by this time next year if the relationship doesn't get better. The Post just can't afford to destroy a relationship with a team that is probably one of the most read subjects in the paper.

03-30-2005, 01:32 PM	#25
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: Snyder Interview I think we can all agree that Demasio has some serious deficiencies as an objective reporter. I tend to think Maske probably WAS a little too cozy and I think Demasio has sought to balance that by over compensating with negativity. I don't mind negative stories as long as they are accurate. It just seems that Demasio has consistently gone with stories with less than credible information and has been outright wrong on several occasions with regards to facts. Clearly the relationship on the whole with the Post has turned sour and that probably has affected his ability to access information. One issue not mentioned is the presence of Gibbs. Gibbs is notorious for saying anything whatsoever to the press. Gibbs ranks up there with Bush with the ability to talk and say absolutely nothing. The Ryan Clark situation looks like a seminal moment in the relationship. If I were to speculate I would imagine that when Gibbs came aboard the newest directive for all football personel was to shut your face and let Gibbs do the talking. With the exception of Bugel(who he knew he could trust to say little beyond some meaningless 'guts' type references) nobody else did much talking. Then when they were on the fence whether to keep Clark or maybe an extra o-lineman it was well know among the press corp and eventually it made its way to Demasio as fact so he ran it. I would imagine he had little contact with anybody who really was in on the decision since he knew they were thinking about it so why question it? Once it ran and they had decided to keep Clark I would guess Gibbs went ape s%&* which in turn allowed Synder to be at his best in terms of being a first class asshole. Ever since both the Skins and Demasio/Post feel slighted and now they can't "just get along". This is all just speculation remember. Demasio will be out as beat writer by this time next year if the relationship doesn't get better. The Post just can't afford to destroy a relationship with a team that is probably one of the most read subjects in the paper.