Deadspin Documents Former Kansas City Star Scribe Jason Whitlock And His EPIC And Tragic ESPN Grantland Adventure

While most of the former Kansas City Star employees are pouting, blogging, committing suicide in interesting ways or simply fading away . . . Jason Whitlock is taking his game to dramatic new heights and facing increased media scrutiny.

The latest:

Deadspin: How Jason Whitlock Is Poisoning ESPN's "Black Grantland"

Here's the money quote . . .

“If you’re more comfortable working for white people, rather than working for me—and that sounds humorous, but it’s the truth,” he said, according to audio obtained by Deadspin. “Some black people are far more comfortable answering to a white person than a black person no matter how black they like to pass themselves off to be. Far more comfortable, because they know a white person is going to overlook their shortcomings. ‘Eh, it’s good for a Negro.’ I’m not about that. But if you’re more comfortable working for a white person, I will find a white person for you to work for. ... We have a higher standard here. Everybody has to get on board with that or I’m going to find a way to move them someplace else.”

This is a massive Internets takedown attempt written by a writer with less acclaim than big sexy who understands that the media watching public simply finds this guy captivating . . . Here's the not so stunning conclusion"

"Whitlock is a social commentator with a 15-year-old’s understanding of American history and a 75-year-old’s appreciation for pop culture. He has no experience as an editor or manager; no real constituency among the young writers his site is supposed to develop; and no new ideas to bring people. His career-long aversion to reporting and love of the sound of his voice have left him without the skills necessary to build his new enterprise, and his personal incuriosity and lack of grace have left him unable to develop them or productively manage the people who have them. He is flatly, desperately unqualified for his present position."

Either way Whitlock wins here while lesser writers contemplate how they would've done things better despite the fact that nobody's interested in anything they might do.

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