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The Press Box

Oppo Dump! | The Press Box (Ep. 572)

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

How former New York Times editor Jill Abramson got cancelled (03:00), Kevin Durant and the future of NBA media relations (28:30), and Jeff Bezos vs. The National Enquirer (43:15). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:04.4

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0:08.7

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0:14.3

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0:18.6

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0:19.6

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0:23.2

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0:26.6

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0:30.8

and Ryan Rusilla recorded a live trade deadline reaction podcast, which you can watch on youtube.com slash the Ringer,

0:37.2

or listen to an Apple and Spotify.

0:45.2

David, people on the Twitter machine got mad this week, because every negative news story

0:51.2

about a 2020 presidential candidate was being called an, quote, oppo dump.

0:57.0

What's a better and less unappealing term to use than oppo dump?

1:02.9

Oh my gosh, it seems so unnecessary.

1:04.8

I think this, I mean, it depends.

1:06.4

If it's true, then I think we can just call it a fact, right?

1:09.5

I think I, I, what, you know, I'm not the, I haven't been in this world for too long,

1:15.2

but I think back in the house, you know, in days of journalism, they used to call that a lead.

1:18.7

Yes.

1:19.7

I've used some information, follow it up with some research and some reporting.

1:25.9

Yeah, and it sort of begs a question of if you got true information from somebody who was,

1:33.5

let's say, on another campaign, should you not print it, right?

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