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Kber

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Tue Sep 9, 2014, 01:44 PM Sep 2014

Anyone familiar with deadspin.com? [View all]

It's a sports reporting and opinion site.

The reporting and comments on the Ray Rice abuse story are very interesting.

The site is dedicated to sports and dominated by sports fans. It is not political or polite and the moderation is done very lightly, if at all.

That said, I have seem commentary, both from staff and from the general public that rivals any site for compassion, empathy, righteous outrage and intelegence. Keep in mind, this isn't a liberal or democratic community, so you have to expect, and will find, a variety of opinions. But the blame the victim crowd gets quickly called out, not just with passion, but with facts and well constructed arguments.

Compared to some of the stuff I've seen on espn or cnn, it's refreshing, to say the least.

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I love Deadspin ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #1
Great series! Kber Sep 2014 #2
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