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It is not a secret that the ESPN programming seems very different now from what it even did about 10 years ago.
A network that has constantly flooded viewers of some of the best protruding facts of the day before has turned into many speaking head shows like “First Take”, “Get Up”, “NFL Live” and “The Pat McAfee Show”.
Such changes have even drawn the attention of the former First Lady Michelle Obama, who said that she could not help feeling like she looks at reality TV when she lights the chain.
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Michelle Obama compared ESPN to reality TV. (Channe Youtube Michelle Obama)
“This is a sociological study. They think that sport is a better reality TV, I say to myself:” It’s the same thing. “If I listen to ESPN for an hour, it’s like watching the” Real Housewives of Atlanta “, you know? Obama said on the” IMO “podcast of his brother Craig.” It’s the same drama, and they cry out, and they don’t get along, you know? I mean, Stephen A. Smith, he’s like everyone else … “
Two of the hosts then joked that it would be a perfect fit for the show.
“So that’s why I say to myself:” What is the difference? “It’s just, you know, it’s just a sociological drama,” added Obama. “I mean, the fact that people during the work seasons still cannot get along. They always have the same arguments, you know, and these are not only women. But it also happens in sport. I find it fascinating.”
Former First Lady Michelle Obama attended the opening evening by celebrating “50 years of equal salary” during the first day of the US Open 2023 at the Arthur Ashe stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 28, 2023. (Images Jean Catuffe / GC)
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ESPN recently canceled “around the horn” after more than 20 years, with one of his former analysts, Jay Marriotti, saying that he was too awake.
In one of her last episodes, a former panellist returning, Kate Fagan, said that “the children are deserving to play sports”.
Michelle Obama compared to watch ESPN to watch “Real Housewives of Atlanta”. (YouTube / Omi screenshot with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson)
In the latest episode of the show, “Tim Cowlishaw,” Around The Horn, fired a blow on the network to “hire athletes instead of journalists”.
