Deadspin, a sports news site, has been sold by its parent company, G/O Media, and its entire staff laid off after a controversial story involving Holden Armenta, a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan, accused of wearing 'black face'. The incident, which involved sports journalist Carron J. Phillips, who listed himself as a 'Pulitzer nominee' after paying a $75 fee, writing a hit piece on the child, has led to widespread criticism and a defamation lawsuit from the boy's parents. The sale and subsequent layoffs are seen as a direct result of the backlash and potential financial liabilities stemming from the lawsuit. This marks the second closure of Deadspin, with the first team of writers having left due to disputes with management. The site's attempt to rebrand under new ownership has been met with skepticism, as the digital media landscape continues to grapple with issues of credibility and ethical journalism.
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The response to G/O Media selling Deadspin to a content farm that fired all the staff has been universal mockery and celebration. I switched the topic to chronological, and I couldn’t find any sympathetic or supportive tweets. Hard to imagine an outlet more despised.
Staff at a controversial sports news site that had previously been embroiled in a blackface drama were sacked in dramatic circumstances with just 30 minutes notice. https://t.co/nKgSqOZIcC
RIP, Deadspin https://t.co/7RPwiKYEOB
Deadspin sold by parent company in wake of falsely accusing child of racism https://t.co/GBEnaQWIte
Deadspin Fires All Employees As Part Of Liquidation Sale, Just Weeks After 'Blackface' Lawsuit https://t.co/UQXW19wXyY
"In digital media, death isn’t so simple. Sometimes there’s no open casket or closed casket, no urn with ashes to scatter. The body isn’t just missing, it’s desecrated." My latest column for @Slate is about the many deaths of Deadspin: https://t.co/1qDxXRBzUS
I wrote about Deadspin, which has been condemned to a fate far worse than a simple death. My latest column for @Slate: https://t.co/1qDxXRBzUS
Liberal sports blog that smeared 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan lays off entire staff after being sold https://t.co/6ELzRheGB7
Deadspin has had a lot of lives. Sorry for the people impacted in this as someone who has followed its entire history from Will’s original idea (one of the more talented editorial people I lost two decades ago!) https://t.co/ltYYWFfECS
Annddd farewell to the #Deadspin staff, who just got fired… …these are the s***s who replaced the original Deadspin team (who quit in a dispute with mgmt) & more recently framed/accused a 9 yr old kid/Chiefs fan of racist blackface: https://t.co/f4knW9LSlR https://t.co/DANdqWlYbQ
Deadspin, the hack publication that smeared a small child for wearing his team's colors -- among other terrible articles, has shut down. All the journalists, now struggling to learn how to code, discovered this when they found themselves locked out of their company-issued… https://t.co/vFsSgVygCD
Left-Wing Sports Outlet “Deadspin” Fires All Staff After Falsely Labeling Child NFL Fan ‘Racist’ https://t.co/1avBpz1IMl
Can @Deadspin truly rebrand?? Maybe change the name? Or truly be different? I’ll give ‘em a look now and see what the “new vision”‘it is all about. There was a time when they actually had a voice in sports “journalism” I’ll be curious what they will try to do going forward https://t.co/eSNnvrkmg8
lol Dave Portnoy Reacts To Deadspin Firing Everyone https://t.co/vGK1YhQSyj via @YouTube
More journalists out of work. You love to see it! https://t.co/ijPrGqQxEx
Ok I’ll bite. What is a “Deadspin”?
Deadspin reported it differently. How are they doing, by the way? https://t.co/5yd5ZfACh0
Deadspin’s new owner https://t.co/wpR1meFK3B
I bet this little guy is cheering the mass firings at @Deadspin https://t.co/FNewhXh2Zz
😂😂😂 I think the 5 yo was the reason for the sale of Deadspin. https://t.co/9FLa7jfECq
New Video Deadspin Just FIRED THEIR ENTIRE STAFF Just Weeks After The Woke Disaster Hitpiece Calling A 9 Year Old Racist. The Details Are Hilarious! #GetWokeGoBroke Watch & Share https://t.co/s9iFzX9cyR
"Deadspin is being sold and everyone is being fired —- to a large degree because the owners are terrified they are going to be bankrupted — over the article they wrote about a little kid going to watch his favorite team play." --- Clay Travis. https://t.co/FGUncpOuih
It's Official: Deadspin is Dead https://t.co/BOht7f93Oe https://t.co/xjhXSuNyPl
#BREAKING Deadspin sold by parent company in wake of falsely accusing child of racism https://t.co/rZQnKKhyYa
Deadspin's "reverential" new gameplan involves firing everyone. https://t.co/FWByzfJkCK
G/o media, which just got rid of deadspin after its in-house racist caused a massive defamation suit, still employs people like this in “senior” roles Walking liabilities https://t.co/VxY6dIeSJV
🚨BREAKING🚨Yet another popular news site lays off every staffer https://t.co/7AHK6wTddX
Second iteration of Deadspin now also dead: https://t.co/H9PZILpDPT
Here is my story from Feb. on how @Deadspin cannot claim ignorance in blackface lawsuit. Check out the timeline. It proves Deadspin knowingly lied about the little boy and printed the lie anyway. No wonder the site sold and fired everyone. https://t.co/Lz5XNoYVDb
My favorite part of the Deadspin layoff news: Despite losing his job, @carronJphillips is still being sued by the parents of the little boy he publicly attacked for the crime of being a KC Chiefs fan. This week just started and it’s already awesome.
BREAKING: The entire staff at Deadspin has been laid off by its new owners Carron J. Philips is now unemployed and is simultaneously getting sued for defaming Holden Armenta, a 9-year-old boy Happy ending aren't just for fairy tales https://t.co/Xosb4l1yU6
Deadspin is another loser. Very similar to Buzzfeed, bloody elbow, Vice. The worst of the worst. https://t.co/SL7JfoEXQ7
BREAKING.🚨 "There’s a heart-warming ending to Deadspin’s famously failed story of a 9-year-old kid who was caught wearing 'black face'..." Sports Journalist Who Wrote ‘Black Face’ Hit Piece on 9-Year-Old Chiefs Fan is Now Unemployed https://t.co/bBOXsdCobS
Never want to grave dance over people losing their jobs but this version of Deadspin might've had the worst content of any sports site that has ever existed.
My fondest memory of Deadspin. https://t.co/5GAZUMuXji
This is the face that finally dug the grave for @Deadspin. https://t.co/tN42Xe2W0k
it’s heinous for g/o media to sell deadspin and eliminate everyone in the process esp after the onion union ratified a three-year contract in feb https://t.co/S7bCqJJMDC
Dear @JulieDiCaro and the rest of the now-unemployed Deadspin "writers," https://t.co/skIOYBggvl
Deadspin's @JulieDicaro -- who called me a "sexist" who should be fired for asking the site why it lied about a little kid wearing blackface -- has been fired. https://t.co/yNVmYTCapp
Remember when Deadspin went after a kid for wearing face paint? Oof. https://t.co/it1T8fIdB4
How would you spin The death of Deadspin?
Deadspin got killed. Now Zombie Deadspin has been killed in order to make room for an European Zombie Zombie Deadspin?
Deadspin is dead. Again. You hate to see it @stoolpresidente https://t.co/Vn7yXp188u
Carron J Phillips, who defamed a child for wearing face paint, is now unemployed after the collapse of Deadspin to appeal to future employers, he lists "pulitzer nominee" on his bio being a "pulitzer nominee" means nothing except that you paid a $75 free to be considered https://t.co/xKSY9tWP1j
Deadspin is going to have a field day with this one … https://t.co/aUjkdfBP4E
fittingly, original deadspin's incredible signoff, "the adults in the room" has been 404'd https://t.co/iWD6ay0rmD https://t.co/fucmJFg6Vq
Just saying apropos of nothing that the original Deadspin was the best website. Sorry for the writers at the zombie version etc etc but also viva @DefectorMedia
Damn. Hate to see it. #deadspin https://t.co/3Q1xXho7fY https://t.co/MTNUKg3ItL
.@carronJphillips -- the racist dirtbag who defamed an innocent 9-year-old boy -- has been fired. https://t.co/2YVBkmTVyC