It was Orwellian. I completely disappear... by Gregg Easterbrook

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It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran. That was an overreaction. All human beings under pressure behave poorly.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Other quotes by Gregg Easterbrook

Sports

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Today World Life People

But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Boss

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.

- Gregg Easterbrook

People

I think that might have been an element in it, and people have asked me that very thing. Remember, Disney is the majority shareholder, but it is not an operating division of Disney.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Present Day Now

I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Acting

Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in the Rush Limbaugh thing, ESPN was criticized for not acting, and you remember that after a couple days of controversy over Rush.

- Gregg Easterbrook

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