Yesterday, the N.Y. Daily News laid off half its newsroom. The sports department was cut from 30 people to just nine. Really good writers like John Harper (the best baseball writer in NYC) lost their jobs. Somehow, Manish Mehta survived. Can anyone figure out why? Maybe it's just more of the same kind of decision-making that put the Daily News on the balls of its ass in the first place. https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-layoffs-in-powerful-radio-segment/111192574/
I use to feel negatively towards Manish due to his polarizing articles that get as close to being click bait as you can get. But the more interviews I hear with him the more I like him. I think he just writes BS but actually feels a completely different way and articulates those feelings well in interviews. Not that I'm trying to persuade anyone to like him but just an observation.
That's the irony. Even though Jet fans hate his polarizing, negative articles, we read them. We can't resist seeing what bandwagon he's on this week or how he's going to put a negative spin on things. It was probably our clicks that convinced management to keep him. In other words, we saved Mehta's job! Welcome to 21st century journalism, where clicks, not quality, rules.
Manish is a total tool bag that would get his ass kicked by anybody runs his mouth about, but unfortunately he’s one of maybe two people that’s plugged in with sources. It pains me to say it, but we need him on the Jets beat. If all you do is read his tweets and never bother to click on the shitty articles, he’s pretty harmless and actually somewhat useful.
Mehta and Cimini seem to have nine lives. Round after round of layoffs at the Daily News and ESPN, and they're still standing. It's like the old Robin Williams joke that after a nuclear attack on New York City, the only things left alive would be cockroaches and Keith Richard.
Manish gets the Daily News some attention when he pisses a fanbase off. It's all about being relevant.
Hey, I hated him but he was correct about everything he wrote, Revis and Wilkerson dogged it. And I am a fan. I am bummer John Harper was let go, the only baseball columnist left that writes like they used to
How is it that Jets beat writers always survive the purges despite being so hated? Cimini did it and now Mehta. The answer is that negativity attracts clicks, so negative beat writers for the Jets will always be successful. Sad...
Agreed. He causes drama and wastes people's time. They click his links. Makes sense. I unfollowed him years ago and rarely read his articles unless I click a link on this site not realizing it is his. I am still 100% dialed in to the team, showing there is no need for Mehta.
