Media Debate with Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch

Richard Deitsch is Sports Illustrated's sports media critic.

Despite loving Paul Finebaum with every fiber of his being, he doesn't like me very much.

That's life.

After a few Twitter flare-ups between us, I suggested that Richard come on the Outkick podcast. He declined, requesting a neutral podcast. 

So we decided to have a media debate, presidential candidate style. Our moderator was Amy Goodwin.

And, yes, I almost lost it when Amy announced that I'd won the coin toss to get the first debate question.

You can listen here.

We covered a ton of topics, including the future of sports media, my belief that Ohio State would be the seventh or eighth best team in the SEC, responsibility and ethics in online media, Richard namedropped Rupert Murdoch a ton, Outkick the Coverage's editorial decision-making as it pertains to a potential beheading, would Kate Upton be on the cover of Sports Illustrated if she had small boobs, Journalism with a capital J, and Richard's fondness for sex and the naked human body.  

I hope you guys enjoy it.

You can listen along while pretending to work here. 

Not to be outdone, I also appeared on my buddy Dan Wetzel's Yahoo podcast yesterday.

Basically what I've done this morning is given you nearly two hours of audio to listen to while you pretend to work. 

Who loves you?

This guy. 

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Clay Travis is the founder of the fastest growing national multimedia platform, OutKick, that produces and distributes engaging content across sports and pop culture to millions of fans across the country. OutKick was created by Travis in 2011 and sold to the Fox Corporation in 2021. One of the most electrifying and outspoken personalities in the industry, Travis hosts OutKick The Show where he provides his unfiltered opinion on the most compelling headlines throughout sports, culture, and politics. He also makes regular appearances on FOX News Media as a contributor providing analysis on a variety of subjects ranging from sports news to the cultural landscape. Throughout the college football season, Travis is on Big Noon Kickoff for Fox Sports breaking down the game and the latest storylines. Additionally, Travis serves as a co-host of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, a three-hour conservative radio talk program syndicated across Premiere Networks radio stations nationwide. Previously, he launched OutKick The Coverage on Fox Sports Radio that included interviews and listener interactions and was on Fox Sports Bet for four years. Additionally, Travis started an iHeartRadio Original Podcast called Wins & Losses that featured in-depth conversations with the biggest names in sports. Travis is a graduate of George Washington University as well as Vanderbilt Law School. Based in Nashville, he is the author of Dixieland Delight, On Rocky Top, and Republicans Buy Sneakers Too.