Comcast puts mute button on Fosse/Kuiper giggles; Local media ignore; Where's the outrage?

The whole tragedy of the fan, Shannon Stone, father of young son, who fell to his death last week, is sad enough, but when a major cable network, the owner of NBC, tries to muzzle it up, there should be outrage and indignation.

Am I missing something? Only Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News seems to have been as pissed off as I am. Maybe we should all try to figure out just what went down.

How dismayed and concerned were the suits at Comcast over Ray Fosse and Glenn Kuiper's on-air giggling of the picture of Mr. Stone's death plunge? Almost immediately after the chuckling duo's infamous act, both were ordered not to discuss the matter with anyone, including wire services, A's and Rangers beat writers, and almost every news outlet in town and beyond.

Even when the story went national, all Comcast did was issue some lame statement:


"We want to express our condolences to Shannon Stone's family. This is a terrible tragedy and our hearts go out to everyone involved in this incident. Our coverage reflected our concern as soon as the severity of the situation became apparent."






Think Comcast thought it had a potential quagmire coming? And to make matters worse, not one, not a one Bay Area writer, take Comcast to task. How about a question? Any question. Nothing. Nada. And still, not a word from Fosse and Kuiper.

And not a word here locally from the Chron, the Merc, radio, TV. Not so much a peep, am I missing something here?

I mean, you'd think Lowell Cohn or Kawakami would be all over this, ditto Scott Ostler, but nothing there, folks. Wait a minute. Doesn't Cohn appear on Comcast? "Chronicle Live", I think. And ditto Kawakami too.

Susan Slusser, A's beat writer made mention of the Comcast activity, but wrote nothing and never bothered to call the media company other than being turned down for an interview request by both Fosse and Kuiper.

If I were a regular viewer of Comcast Sports Bay Area, I'd be a little outraged by now. Furthermore, seeing that Comcast' panel of local "Insiders" and writers haven't said diddly shit over the Fosse/Kuiper conundrum, I'd call that conflicto-of interest up the ying yang, but what the hell do I know, I'm just a local media blogger.

Thank God for Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News.

*Note: Slusser attempted to contact Comcast. Too bad her co-horts never tried.

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