The liberal sports blog that smeared a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan last year has cut its entire staff after being sold by its parent company, Fox News Digital has confirmed. Deadspin went viral in November for an article accusing a child who wore red and black facepaint with a Native American headdress of wearing 'blackface' and finding a way to 'hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time.
have some news to share regarding one of our sites in the G/O Media portfolio. Recently we were approached by the European firm Lineup Publishing expressing interest in purchasing Deadspin to add to their growing media holdings,' Spanfeller told staff in the memo obtained by Fox News Digital. 'After careful consideration, the G/O Media board of directors has decided to accept their offer. I do want to make it clear that we were not actively shopping Deadspin.
Armenta's parents filed a lawsuit against Deadspin in February, claiming the website and Phillips selectively ran a photo that only showed one half of his face during the broadcast in question. The lawsuit accused Deadspin of maliciously attacking the 9-year-old. 'By selectively capturing from the CBS broadcast an image of H.A.