Bernie Sanders shared his support for former Deadspin staffers after they resigned in protest over order to 'stick to sports'

October 31, 2019

Bernie Sanders

2020 Democratic hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted out his support for workers at the sports website Deadspin after many of its reporters quit en masse in response to an editorial disagreement between G/O executives and the staff, which led to the firing of former deputy editor Barry Petchesky.
In a tweet on Thursday evening, Sanders said he stood with the workers who resigned from the company and "decided not to bow to the greed of private equity vultures."
Some of the workers who left Deadspin responded positively to the tweet.
"Welp, that settles my vote," said former Deadspin writer Albert Burneko.
Sanders has touted election plans to reform the media industry and help journalists unionize.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted out his support for workers at Deadspin, the G/O Media-owned sports blog that saw many of its reporters quit en masse this week after former deputy editor Barry Petchesky was fired from the company.

Petchesky was removed from his post after clashing with G/O executives, who sent out a memo to writers on Monday demanding that they "write only about sports and that which is relevant to sports in some way." The editorial staff, led by Petchesky, defied the order by placing all of their non-sports coverage prominently on the site Tuesday.

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