Grossi’s biggest mistake it that he forgot that the Lerners are a bunch of twits who like to use their money to prove cheap points against their “enemies.”

I think he called it like he saw it. Sometimes in life the truth hurts, but at the same time sets you free.
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Absolutely. He told the truth as he saw it, and it set him free of his responsibility to cover the Browns beat.

People that do business with him and work for him don’t feel that way at all.
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Not all people.

Didn’t he 86 ch 19′s coverage of Browns preseason games after their news program presented what he considered a bad slant on his sister’s daughter dying due to her own negligence?

Randy Learner IS an irrelevant billionaire, and the Browns have been pathetic under his tenure as owner. And one of the reasons is that the puffball media in Cleveland never holds the organization’s feet to the fire for their inadequacies.

If anything, the Cleveland media should be more vocal and public with their feelings, instead of being lapdogs for the front office.

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Pathetic and irrelevant describes Browns fans, not Lerner. You’re the ones who keep running everybody who tries to build something out of town. Then you whine and play the victims.

Been seeing this crap in person for over a decade here in Loser Land.

It isn’t Lerner’s fault.

The tweet uncovered his personal bias toward Lerner by stating he was pathetic and irrelevant billionaire . It was a personal attack whether it was sent on purpose or not, it was still out there.

How could anyone in the Browns organization deal with him anymore?

well, with that line of logic, he is lucky that he only was removed as browns beat writer. something like that could cost you your wife and family, your reputation, and a whole lot of alimony payments…

Now its only mary kate for twitter updates.

That Mr. Lerner is an “irrelevant billionaire”?

People that do business with him and work for him don’t feel that way at all.

The pity is that what he expressed is, indeed, accurate. If he had written a well-supported piece arguing that position with a more professional tone he would have been fine. That’s an article begging to be written, actually. But that would have taken effort.

If anything, the Cleveland media should be more vocal and public with their feelings, instead of being lapdogs for the front office.
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Yep. That’s the problem. If the Cleveland puffball media just resorted to personal insults, then the Browns would finally try to win.

Makes perfect sense. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it earlier.

grossi would be perfect on this site, he is biased and he is a great cutter and paster.

I think he called it like he saw it. Sometimes in life the truth hurts, but at the same time sets you free.

If anything, the Cleveland media should be more vocal and public with their feelings, instead of being lapdogs for the front office.

What the reporter said was absolutely unprofessional. Reporters, even sports reporters, covering a beat, have to be objective. The content of the tweet was clearly not objective, it revealed utter contempt for one of the key people on his beat.

You also have to question this Grossi fellow’s professionalism and ability to use the basic tools of the trade, for him to make such a horrible gaffe that he is publicly insulting one of the very people he is supposed to be objectively covering.

The managing editor on the podcast was correct: there are certain professional standards required and a certain level of objectivity is required. He is also correct saying the tweet was just a flat out, unprofessional insult, not an opinion.

Imagine if a White House pool reporter, for say NBC, who is just supposed to cover what happened on the beat, tweeted that “the President is a despicable and irrelevant front-man for Goldman Sachs.” Whether that’s true or not is irrelevant – he would be destroying the perceived objectivity of NBC. NBC would have to remove him from covering the White House.

This is not a First Amendment issue, anyone who says that is sincerely confused about the Constitution. This is solely about professional conduct a journalistic code of ethics. If Grossi had said this in an opinion column and backed up his statement with facts, that’d be fine. But there is a longstanding tradition in journalism to separate the editorial pages from the beat reporters. One provides opinion, the other facts.

It’s interesting and not noted in this story that PFT itself, as a football blog, frequently and in fact constantly weaves opinion and editorializes on the news even as it reposts. But the vast majority of stories PFT is linking to are of the straight reporting kind, from the beat writers.

So PFT certainly blurs that line all the time and it’s not surprising it is itself confused over the difference between reporting and editorializing. Or more likely they do know the difference, but also know that they receive more traffic precisely by blurring those lines.

But in a traditional newsroom environment like the Plain Dealer, the two are different beasts.

No one is saying Grossi was wrong; we’re just saying it was incredibly dumb if he wanted to continue working as the Browns beat writer and that the PD had no choice but to remove him from his post. Whether or not he wanted to continue working as the Browns beat writer is certainly debatable, however, given his history of lazy, uninspired, unprofessional coverage of the team.

Since I don’t have a Facebook or a Twitter account, it’s not going to happen to me! Stay away from Facebook, Twitter, and most other social media and you don’t have this problem.

I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with Twitter. I think it’s one of the worst forms of “communication’ ever developed. You couldn’t pay me to get a Twitter or Facebook account.

don’t care if intentional or not, once it happens, it happens. once that sentiment is out, his credibility is tainted. plain dealer doesn’t need to explain their actions. it’s reasonable to expect that to be the necessary action, regardless of whether it’s an accident.

it’s the same thing as email. double-check the recipients before clicking send. otherwise, your disparaging remark about an exec, to that exec, could lead to your termination. nothing new here.

Yep. Ask Phil Savage about that.

Once someone can prove the Browns pressured the PD, then I’ll listen. Otherwise it’s just speculation. The Browns dont need to comment. If they do, then they give the appearance that they can in fact decide who covers them or not. This isnt the first time Grossi has been removed from the position of beat reporter for the Browns, he has a track record of losing objectivity. That Twitter account was set up for him by the PD, he represented them. He’s the idiot who made it public.

Last week, Lerner gave an on-air interview to Mike Trivosonno, not Grossi. Grossi was of the opinion that when the owner of the team he covers speaks publicly, especially one who does so as rarely as lerner, it isnt his job to cover it. Or, he was miffed that HE didnt get the interview.

This isnt rocket science folks. Grossi’s replies to Tweet questions were snarky, sarcastic, and sometimes downright rude. Grossi’s lack of professionalism has been on display quite a few times.