It appears that Easterbrook's TMQ column has been disappeared from ESPN's website. Not sure why - perhaps for criticizing the boss (Eisner). But, in any case, I was never advocating that the guy lose his writing gigs over this incident - there are plenty of other reasons he should lose his writing gigs. I just am pretty disturbed that he didn't confront the main issue - or that he even embraced it - and his defenders gave him a pass.
...yep, he was fired. This likely had more to do with the fact that he criticized Eisner specifically than anything else, so if any good can come of this it'll be Easterbrook writing a column on the dangers of big media consolidation.
