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ESPN RESPONDS TO YANKEES' CONCERNS OVER "OTL" SPECIAL

          Yankees' COO Lonn Trost said that he has "already been
     in touch with an ESPN attorney" regarding ESPN's "Outside
     The Lines" edition featuring agent Jeff Moorad's contract
     negotiations for free agent OF Manny Ramirez, according to
     Bob Raissman of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS, who notes that Yankees
     GM Brian Cashman was not aware that his phone calls with
     Moorad were being taped (see THE DAILY, 12/21).  Raissman
     writes, "This is all about questions of ethics and fairness. 
     No reporter ... should be in the business of protecting
     Cashman, any team executive, or player.  However, the fact
     that Cashman was blindsided, having no idea his words were
     being recorded, is not fair."  ESPN VP/News Vince Doria, on
     the issue: "I'm satisfied we met an ethical reporting
     standard with our story.  Given the same set of
     circumstances I'd do it again.  I wouldn't expect [Cashman]
     to necessarily be thrilled with it. ... But the legal issue
     wasn't the driving force here.  There were issues of
     fairness, issues of relationships that we wanted to consider
     in this whole thing. ... One thing I wanted to make sure of. 
     I wanted to put conversations on that would advance the
     story, but not embarrass the people who were on the phone
     calls."  Raissman notes that "if the call -- as Cashman's
     was -- is made from New York, it is permissible for the
     caller to be taped without his knowledge, ... [but] there's
     no doubt ESPN was operating in unchartered territory." 
     Moorad "allowed" the net "inside what ... was sacred
     territory," but there was "probably no way" someone would
     not "be hurt in the process" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/22).

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