Six months after joining Dallas Express Sports Network, Randy Galloway admits he quit after the startup venture misrepresented his opinions of legacy media.<\/p>\n
In February, right-wing media outlet<\/a> Dallas Express and CEO Chris Putnam partnered with TV veteran Chris Yates\u2019 Dallas Sports Network to form the Dallas Express Sports Network (DXSN). During the launch, Galloway, who has long been friends with Yates, was announced among a list of prominent contributors.<\/p>\n Galloway spent more than half a century as a powerhouse in Dallas sports, working in print and radio for the\u00a0Dallas Morning News, the\u00a0Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Dallas ESPN Radio affiliate.\u00a0At 83, Galloway agreed to join DXSN, believing it would be fun to have a casual outlet to express opinions and talk local sports. But the fun didn\u2019t seem to last long for Galloway, who quickly felt misrepresented by the outlet.<\/p>\n After a big deal was made about Galloway\u2019s addition to DXSN earlier this year, Steven Monacelli of D Magazine<\/a> noticed the veteran sports media personality was quickly removed from the outlet\u2019s list of contributors.<\/p>\n \u201cI liked the guys I was working with,\u201d Galloway recently told Monacelli. \u201cBut one screwup pissed me off.\u201d<\/p>\n Galloway explained his abrupt departure from the sports branch of a right-wing Dallas media outlet stemmed from a March podcast clip headline that read, \u201cRandy Galloway: Old Media is DEAD- Social Media is Taking Over.\u201d<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n \u201cMy point was that the golden days are dead,\u201d Galloway explained to Monacelli. \u201cBut newspapers aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n During the clip, Yates and contributor Mark Elfenbein were asking Galloway about old media vs new media, seemingly in an attempt at getting him to tout the digital age of media, and particularly the new platform DXSN was offering. But Galloway spoke highly of his time in print, claiming Dallas \u201cled\u201d the country during the golden age of newspapers before adding, \u201cwhere they are now and where they were, the ballgame is over.\u201d According to Galloway, he also had positive things to say about current newspapers, which were not released in the segment. He supposedly brought that to Yates\u2019 attention, who told him an editor was responsible for clipping content.<\/p>\n During the clip in question, Yates even asked Galloway to share how \u201crefreshing\u201d it was to be on Dallas Express Sports Network at this point in his career. Galloway, however, wouldn\u2019t give Yates what he was looking for, tempering any immediate excitement by flippantly saying, \u201clet me have a couple of shows\u201d before answering that. As it turns out, before Galloway could have a couple of shows, he determined working with DXSN may not have been as freeing as initially portrayed.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like I was used,\u201d Galloway told Monacelli<\/a>. \u201cThey ain\u2019t reshaping my opinions without me calling bullsh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n Galloway said he was aware of the Dallas Express\u2019 politics and fight against legacy media when he joined DXSN, but he agreed to join because of his long relationship with Yates.<\/p>\n