Insane New York Post Column Rips ESPN for Including Woj in Coverage of Kobe Bryant's Death

New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick is the living embodiment of the
"old man yells at cloud" meme. Be it Gary Sanchez, Mike Francesa, Stephen A. Smith, or Jay-Z, Mushnick will always find a way to declare whatever he has in his crosshairs on a given day the worst thing in the world, oftentimes in racially questionable tones.

His latest target is a company in ESPN that frequently draws his misplaced ire, as he somehow found a way to criticize what most have considered to be excellent coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant.

Mushnick's main issue was that ESPN cited Adrian Wojnarowski's confirmation of TMZ's initial report that Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, perished in a crash.

Sure, how dare the biggest sports media outlet in the game confirm through credible means that one of the biggest sports stars of his generation (or any other) lost his life! This isn't profiting off his death by way of clicks and attention, it's ESPN getting the facts right. Period.

Between this ridiculous column and the fact that the Post itself saw fit to publish stories about how Bryant's wife, Vanessa, is struggling to deal with the grief that comes with losing a husband and a daughter -- a topic that should have remained private -- this isn't the best week for the Post.

The fact that Mushnick's first thought in the aftermath of Bryant's passing was "let's find a way to get in another dig at ESPN" rather than any sort of respect for the privacy of the bereeaved is perhaps more concerning than the content in his column.

Do better, New York Post.