Post to ESPN: Vid Scandal Is Your Fault

Paper, angry at being banned by network, plays the blame game
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 23, 2009 10:33 AM CDT
Post to ESPN: Vid Scandal Is Your Fault
This July 15, 2009, file photo shows Erin Andrews arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo)

ESPN may have banned New York Post staffers from its airwaves after the paper printed images from the Erin Andrews nude video, but the Post shot back today, blaming ESPN itself for the video coming to light. It had gone basically unnoticed since February, but that changed when ESPN demanded its removal for a website. From there it was quick work for Andrews to be identified—and her lawyer to confirm it. (More Erin Andrews stories.)

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