{"id":34400,"date":"2018-01-16T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=34400"},"modified":"2018-01-16T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T01:32:22","slug":"pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/01\/16\/pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett\u2019s Blog &#8211; Professional wrestling media is already failing the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2263536469\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b>,\u00a0ProWrestling.net Senior Staffer (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wilpruett<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a deluge of sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct allegations across all areas of culture in the last few months. This moment has seen prominent politicians, actors, producers, directors, orchestra conductors, and all manner of powerful men forced to step away from their professions due to their actions. It\u2019s a dam that has broken and we are living in the flood. The last week has seen professional wrestling forced to deal with this reckoning and wrestling media has failed at every level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to understand what wrestling media is before we look at how it has failed. At its heart wrestling reporting is access journalism. Stories are given to reporters, sometimes by involved parties. While many reporters strive to be fair, it can be difficult to do so. There is also very little accountability in wrestling journalism. While major publications are held to a high standard, this doesn\u2019t exist at the same level in wrestling. Think about the major wrestling publications you read; when was the last time you saw a retraction or correction? While <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/859939296761057281\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Associated Press makes it clear every time they delete a Tweet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, wrestling journalists can (and sometimes do) pretend their mistakes never happened. Wrestling publications, even when they run stories contrary to each other, don\u2019t hold each other accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While major media organizations often have large corporations backing them, lawyers on staff to look at each story, and insurance should they be sued for something they print, these are lacking in wrestling media. Most wrestling media is reliant on a small base of subscribers or advertisers. They lack the capacity to put together and defend a story as paradigm-changing as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/05\/us\/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times\u2019 Harvey Weinstein story<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The threat of a prolonged legal battle could put the writers of wrestling publications at risk, even if the story they are reporting is perfectly sourced and completely true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling media is a space inhabited mostly by men. For a long time, wrestling itself was seen as a boy\u2019s club. The group of people with access to wrestlers became a boy\u2019s club as well. As a man, I have no idea what it must be like to be a woman trying to come forward with allegations of misconduct. With so few women in the wrestling media, where are the safe spaces for women to bring any such allegation? Where are those with empathy for what they\u2019ve been through? Men do not know what it is like to be constantly threatened in the same way women do. Men, sadly, are not as likely to believe victims when approached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This brings us to what we have seen from the wrestling media thus far. How have wrestling media outlets responded to allegations of sexual misconduct in wrestling? The outlet I write for and am publishing this on, prowrestling.net, didn\u2019t try to cover the Glory Pro\/Moses Malone\/Sean Orleans\/Michael Elgin allegations. It ran CWF Mid Atlantic\u2019s statement on Brad Stutts but offered no additional details. Prowrestling.net did not touch these issues and this is not good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the CWF Mid Atlantic story, Bruce Mitchell at PW Torch was the only major reporter to come out of Twitter direct messages and offer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/01\/10\/mitchell-cwf-mid-atlantic-brad-stutts-split\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any details on the story<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Bruce is close to the promotion and this must have been a hard piece to write. While I could take issue with it at times reading like the redemption narrative script for Stutts, Mitchell is more than fair in saying it is time for Stutts to step up and take responsibility for his past and future actions. This is a good piece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Moses Malone, Michael Elgin, and Sean Orleans situation gives us the other end of this coverage. Multiple websites have reprinted statements from Michael Elgin (who has been accused of abuse), including <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestlingsheet.com\/michael-elgin-cobb-unacceptable\/#.Wlv6SZM-e2U\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro Wrestling Sheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Dave Meltzer\u2019s Wrestling Observer Newsletter (which is behind a paywall). Meltzer, in his member\u2019s forum, doubled down and questioned the validity of the accuser without offering a reason and linked to a shady anonymous tumblr that not only questioned her statements, but also gave out personal information about her. This could open her up to doxing, stalking, and threats upon her life. This is the wrong way to treat anyone, let alone a victim coming forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dave Meltzer abdicated his responsibility to readers and the wrestling industry by assuming the accuser in this situation was lying, believing unsourced convenient information over one of the parties involved, and misleading the public. He has yet to apologize on Twitter, his website, or his member\u2019s forum, for doing any of this. He has yet to print or podcast a retraction to the many incorrect statements he made while covering this story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While both of the above sites (Pro Wrestling Sheet and Wrestling Observer) reprinted statements from the accused without contacting the victim, Jerome Cusson at PWPonderings did, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwponderings.com\/2018\/01\/11\/speaking-out\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this compelling interview was the result<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Would it have been hard, via direct message, email, or anything else to talk to Malone about what she has been saying? No. Not at all. In fact, it was the journalistic responsibility of anyone covering the story to do so.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3564423215\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where are we now? How can wrestling media, and the professional wrestling community in general, be better? I have some incomplete thoughts on this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and foremost, believe the accusers. Coming forward with any kind of accusation against those in power is difficult. It often has negative consequences, ranging from online threats to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2018\/01\/08\/a-roy-moore-accuser-lost-her-home-in-a-possible-arson-strangers-rallied-to-raise-thousands\/?utm_term=.069aade7b2f9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much worse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. No one is coming forward hoping to profit. No one profits from accusations of sexual misconduct. The idea that there is some billion dollar lawsuit around the corner for any person telling the story of their abuse is absurd. And before I\u2019m asked, no one is demanding reporters not do the journalistic work of asking questions and finding out more information. Ask questions of all sides and present them. Don\u2019t just reprint one side of the story without offering additional context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For fans, understand that it could be a person you admire being accused. Believe the accuser. Over the weekend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/babe.net\/2018\/01\/13\/aziz-ansari-28355\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accusations about Aziz Ansari surfaced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019ve read my writing over the last couple years, I\u2019ve heaped praise and admiration upon Ansari\u2019s body of work. It sucks to find out someone you admire has been accused of sexual misconduct. I think many lean into denials because it\u2019s easier. We need to deal with the dissonance of admiring someone\u2019s work and knowing they\u2019ve done bad things. When it\u2019s potentially your favorite wrestler being accused, please do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support women in wrestling media. This space cannot change without getting more diverse. We need more women. We need more non-binary writers. We need more than just straight white males contributing to wrestling media. Tell your favorite website to seek out and hire women. Amplify women\u2019s voices <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrestlingsexism\/status\/810518754635423744\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by seeking out awesome women who write about wrestling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and linking to their work! If you\u2019re a woman reading this wanting to write about wrestling, start a wrestling website or blog! You can always submit a writing sample unsolicited to your favorite wrestling media outlet as well. This will lead to this space being a safer place for those needing one within the wrestling community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand that we already have and we will fail. As I mentioned above, wrestling media is based largely on access journalism and exists without the resources to do much more than pick up the phone and ask a question. There is no multi-million dollar investigative force coming to help out. Wrestling media is not equipped to handle this movement and it will fail at doing so. My hope is those in wrestling media will learn from this, add some badass women to our numbers along the way, and do better after each failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While wrestling media is not equipped for the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement, it is what those in wrestling, especially indie wrestling, have. Websites like this one, PWTorch, Pro Wrestling Sheet, PWInsider, Wrestling Observer, PWPonderings, SC Sirens, and any I\u2019ve missed are what those in and around wrestling have. These are the places their stories can be heard and understood. We in wrestling media owe it to the victims of misconduct, harassment, and abuse to tell their stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last few months, it hasn\u2019t just been celebrities and high profile men being taken down into the garbage fire of sexual predators. I\u2019ve seen it happen to people in my personal life. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_WKFDqxiL80\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Silverman, on her Hulu show, talked about this by saying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cThis recent calling out of sexual assault has been a long time coming, it&#8217;s good. It&#8217;s like cutting out tumors \u2014 it&#8217;s messy and it&#8217;s complicated and it is gonna hurt, but it&#8217;s necessary and we&#8217;ll all be healthier for it. It sucks, and some of our heroes will be taken down and we will discover bad things about people we like, or in some cases, people we love.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Pro Wrestling Sheet did include a link to the text logs posted by Malone in their post about Jeff Cobb. This story originally did not reflect this fact and has been updated to do so.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. To see his video series \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling\u201d <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To contact, check him out on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leave a comment,\u00a0or email him at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-4099394552\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Will Pruett,\u00a0ProWrestling.net Senior Staffer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,27,76],"tags":[2004,2005,131,2003],"class_list":["post-34400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustreadarticles","category-viewpoints","category-willpruett","tag-metoo","tag-timesup","tag-michael-elgin","tag-wrestling-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pruett\u2019s Blog - Professional wrestling media is already failing the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement - Pro Wrestling Dot Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/01\/16\/pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pruett\u2019s Blog - Professional wrestling media is already failing the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Will Pruett,\u00a0ProWrestling.net Senior Staffer...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/01\/16\/pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-16T19:40:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-17T01:32:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/05\/willsnewthing1.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will Pruett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will Pruett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/16\\\/pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/16\\\/pruetts-blog-professional-wrestling-media-already-failing-metoo-timesup-movement\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Will Pruett\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18b8715fbf4523811238ea1695047f37\"},\"headline\":\"Pruett\u2019s Blog &#8211; 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