Ottawa Senators Beefing With Hometown Newspaper Over Uber Video
The NHL’s Ottawa Senators are beefing with their hometown newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen, over the Sens Uber Video.
While the Ottawa Senators don’t normally get a ton of national coverage, they’ve been in the headlines recently for the wrong reasons. First, they were recorded in an Uber while in Phoenix playing the Arizona Coyotes (below) and now, because of that video, things have gotten a bit dicey with their hometown newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08s76gtxjZc
According to CBC, the Senators denied access to one of the newspaper’s reporters on a recent charter flight. Like some beat writers in the states, the beat reporters, photographers, etc. from the Ottawa Citizen sometimes ride along with the team on road trips. This came just a few days after the newspaper refused to take down the Uber video from their website.
“The development came two days after the newspaper said it would not take down a secretly recorded video of several Senators players from an Uber vehicle in Arizona despite a legal notice insisting that leaving it online violates provincial privacy laws.
Hockey writer Ken Warren was expecting to take the team charter to cover the Senators’ game at Tampa Bay on Saturday but was denied access to the flight, Ottawa Citizen editor-in-chief Michelle Richardson said.
“I can confirm it happened this morning,” Richardson said. “For us, it doesn’t really change our fundamentals. We’re still committed to covering the Senators, both the good and the bad. Our coverage is important to our readers and to their fans and that’s not going to change.”
Reporters, broadcasters, photojournalists and other traveling media members sometimes fly on team charters, which can be more timely and convenient than taking commercial flights. The Citizen, like most outlets, pays employee transportation costs when charters are used.”
Additionally, CBC reported that the Ottawa Citizen “flatly rejected a legal notice from the NHL team” in regards to the video being taken down.
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