Russell Westbrook is a player for the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team. Barry Tramel is a sportswriter for The Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Last month Mr. Westbrook told Mr. Tramel in a post game interview that he didn't like him. There is of course a lead up to Mr. Westbrook's declaration of distaste in regards to Mr. Tramel, and a link to the article Mr. Tramel wrote in response is below. The article doesn't really deal with the game, but with how Mr. Westbrook's succinct responses to interview questions were, "showing his complete disregard for fans." In my opinion, the whole piece is a whiny piece of tripe, but that is not my point. Mr. Tramel is apparently from an age where the print media was, along with radio and television, the conduit of information from sports stars and other celebrities to their fans. Mr. Westbrook's fans don't need the print, radio, or TV media conduit, because they have a direct link to him through social media.
Russell Westbrook Twitter following: 2.22 million
Barry Tramel Twitter following: 22.3 thousand
Russell Westbrook Facebook Likes: 3,222,459
Barry Tramel - no Facebook page
Daily Oklahoman Facebook likes: 15,196
Daily Oklahoman circulation: 744,047
Past 7 Days Print/Past 30 Days Online Net Combined Audience as of 3/31/14
http://newsok.com/tramel-im-not-the-only-one-russell-westbrook-doesnt-like/article/5385981
https://twitter.com/russwest44
https://twitter.com/@BerryTramel
https://www.facebook.com/russellwestbrook
https://www.facebook.com/TheOklahoman?rf=111998135485845
http://auditedmedia.com/news/blog/2014/june/top-25-us-newspaper-audience-gainers.aspx
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Russell Westbrook Twitter following: 2.22 million
Barry Tramel Twitter following: 22.3 thousand
Russell Westbrook Facebook Likes: 3,222,459
Barry Tramel - no Facebook page
Daily Oklahoman Facebook likes: 15,196
Daily Oklahoman circulation: 744,047
Past 7 Days Print/Past 30 Days Online Net Combined Audience as of 3/31/14
http://newsok.com/tramel-im-not-the-only-one-russell-westbrook-doesnt-like/article/5385981
https://twitter.com/russwest44
https://twitter.com/@BerryTramel
https://www.facebook.com/russellwestbrook
https://www.facebook.com/TheOklahoman?rf=111998135485845
http://auditedmedia.com/news/blog/2014/june/top-25-us-newspaper-audience-gainers.aspx
#IDS880_VA