The LA Clippers scandal has become a PR headache for ESPN

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and star Kawhi Leonard were punished by the NBA, and now ESPN is under scrutiny for its reporting. Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images; Winslow Townson/Getty Images; Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Media industry insiders have criticized ESPN's reporting on the LA Clippers scandal. ESPN's soft framing of the investigation was widely seen as contradicting that of Pulitzer winner Pablo Torre. The NBA's harsh ruling created a PR fiasco for…