she aint going NO WHERE after just signing that new BIG contract this year.
ESPN scolds host Jemele Hill for calling President Trump a ‘white supremacist’ on Twitter
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she aint going NO WHERE after just signing that new BIG contract this year.
Jemele Hill comments have turned into an ESPN firestorm
By Mark W. Sanchez
September 13, 2017 | 11:23am
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The only thing that unites both sides of the Jemele Hill controversy is a common fury at ESPN.
In neither apologizing nor announcing a suspension — while simultaneously distancing itself – ESPN has managed to enrage just about everyone who has seen the “SportsCenter” anchor’s Tuesday night rant about President Trump.
“We are with you @jemelehill,” Colin Kaepernick, himself a lightning rod, wrote to Hill on Wednesday, after ESPN backed away from her comments that Trump is a “white supremacist.”
“She didn’t get fired [because] disney and ESPN are fine w/liberal racism vs conservative logic. Only naysayers to that are liars,” chimed in Curt Schilling, himself fired following an apparent intense passion for sharing conservative memes, the meme-that-broke-the-camel’s-back containing an anti-transgender rights message.
The lines have been drawn at the Worldwide Leader, which is trying to tread that uncertain political line. As more cords are cut and ratings drop, a common narrative has had it that an alleged left-wing bias has contributed to ESPN’s decline. ESPN has commissioned studies to try to eradicate this account, and a few recent hires (Will Cain, a reunion with Hank Williams Jr.) may have reflected an attempt at a correction.
But by not disciplining Hill — at least publicly — nor supporting her, the sides have dug in against Bristol.
“If I said anything of equivalency to Obama, I would have been gone much sooner than I was,” said Britt McHenry, who was among the massive cuts at ESPN in late April and later indicated she thought her right-wing politics played a role.
“If Obama bragged about grabbing women by their vaginas, you wouldn’t have to say much, Britt, because he wouldn’t have been elected,” responded The MMQB’s Robert Klemko.
From inside ESPN, the public response has been tellingly restrained, employees aggrieved over the network not supporting Hill (or not suspending her) and debating how open to be.
ESPN rising star Pablo Torre retweeted himself from shortly after Trump was elected: “The difference between being a white supremacist and permitting white supremacy might exist. But good luck finding it.”
Hill began this political litmus test Tuesday, when she said Trump’s rise “is a direct result of white supremacy. Period. He is unqualified and unfit to be president. He is not a leader. And if he were not white, he never would have been elected.”
ESPN took no side, though it did say her comments were “inappropriate.”
“The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN,” the network said. “We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate.”
http://nypost.com/2017/09/13/jemele-hill-comments-have-turned-into-an-espn-firestorm/
By Mark W. Sanchez
September 13, 2017 | 11:23am
Modal Trigger
Curt Schilling, Jemele Hill and Britt McHenryAP; WireImage; Getty Images
SEE ALSO
ESPN anchor blasts Trump as ‘white supremacist’
The only thing that unites both sides of the Jemele Hill controversy is a common fury at ESPN.
In neither apologizing nor announcing a suspension — while simultaneously distancing itself – ESPN has managed to enrage just about everyone who has seen the “SportsCenter” anchor’s Tuesday night rant about President Trump.
“We are with you @jemelehill,” Colin Kaepernick, himself a lightning rod, wrote to Hill on Wednesday, after ESPN backed away from her comments that Trump is a “white supremacist.”
“She didn’t get fired [because] disney and ESPN are fine w/liberal racism vs conservative logic. Only naysayers to that are liars,” chimed in Curt Schilling, himself fired following an apparent intense passion for sharing conservative memes, the meme-that-broke-the-camel’s-back containing an anti-transgender rights message.
The lines have been drawn at the Worldwide Leader, which is trying to tread that uncertain political line. As more cords are cut and ratings drop, a common narrative has had it that an alleged left-wing bias has contributed to ESPN’s decline. ESPN has commissioned studies to try to eradicate this account, and a few recent hires (Will Cain, a reunion with Hank Williams Jr.) may have reflected an attempt at a correction.
But by not disciplining Hill — at least publicly — nor supporting her, the sides have dug in against Bristol.
“If I said anything of equivalency to Obama, I would have been gone much sooner than I was,” said Britt McHenry, who was among the massive cuts at ESPN in late April and later indicated she thought her right-wing politics played a role.
“If Obama bragged about grabbing women by their vaginas, you wouldn’t have to say much, Britt, because he wouldn’t have been elected,” responded The MMQB’s Robert Klemko.
From inside ESPN, the public response has been tellingly restrained, employees aggrieved over the network not supporting Hill (or not suspending her) and debating how open to be.
ESPN rising star Pablo Torre retweeted himself from shortly after Trump was elected: “The difference between being a white supremacist and permitting white supremacy might exist. But good luck finding it.”
Hill began this political litmus test Tuesday, when she said Trump’s rise “is a direct result of white supremacy. Period. He is unqualified and unfit to be president. He is not a leader. And if he were not white, he never would have been elected.”
ESPN took no side, though it did say her comments were “inappropriate.”
“The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN,” the network said. “We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate.”
http://nypost.com/2017/09/13/jemele-hill-comments-have-turned-into-an-espn-firestorm/
You go girl.
She told the truth fuck ESPN.
Jack be like...
She told the truth and they are salty about it.
White Folks will never see or get it! They will never see our side of things, history, etc. They only see thing one way.....that the White Way!
White Folks will never see or get it! They will never see our side of things, history, etc. They only see thing one way.....that the White Way!
This is to be expected. BSPN not fucking their money up for her. They know they have a lot of viewers who are either white supremacists or voted Trump.....which shit may be the same in itself.
This the price you pay when you don't own shit.
Props to her and Michael. Not saying they shouldn't have took those gigs but you can't be taking those gigs and being vocal about politics and think you not gonna come under fire.
How these brothers and sisters ain't started their own shit is beyond me. Even something as simple as a podcast.
This the price you pay when you don't own shit.
Props to her and Michael. Not saying they shouldn't have took those gigs but you can't be taking those gigs and being vocal about politics and think you not gonna come under fire.
How these brothers and sisters ain't started their own shit is beyond me. Even something as simple as a podcast.
ESPN can get rid of her just like that if they wanted to. Contracts don't mean shit depending how it is constructed. FS1 will welcome her with open arms if that happened tho.
i willl still support her
I always thought he was phony pro black, and still do.
Who's FS1 owned by?
Pablo does the same thing. I think people are so caught up in him talking fast and the words he use they are confused as heck by what he says.
Far from it. I felt the same way until I started listening to their pod before they got their show together. I think after he got comfortable he started being himself. I thought he was a cornball brother at first.
Now ESPN has to pick a side. If she goes we know what side they're on.
Absolutely.
No, it was addressed at their press briefing
She isn't Going anywhere..... ESPN is owned by Disney and Disney can't afford any Boycotts at their Parks for firing her..
Likely they are just going to give her a backstage slap on the wrist and tell her not to do it again.....
Umm if they were to fire her while under contract... Due to a threat from the white house... Wouldn't that make the government liable for suit also?!?
Wow. WH is such a joke.
They got some nerve after their fantasy slave auction.
CAC's are salty. He has a cabinet full of racist fuck boys. Go baby!
you saying that as if its absolute
I checked her on her Twitter...
Checkmate.
I understand your feelings, but you don't take the career risks he takes ar the desk because your "playing" Pro-Black.
There is nooooooooo cateer upside.
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