ESPN scolds host Jemele Hill for calling President Trump a ‘white supremacist’ on Twitter
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Whites were mad as fuck but they couldn't do shit. How could you when you have a professional baseball team doing the same thing. He was perfectly shielded and knew it. He triggered people with it, but he knew nothing would happen. But we're also in more extreme times right now Post-Trump win.
It was a bold ass move then.... shit is way more polarizing now though..
yet you mofokrs still watch ESPN......
they want her to shut up but the rehire hank Williams Jr ....and yet you mofokrs still watch ESPN..
they want her to shut up but the rehire hank Williams Jr ....and yet you mofokrs still watch ESPN..
u know i bought one....had to show my support ...lol
only wore it once tho...
You're saying this like people in this thread (that I don't have on ignore) gave him props of some kind. He was insulted and dismissed by everyone who addressed him in this thread. TBH, I didn't even know he had a white wife nor that he made appearances on TBN and CBN until you typed it.
If he was a black woman, guys would have searched for pictures of her because that's what heterosexual males tend to do when we find a woman at least somewhat attractive. Some of those pictures would contain the hypothetical white husband and mixed kids.
I'm not sure what type of responses you wanted to see in response to his comments.
You're saying this like people in this thread (that I don't have on ignore) gave him props of some kind. He was insulted and dismissed by everyone who addressed him in this thread. TBH, I didn't even know he had a white wife nor that he made appearances on TBN and CBN until you typed it.
If he was a black woman, guys would have searched for pictures of her because that's what heterosexual males tend to do when we find a woman at least somewhat attractive. Some of those pictures would contain the hypothetical white husband and mixed kids.
I'm not sure what type of responses you wanted to see in response to his comments.
I was just making an observation.
Except when it comes to Michelle Beadle.
NFLPA... Where you at to back Keep?
Don't matter to these niggas. Muthafuckas still gon' tune in to get their fill of entertainment.
The show aint even good
salute...
this is what it is.
a black Man standing up for his friend his sister a Black Woman.
this aint just talk twitter instagram facebook internet board bullsh*t talk
this is that real
you gotta respect it.
that man good with me...permanently.
Report: ESPN tried to take Jemele Hill off the air after White House condemnation
By Des Bieler September 14 at 7:43 PM
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Jemele Hill tweet raises questions about journalistic ‘objectivity’
ESPN host Jemele Hill came under fire on Sept. 11 after calling President Trump a “white supremacist” in a tweet. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
Viewers of ESPN’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” on Wednesday would not necessarily have known that anything extraordinary happened that day. Jemele Hill took her usual place alongside co-host Michael Smith, and the two kicked off the show with a discussion of the red-hot Cleveland Indians before offering their takes on other sports topics.
Hill, though, was in the midst of a very public furor over her criticism Monday of President Trump, which in turn had White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling reporters Wednesday that Hill’s comments constituted “a fireable offense.” The network, which had already distanced itself from Hill’s depiction of Trump as “a white supremacist,” has not fired Hill, but a report claimed that ESPN did try to take Hill off the air Wednesday.
[As the White House calls for her firing, ESPN’s Jemele Hill addresses the ‘elephant in the room’]
According to ThinkProgress, which Thursday cited “two sources familiar with the situation,” the sports network “reached out to two other black ESPN hosts,” Michael Eaves and Elle Duncan, to take Hill’s place that evening. They declined, and Smith reportedly also refused to do the show without Hill.
Confronted with a situation in which it might have to replace both Hill and Smith with white hosts, ESPN asked her to join him on the air, per ThinkProgress. The pair also hosted Thursday’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter.”
statement from ESPN earlier in the day that said, “Jemele has a right to her personal opinions, but not to publicly share them on a platform that implies that she was in any way speaking on behalf of ESPN. She has acknowledged that her tweets crossed that line and has apologized for doing so. We accept her apology.”
On Wednesday evening, several hours after her “SportsCenter” appearance, Hill posted a message on Twitter to, as she put it, “address the elephant in the room.” She said, “My comments on Twitter expressed my personal beliefs. My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light. My respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional.”
Shortly before that tweet, Hill posted another one in which she shared a photo of herself with some ESPN colleagues, including Eaves. She expressed happiness that her “brothers” from the National Association of Black Journalists “came to check” on her.
“Yesterday was a hard and unusual day, with a number of people interpreting the day without a full picture that happened,” Rob King, a “SportsCenter” executive, said to ThinkProgress on Thursday. “In the end, ultimately, Michael and Jemele appearing on the show last night and doing the show the way they did is the outcome we always desired.”
Saying, “I love Jemele and consider her a friend, and she has many here,” veteran ESPN anchor Bob Ley told Sports Illustrated, “I’m well aware a number of folks will agree with the substance of her comments while others will reject them just as readily. You can love the sinner and hate the sin. It clearly was not a proper use of a company-provided megaphone. There are important responsibilities that come with the many perks, and chief among those these days is realizing your words carry the weight of your platform. You speak for more than yourself.”
The firestorm involving Hill began Monday evening, when she tweeted that the musician Kid Rock, who has been mulling a run for the U.S. Senate, “pandered to racists” by using the Confederate flag. That led to a discussion with other Twitter users in which she said, “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.”
“I’m not sure he’s aware,” Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday of Trump, “but I think that’s one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make and certainly something that I think is a fireable offense by ESPN.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...te-house-condemnation/?utm_term=.21095a1aaddd
By Des Bieler September 14 at 7:43 PM
Play Video 2:29
Jemele Hill tweet raises questions about journalistic ‘objectivity’
ESPN host Jemele Hill came under fire on Sept. 11 after calling President Trump a “white supremacist” in a tweet. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
Viewers of ESPN’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” on Wednesday would not necessarily have known that anything extraordinary happened that day. Jemele Hill took her usual place alongside co-host Michael Smith, and the two kicked off the show with a discussion of the red-hot Cleveland Indians before offering their takes on other sports topics.
Hill, though, was in the midst of a very public furor over her criticism Monday of President Trump, which in turn had White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling reporters Wednesday that Hill’s comments constituted “a fireable offense.” The network, which had already distanced itself from Hill’s depiction of Trump as “a white supremacist,” has not fired Hill, but a report claimed that ESPN did try to take Hill off the air Wednesday.
[As the White House calls for her firing, ESPN’s Jemele Hill addresses the ‘elephant in the room’]
According to ThinkProgress, which Thursday cited “two sources familiar with the situation,” the sports network “reached out to two other black ESPN hosts,” Michael Eaves and Elle Duncan, to take Hill’s place that evening. They declined, and Smith reportedly also refused to do the show without Hill.
Confronted with a situation in which it might have to replace both Hill and Smith with white hosts, ESPN asked her to join him on the air, per ThinkProgress. The pair also hosted Thursday’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter.”
statement from ESPN earlier in the day that said, “Jemele has a right to her personal opinions, but not to publicly share them on a platform that implies that she was in any way speaking on behalf of ESPN. She has acknowledged that her tweets crossed that line and has apologized for doing so. We accept her apology.”
On Wednesday evening, several hours after her “SportsCenter” appearance, Hill posted a message on Twitter to, as she put it, “address the elephant in the room.” She said, “My comments on Twitter expressed my personal beliefs. My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light. My respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional.”
Shortly before that tweet, Hill posted another one in which she shared a photo of herself with some ESPN colleagues, including Eaves. She expressed happiness that her “brothers” from the National Association of Black Journalists “came to check” on her.
“Yesterday was a hard and unusual day, with a number of people interpreting the day without a full picture that happened,” Rob King, a “SportsCenter” executive, said to ThinkProgress on Thursday. “In the end, ultimately, Michael and Jemele appearing on the show last night and doing the show the way they did is the outcome we always desired.”
Saying, “I love Jemele and consider her a friend, and she has many here,” veteran ESPN anchor Bob Ley told Sports Illustrated, “I’m well aware a number of folks will agree with the substance of her comments while others will reject them just as readily. You can love the sinner and hate the sin. It clearly was not a proper use of a company-provided megaphone. There are important responsibilities that come with the many perks, and chief among those these days is realizing your words carry the weight of your platform. You speak for more than yourself.”
The firestorm involving Hill began Monday evening, when she tweeted that the musician Kid Rock, who has been mulling a run for the U.S. Senate, “pandered to racists” by using the Confederate flag. That led to a discussion with other Twitter users in which she said, “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.”
“I’m not sure he’s aware,” Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday of Trump, “but I think that’s one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make and certainly something that I think is a fireable offense by ESPN.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...te-house-condemnation/?utm_term=.21095a1aaddd
ESPN denies report it tried to pull Jemele Hill off the air Wednesday
Kevin Spain, USA TODAY SportsPublished 8:01 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2017 | Updated 8:04 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2017
ESPN has released a statement on Jemele Hill's string of tweets Monday in which she ripped Donald Trump. Time_Sports
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ESPN is denying that it attempted to remove Jemele Hill from Wednesday's SportsCenter.
Hill became the focus of controversy when she sent out several tweets Monday nightcalling President Donald Trump a white supremacist who surrounds himself with other white supremacists, then responding to a series of tweets to people who attacked what she said.
Eaves tweeted a cryptic message Wednesday night that was included in the Think Progress report.
Hill tweeted Wednesday that her comments were her "personal beliefs" and that her "regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light."
Kevin Spain, USA TODAY SportsPublished 8:01 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2017 | Updated 8:04 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2017
ESPN has released a statement on Jemele Hill's string of tweets Monday in which she ripped Donald Trump. Time_Sports
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ESPN is denying that it attempted to remove Jemele Hill from Wednesday's SportsCenter.
A report from Think Progress, citing sources, said that the network wanted to replace Hill for the show, but her co-host Michael Smith refused to go on without her. It then reported that the network thought about going with Michael Eaves and Elle Duncan to host the show, but the two did not agree to do it.
Thursday evening, ESPN communications manager Chris LaPlaca tweeted that the network "never asked any other anchors to do last night's show. Period."
Hill became the focus of controversy when she sent out several tweets Monday nightcalling President Donald Trump a white supremacist who surrounds himself with other white supremacists, then responding to a series of tweets to people who attacked what she said.
Eaves tweeted a cryptic message Wednesday night that was included in the Think Progress report.
Hill tweeted Wednesday that her comments were her "personal beliefs" and that her "regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light."
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