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re: ESPN hires Jason Whitlock

Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:03 pm to
Posted by sorantable
Member since Dec 2008
48704 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:03 pm to
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Come on Fox. Does anyone know if DirecTv will carry it?

Yeah. They just reached an agreement. Not sure what channel.
Posted by eyeran
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
22096 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:14 pm to
Better.Never.See.Whitlock.On.First.Take.
quote:

Why? What’s so special about First Take?

It baits Negroes to act like n---as.

That’s the job. For years, ESPN pitted a parade of attention-starved, mostly black stooges against Skip Bayless to legitimize and sanitize Skip’s over-the-top attacks on Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, LeBron James and all the other low-hanging black fruit Skip could reach from his debate chair. The parade of stooges failed to properly protect Bayless. You could still see he was an insecure, disingenuous version of Glenn Beck.

Enter Stephen A. Smith, desperate to re-emerge as a high-six-figures TV celebrity, desperate for his next hit from the TV crack pipe. Smith campaigned for the role of Skip’s beard.

Recognizing that its black viewers couldn’t resist Skip’s bait, ESPN doubled down, making Smith an equal partner in the show and re-imagining First Take as the black barbershop of sports talk. The rap-music bumpers, the black, eye-candy female host, the guest appearances by rappers and Smith are all an attempt to make Skip’s negro-baiting palatable, marketable and justifiable.

The show has been dumbed down and ghetto-ized. An environment has been created that entices Smith and others to bojangle and stoop to Bayless’ level of discourse. Terrell Suggs was celebrated for coming on the show and calling Bayless a “douchebag.”

Do not misconstrue my main point. In my opinion, Skip Bayless is not the bad guy. He is what he is. He’s never hid it. He will unfairly climb the back of any athlete — regardless of color — to compensate for his personal demons and insecurities. Bayless exposed himself decades ago when he groundlessly suggested a white, high-profile NFL quarterback was gay.

No. Stephen A. Smith is the villain in this scenario. Smith has enormous broadcasting talent. Dancing for Bayless is beneath Smith. He also has the intellect to see how ESPN and Bayless are using him. Smith could be the Adam Schefter/Chris Mortensen of the NBA, a high-paid, invaluable information-and-insight guru. But taking on Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski is hard work. Dancing for Bayless is easy. Being half of ESPN’s hip hop, N-word-dropping sports show makes you more popular with celebrities. It’s fun. ...

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Posted by jacks40
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
11877 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:18 pm to
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And he be going on that show to play the EXACT role he's criticized Stephen A for playing.


Couldn't he be going on the show to do the opposite? To try and be a positive change?
Posted by kilo
Member since Oct 2011
27421 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:33 pm to
He will fit right in with Skip and S.A. Smith.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
New York, New York
Member since Mar 2009
27872 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:49 pm to
Say what you will, but John Skipper is brilliant at what he does.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14661 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:06 pm to
FS1 is looking better and better all the time.
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
58107 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:16 pm to
frick

He is awful, guess they don't care if anyone watches
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110672 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:35 pm to
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He will star in a new show with Jemelle Hill called "White People's Fault."
he's more critical of black people than any other spits journalist, so this post is a bit confusing lol
Posted by eyeran
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
22096 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:36 pm to
quote:

Couldn't he be going on the show to do the opposite? To try and be a positive change?
ESPN has no interest in that
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38405 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:37 pm to
And that is the final straw...without a live event I'm done with them.
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160104 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:44 pm to
Another example of him being critical towards black culture. A lot of people in this thread are way off.
Posted by 805tiger
Member since Oct 2011
4511 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:46 pm to
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hendersonshands


Take your "black culture" debates to the OT or the Poli Board....
Posted by eyeran
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
22096 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:51 pm to
Its not really a debate though. Whitlock slams both blacks and whites. He just wrote an article slamming RG3 a few days ago but that never gets posted.

Literally every black person on ESPN is a confirmed racist according to this board, though.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
66891 posts
Posted on 8/15/13 at 7:03 pm to
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Another example of him being critical towards black culture. A lot of people in this thread are way off.



So in other words, ESPN will continue to have a 24/7 sports news cycle regarding racial issues. Awesome.
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