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Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:14 pm to eyeran
Better.Never.See.Whitlock.On.First.Take.
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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 on 8/15/13 at 5:18 pm to eyeran
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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 on 8/15/13 at 5:33 pm to sorantable
He will fit right in with Skip and S.A. Smith.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 5:49 pm to sorantable
Say what you will, but John Skipper is brilliant at what he does.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:06 pm to sorantable
FS1 is looking better and better all the time.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:16 pm to sorantable
frick
He is awful, guess they don't care if anyone watches
He is awful, guess they don't care if anyone watches
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:35 pm to BCMCubs
quote:he's more critical of black people than any other spits journalist, so this post is a bit confusing lol
He will star in a new show with Jemelle Hill called "White People's Fault."
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:36 pm to jacks40
quote:ESPN has no interest in that
Couldn't he be going on the show to do the opposite? To try and be a positive change?
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:37 pm to sorantable
And that is the final straw...without a live event I'm done with them.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:44 pm to eyeran
Another example of him being critical towards black culture. A lot of people in this thread are way off.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:46 pm to hendersonshands
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hendersonshands
Take your "black culture" debates to the OT or the Poli Board....
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:51 pm to 805tiger
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.
Literally every black person on ESPN is a confirmed racist according to this board, though.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 7:03 pm to hendersonshands
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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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