Started By
Message
locked post

ESPN Suspended Linda Cohn, Let Jemele Hill Slide

Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:11 pm
Posted by SavageOrangeJug
Member since Oct 2005
19758 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:11 pm
What a shock from liberal ESPN.

Can't be allowing Evil Ol' Whitey to talk out of turn.

quote:

Last night Outkick broke the news that Linda Cohn, one of the most respected women to ever work at ESPN and the person who has hosted more SportsCenters over the past 25 years than any other current employee, was called and told by ESPN president John Skipper not to come to work after she went on the radio in New York City and said as follows:

“They definitely overpaid for many of these products, whether it’s the NBA or starting up networks like the Pac-12 Network and SEC Network,” she said on WABC’s “Bernie and Sid Show.” “It’s well documented … They [also] did not see that they would lose all these subscribers [to competitors like Netflix.]

But it was more than just that. Politics played a part, as did the network’s move away from strictly covering sports.

I felt that the old school viewers were put in a corner and not appreciated with all these other changes. And they forgot their core. You can never forget your core and be grateful for your core group.”



ESPN Suspended Linda Cohn, Let Jemele Hill Slide
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58194 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:13 pm to
Well because one dared tell the truth.
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
22031 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:13 pm to
To be fair calling out your own employer's strategy in public is grounds for dismissal.
Posted by asurob1
On the edge of the galaxy
Member since May 2009
26971 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:18 pm to
If I call my boss out in public there are going to be consequences.

Your point is lost here.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37705 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:19 pm to
I despise ESPN but maybe she should learn to shut her mouth. She went on a 3rd party show to criticize her employer and got called on the carpet.
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
18147 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:25 pm to
Curt Schilling is a better example.

I can't criticize my employer in a public forum.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79358 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:26 pm to
She's dumb enough to think she got away with it and will raise the bar next time where they will fire her.
Posted by Blob Fish
Member since Mar 2016
3091 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:28 pm to
Well, you can literally prove everything Linda said with facts and figures. So, the appropriate response is punishment.

Jemele lives in a fantasy land of feelings and emotions and moral superiority. She gets to stay.
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 12:29 pm
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
26991 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:36 pm to
"Why was Cohn to stay at home? So, according to an irate John Skipper, she could have time to think about what she had said."

She should have spent the whole time on the phone with her agent. Linda Cohn can literally write her own ticket. There is probably no more respected woman in sports media.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
36205 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:43 pm to
ESPN promotes athletes for protesting on the NFL owner's dime, but gets upset when one of their own speaks their mind on another outlet.

I can certainly understand why, but Kapernick can't be a hero and Cohn wrong if you are consistent.

The fact is that everyone is accountable to their employers and not just the ones that criticize ESPN.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82233 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:54 pm to
email their ombudsman to complain

publiceditor@espn.com
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84893 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:19 pm to
why dont you buy espn then you can suspend who you want when you want
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79943 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:54 pm to
quote:

ESPN Suspended Linda Cohn, Let Jemele Hill Slide


If I were Linda, I'd be busting out that anti Semitism card about right now.
Posted by The Dudes Rug
Member since Nov 2004
13860 posts
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:39 pm to
Well, Linda "red pill" Cohn..
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
8539 posts
Posted on 9/14/17 at 12:01 am to
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
46351 posts
Posted on 9/14/17 at 8:18 am to
quote:

What a shock from liberal ESPN. Can't be allowing Evil Ol' Whitey to talk out of turn. quote: Last night Outkick broke the news that Linda Cohn, one of the most respected women to ever work at ESPN and the person who has hosted more SportsCenters over the past 25 years than any other current employee, was called and told by ESPN president John Skipper not to come to work after she went on the radio in New York City and said as follows: “They definitely overpaid for many of these products, whether it’s the NBA or starting up networks like the Pac-12 Network and SEC Network,” she said on WABC’s “Bernie and Sid Show.” “It’s well documented … They [also] did not see that they would lose all these subscribers [to competitors like Netflix.] But it was more than just that. Politics played a part, as did the network’s move away from strictly covering sports. I felt that the old school viewers were put in a corner and not appreciated with all these other changes. And they forgot their core. You can never forget your core and be grateful for your core group.” ESPN Suspended Linda Cohn, Let Jemele Hill Slide


Y'all can stop with, "she was canned for calling out ESPN's poor business decisions". That was the convenient part of her interview that allowed ESPN to suspend the woman. I can guarantee ya if she leaves out the political part of her interview she probably gets called into the boss's office and told to be careful with the corporate criticism.

This is further proof of just how deep the rot of progressivism truly is. I don't know how much time we have left before this country plunges into the abyss of progressive psychosis but we're definitely on our collective toes teetering on the edge. God help us.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram