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re: ESPN is at a crossroads
Posted on 9/15/17 at 11:14 am to ShortyRob
Posted on 9/15/17 at 11:14 am to ShortyRob
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We've arrived at a stupid place in America where we think that failure to fire someone who has political views SOME people don't like means you SUPPORT those views. Da frick? That's just dumb.
I agree with you to an extent. I don't care that she doesn't like Trump and wouldn't care if she said he was the worst president ever or that she disagreed with his political agenda, but she went too far IMO by calling him a white supremacist.
But ESPN already set precedent with firing on-air personalities in the past for making political statements on social media...see Curt Schilling
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Posted on 9/15/17 at 11:20 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:Normally, even that shouldn't be a reason to fire her. Either she attracts viewers or doesn't. That's really the sum total.
I agree with you to an extent. I don't care that she doesn't like Trump and wouldn't care if she said he was the worst president ever or that she disagreed with his political agenda, but she went too far IMO by calling him a white supremacist.
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But ESPN already set precedent with firing on-air personalities in the past for making political statements on social media...see Curt Schilling
Yep.
Which means the sum total reality is, ESPN has announced to the world......."frick White Conservatives".
I mean, OK. That's a choice. But like us or not, we're still a rather significant block in the market.
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