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ESPN chief Skipper to staff: ESPN is not a political organization
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:14 am
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:14 am
ESPN prez John Skipper sent a memo to all employees today.
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I want to remind everyone about fundamental principles at ESPN.
ESPN is about sports. Last year, we broadcast over 16,000 sports events. We show highlights and report scores and tell stories and break down plays.
And we talk about sports all day every day. Of course, sports is intertwined with society and culture, so "sticking to sports" is not so simple. When athletes engage on issues or when protests happen in games, we cover, report and comment on that. We are, among other things, the largest, most accomplished and highly resourced sports news organization. We take great pride in our news organization.
We have programs on which we discuss and even debate sports, as well as the issues that intersect with sports. Fans themselves love to debate and discuss sports.
ESPN is not a political organization. Where sports and politics intersect, no one is told what view they must express.
At the same time, ESPN has values. We are committed to inclusion and an environment of tolerance where everyone in a diverse work force has the equal opportunity to succeed. We consider this human, not political. Consequently, we insist that no one be denigrated for who they are including their gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or sexual identity.
We have issues of significant debate in our country at this time. Our employees are citizens and appropriately want to participate in the public discussion. That can create a conflict for our public facing talent between their work and their personal points of view. Given this reality, we have social media policies which require people to understand that social platforms are public and their comments on them will reflect on ESPN. At a minimum, comments should not be inflammatory or personal.
We had a violation of those standards in recent days and our handling of this is a private matter. As always, in each circumstance we look to do what is best for our business.
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:15 am to RLDSC FAN
I'll believe it when I see it on the air.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:16 am to Wild Thang
What a crock of shite. They are as fake news as CNN
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:17 am to RLDSC FAN
And I didn't think about pu$$y one time today either
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:18 am to RLDSC FAN
should have sent this on a Tuesday or Wednesday. O/U would be 14.5 pages for this thread
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:21 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:change "is" to "was" and he is absolutely right...
ESPN is about sports.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:21 am to RLDSC FAN
ESPN had a good run, but it's over. It started to suck waaaay before the current over the top political bs took hold.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:23 am to RLDSC FAN
For a non-political organization they sure do spend a hell of a lot of time talking about racism, feminism, immigration, gay rights, trannies, etc.
They have spent more time on those topics over the past 3 years than the prior 30 years combined.
They have spent more time on those topics over the past 3 years than the prior 30 years combined.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:23 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:
At the same time, ESPN has values.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:31 am to RLDSC FAN
Skipper sounds like a pussy. A giant pussy.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 12:42 am to RLDSC FAN
everything is a game to these people
Posted on 9/16/17 at 1:35 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:
we have social media policies which require people to understand that social platforms are public and their comments on them will reflect on ESPN. At a minimum, comments should not be inflammatory or personal.
quote:
We had a violation of those standards in recent days and our handling of this is a private matter
Almost all of the letter was filler until the very end. The entire point of the letter was to remind ESPN employees of their social media policy, and to give the appearance that Jemelle was reprimanded or punished in some manner.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 4:18 am to Ghost of Colby
And Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned...
Posted on 9/16/17 at 5:17 am to RLDSC FAN
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We show highlights and report scores and tell stories and break down plays.
Stopped reading right here. First lie I see, I'm done.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 6:47 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Clay is so far in ESPN's dome, that the CEO of Disney, is favoriting tweets that attack clay.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 7:49 am to RLDSC FAN
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ESPN prez John Skipper sent a memo to all employees today.
Hard to believe a man when he says one thing and does another.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:47 am to RLDSC FAN
Lebatard was cumming on himself today taking about how much diversity Skipper has brought to espn and how it's so much better now. Lulz
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:48 am to RLDSC FAN
I don't see how you can seriously send that memo out when your newest SportsCenter setup is just that, a political stunt.
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