re: Looks like Jemele Hill finally crossed a line that makes even ESPN nervous

I've noticed that strong safety almost never engages you in these conversations... weird

Not sure if this was posted in this thread yet, but...

Clay Travis is reporting that Linda Cohn was quietly suspended earlier this year when she said that ESPN paid too much for live sports rights and that focusing on politics/non-sports issues was driving away viewers.

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But most inside ESPN kept the Cohn story quiet until yesterday, when Jemele Hill received no punishment for Tweeting Donald Trump was a “white supremacist,” that Trump was only elected president because he was white and had the support of racists and that Trump’s administration — the cabinet of which features a black man, an Indian woman, an Asian woman, and multiple Jewish people — was “largely…white supremacists.”

At that point the floodgates broke and employee after employee reached out to Outkick to share the Cohn story and other comments. (Outkick granted them anonymity because they all feared being fired if they used their names. Plus, these are the same sources that have consistently been correct about ESPN’s firings, the Robert Lee debacle and now the Linda Cohn suspension.)

Said another, different ESPN personality, “If Jemele can say that and Linda can’t say what she said, what kind of standard actually exists here? There isn’t one. There’s clearly a double standard. If you say things the company agrees with, you don’t get punished. If you say things the company disagrees with, you do get punished. Maybe even fired.”

Another prominent employee who also requested anonymity stated, “If I’d said Obama got elected because he was black is there any way I’d still be employed here? No chance. But Jemele can say Trump got elected because of white racists and no one does anything? They protect the people they agree with politically. They give them better jobs, more money, everyone can see it.”

Another employee recently contacted Outkick and said, “I pretend I’m a Democrat so I can keep my job here. And there are others just like me. We’re like a secret society inside ESPN.”

For many the combination of the Cohn suspension and the Jemele Hill non-punishment was a breaking point.

“I’m tired,” said yet another employee, “of pretending this company is not full of shite.”

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aside from coming across as a total beta douche, you are in favor of racism. Got it.

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Brannigan hates the white man. Check his post history

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carte blanche.

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It's "Cate Blanchett"



I agree with everything else you said. I shall lay down my pointy hat and 1200 thread count sheet

Why is this thread STILL going on???

We ALL know what she is and what she brings to the table...

As PATHETIC as it is... Why even care?????