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re: SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill on ESPN's politics: 'The athletes are dragging us here'
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:13 am to Dead End
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:13 am to Dead End
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“I just hadn’t noticed the correlation between us being called more liberal as you see more women in a position on our network… as you see more ethnic diversity, then all of a sudden ESPN is too liberal. So I wonder, when people say that, what they’re really saying
We're really saying they're more liberal.
The fact she's racist is secondary
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Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:20 am to tjv305
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I don't see how any conservative can watch ESPN other then to watch sports.
This is the problem with politics right now. Not enough of us are willing to get out of our bubble.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:24 am to Dogwalk
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Jemele who?
She's the secret love child of Oprah and Janice from The Muppets.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:30 am to boogiewoogie1978
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I just hadn’t noticed the correlation between us being called more liberal as you see more women in a position on our network… as you see more ethnic diversity, then all of a sudden ESPN is too liberal
I also love the Proggie fascination of equating this "diversity" as an act that is only taking place on their side.
GWB nominates the most diverse cabinet in history but was called everything imaginable by Hill's ilk.
Don't get me started on the left's treatment of figures like Clarence Thomas, Sheriff Clark, Sarah Palin, etc.
Hell, two weeks ago we watched a local election where a woman beat a white male and the left lost their collective shite. Labeled everyone who voted for the woman a racist.
Then this dumbass BLM-terrorist loving racist equates Jackie Robinson to Kaepernick?
Yeah, keep it up.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:31 am to i am dan
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Is Jemele a boy's name or girl's name?
Oh wow, you really burned her man.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:34 am to boogiewoogie1978
You have to be really naive or willfully blind not to see that her argument is weak camouflage for what's underneath. No athlete dragged ESPN into giving Caitlyn Jenner the Arthur Ashe Courage Award over Lauren Hill. That was ESPN taking advantage of the social climate to push their leftist agenda.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:34 am to boogiewoogie1978
Hill asks us to contemplate what it would be like if Jackie Robinson happened now.
I think that's the problem right there. There are no more Jackie Robinson barriers left in sports anymore, but ESPN and others are so desperate for the next one. They would give anything to be on the front lines of a Jackie Robinson moment. So they do all they can to create a facsimile of it, no matter how small, over and over and over again. Maybe there's a large portion of America that's tired of the Jackie Robinson story. Seeing how it happened, what, 70 years ago?
There are no more racial barriers to break. So that's why they're pushing gender issues in sports especially hard, too.
Lastly, I can't wait until they're finally done making sports movies about the first black people to do something in sports. There's nothing more cliche than a sports movie where a black kid tries to play a sport, then white people tell him, "but you can't play football/basketball/tennis/synchronized swimming/jai alai! You're black!" Then the black kid plays anyway, and we all learn a life lesson. Barf.
I think that's the problem right there. There are no more Jackie Robinson barriers left in sports anymore, but ESPN and others are so desperate for the next one. They would give anything to be on the front lines of a Jackie Robinson moment. So they do all they can to create a facsimile of it, no matter how small, over and over and over again. Maybe there's a large portion of America that's tired of the Jackie Robinson story. Seeing how it happened, what, 70 years ago?
There are no more racial barriers to break. So that's why they're pushing gender issues in sports especially hard, too.
Lastly, I can't wait until they're finally done making sports movies about the first black people to do something in sports. There's nothing more cliche than a sports movie where a black kid tries to play a sport, then white people tell him, "but you can't play football/basketball/tennis/synchronized swimming/jai alai! You're black!" Then the black kid plays anyway, and we all learn a life lesson. Barf.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 11:36 am to SpqrTiger
You wonder why ESPN is in the tank, watch this show. It's terrible
Posted on 6/30/17 at 12:15 pm to StrongSafety
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Really? People wth your leanings HATED Jackie Robinson in co back in the day. So what's your beef?
What?
Posted on 6/30/17 at 12:52 pm to boogiewoogie1978
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This is the problem with politics right now. Not enough of us are willing to get out of our bubble.
Why is it necessary for there to be a political bubble to get in/out of on ESPN in the first place? Riddle me that. Believe it or not, some people just want to watch sports highlights of sports game on a sports network without having any side of the politics injected.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 1:35 pm to the_watcher
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Why is it necessary for there to be a political bubble to get in/out of on ESPN in the first place? Riddle me that. Believe it or not, some people just want to watch sports highlights of sports game on a sports network without having any side of the politics injected.
Good point
However, Jemele does have a point that the athletes are brining it up. They should cover all aspects of it because it is news. However, they should just state facts and not give their personal opinions on the subject.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 1:46 pm to StrongSafety
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Really? People wth your leanings HATED Jackie Robinson in co back in the day.
You're talking about the Democrats, right? Cause the Democrats sure did hate the black folks. Still do if they get uppity and step out of line.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 1:47 pm to boogiewoogie1978
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Jemele Hill
I remember when he was running the bone for Switzer at Oklahoma.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 1:50 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Athletes have long known you lose money by being political.
Athletes are apolitical - as Jordan famously said: "Republicans buy shoes too." When asked why he wasn't more political for liberal causes.
ESPN is begging the athletes to agree with their agenda - by asking them constantly - and agreeing with their agenda and platform isn't being political - it's not political if you have to agree or be silenced by ESPN.
Athletes are apolitical - as Jordan famously said: "Republicans buy shoes too." When asked why he wasn't more political for liberal causes.
ESPN is begging the athletes to agree with their agenda - by asking them constantly - and agreeing with their agenda and platform isn't being political - it's not political if you have to agree or be silenced by ESPN.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 1:50 pm to boogiewoogie1978
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as you see more women in a position on our network… as you see more ethnic diversity, then all of a sudden ESPN is too liberal. So I wonder, when people say that, what they’re really saying
What they're really saying is ESPN is now frequently talking about hotbed political issues and overwhelmingly slanting in a particular direction with it, you stupid, race baiting bitch.
The suggestion that people are calling ESPN "too liberal" because they are simply racist or sexist is EXACTLY indicative of the leftist mindset that emanates from their coverage.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 2:18 pm to boogiewoogie1978
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However, Jemele does have a point that the athletes are brining it up.
Does she have a point? This is a quote from the CEO of Under Armour about Trump
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“I think he’s highly passionate. To have such a pro-business President is something that is a real asset for the country.
The CEO of a business (that sponsors Steph Curry) said it was a plus to have a pro business President. These are the questions Steph Curry was asked by a reporter the next day
-“Were you happy to see him (Plank) clarify his statements? Did you demand that?”
-“Would you be willing to leave an endorsement if it were not in alignment with your stances and beliefs?
-“So when you saw the comments from Plank, did you think, ‘I may have to leave Under Armour’?”
-“Is having ties to Trump an automatic deal breaker?
-“I know you aren’t overtly political. Is the current climate making you political?”
This happens every single day with "sports journalists." They can't help but inject their own politics into questions and interviews.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 2:21 pm to boogiewoogie1978
She is the worst.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 2:24 pm to the_watcher
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Why is it necessary for there to be a political bubble to get in/out of on ESPN in the first place
Politics need to be kept the hell out of sports.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 2:31 pm to boogiewoogie1978
She literally disgusts me
Anytime I see her I get nauseated
Might be my least favorite person in the world
Anytime I see her I get nauseated
Might be my least favorite person in the world
Posted on 6/30/17 at 2:35 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Apparently, Jenner’s decision to publicly share his transgender journey, many years after his sports career was over, was more courageous than that of 19-year-old college basketball player Lauren Hill, who publicly lived out her battle against brain cancer on the court from 2013 to 2015, raising awareness and over $1.5 million for research before succumbing to the disease in April of that year.
The Women’s March on Washington got lavish coverage from ESPNW. The March for Life did not register a blip on the women’s-oriented website.
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