Jemele Hill: NFL Protest Ban Based on Fear of Trump
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Recently named "Black Journalist of the Year" by the liberal-minded National Association of Black Journalists, Jemele Hill has joined the media lemmings claiming President Donald Trump forced the NFL to ban player protests. The senior correspondent and columnist for ESPN and The Undefeated also says the NFL sold out its players when it put an end to anthem protests.
World Leader in Stupid: ESPN Brings Olbermann Back to Sports Center
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If you know anything about Keith Olbermann, you know he’s The Worst Person in the World to help ESPN pull out of its social justice spiral and get back on course covering sports. But according to USA Today, The Sultan of Sanctimony, the Colossus of Condescension, is returning to Sports Center as a guest host. And the timing could be any, well, dumber, just a day after the Wall Street Journal…
Jemele Hill Failed Mightily in '17, Wins NABJ Journalist Honor
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A year of failure, suspension and demotion is all it takes to win a journalist of the year award——if you're Jemele Hill and you very publicly called the Republican president of the United States a "white supremacist." For this and other less-than-stellar "accomplishments" in 2017, Hill is the winner of the Journalist of the Year award in 2018 for the National Association of Black Journalists.
ESPN's Jones Says America Trying to Reconcile Sports, Racism
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This week ESPN talk show host Bomani Jones had a conversation with GQ magazine interviewer Eve Ewing about America's struggle to reconcile a love of sports with its hatred for blacks. Ewing set the stage for the discussion by pointing out that "the sports arena is the place where America has been trained for centuries to fear and loathe the black body."
Sports Illustrated's Traina Denies ESPN's Liberal Bias
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Jimmy Traina attended this week's "ESPN Upfronts" event in Manhattan. The liberally slanted Sports Illustrated author of the "Extra Mustard" column described it as an opportunity for ESPN "to get companies to spend money on their shows." In his recap of the Upfront, he ridiculed the notion that ESPN has a liberal bias.
ESPN Denies Liberal Bias, Cuts Public Editor Role
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An ombudsman is a public advocate tasked by an organization with the role of representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints. In recent years, ESPN changed the title of its ombudsman to "public editor" and, in effect, used Jim Brady to whitewash accusations of liberal political bias and a sexist culture.
Hill Says Trump Conference on Race 'Rings Hollow'
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Former ESPN SportsCenter 6 co-host and ongoing race-baiter Jemele Hill (in photo) is doubling down on her tweet of last fall when she called President Donald Trump a "white supremacist." In a post on ESPN's blog, The Undefeated, she blames the president for ending Colin Kaepernick's NFL career and says it's a hollow gesture for him to invite the free agent football player to an upcoming White…
Bryant Book Defends Protesters, Raps Racist White Fans
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Set for release May 8, ESPN The Magazine writer Howard Bryant's book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism," is a defense of the African-American athletes' protest movement and an incendiary attack on white racist sports fans. Online excerpts reveal Bryant's defense of Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James and other protesting athletes, the portrayal of white…
ESPN's Bryant: Statistical Analysis in Baseball 'Equivalent of Racism'
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Major League Baseball just observed the 71st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the race barrier, but little has changed since 1947 when he endured appalling racism. ESPN's Howard Bryant claims that if Robinson was still alive today, "He would be facing the same sort of vitriol that Colin Kaepernick is facing today." Bryant made these and other pointed remarks about race on The Sporting Life…
The Undefeated Urges Adidas to Name Shoe for Kaepernick
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If Colin Kaepernick ever rejoins the National Football League, Adidas is ready to cash in with a shoe line befitting of America’s most notorious jock/social justice warrior. The Undefeated race-baiting blog is all for it, too, because Kap is a “man of the people.”
Kellerman: Standing for Anthem Is Parroting Owners' Political Speech
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Today's ESPN First Take program started with a 25-minute donnybrook on the Seattle Seahawks rescinding an invitation to Colin Kaepernick for a tryout. Max Kellerman (in photo) called it a "punk move" and charged NFL owners with trying to make their player employees parrot their political speech by standing for the national anthem.
I Wonder Why? First-Quarter Ratings Tank at CNN, ESPN
In early March, Tim Graham at NewsBusters noted that CNN's February audience fell by 19 percent from February 2017. Full first-quarter cable TV ratings released this week show serious year-over-year declines not only at CNN, but also at ESPN, which has continued to push politically correct causes. Perhaps CNN's Jeffrey Tucker should consider the shortcomings in his network's programming instead…
New ESPN President: 'We Are Not a Political Organization'
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On Tuesday, Variety posted an interview with ESPN's new president, Jimmy Pitaro. The former Disney executive who recently replaced John Skipper was not in for an afternoon of softball questions, though, because interviewer Brian Steinberg hurled difficult questions his way. Pitaro bobbed and weaved those questions and portrayed ESPN as an amazing organization that is serving its fans exceedingly…
ESPN Touts Sports Figures Advocating for Gun Control
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Sports figures are heavy hitters now with their social justice activism. When they speak, their adoring fans, along with gun control advocates, listen. With an assist from Associated Press reports, ESPN News Services compiled examples of athlete involvement with Saturday's March For Our Lives events. Among the big names supporting the marches were, among others, NBA coach Steve Kerr, former NBA…
