ESPN’s Jemele Hill, who was suspended for two weeks in October 2017 by the cable sports network for her tweets about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and calling for a boycott of Cowboys advertisers was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday. The annual award recognizes a black […]
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ESPN, which struggled last year after several of its on-air personalities aired their political views on the sports channel, is facing another controversy after fill-in host Katie Nolan called President Trump a “f*cking idiot” and “f*cking stupid person” on last Wednesday’s broadcast of Viceland’s Desus and Mero Show. The network issued a statement Saturday that it “looked […]
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ESPN has outbid their competitors for major live television events rights, such as professional basketball (NBA), Monday Night Football (MNF) games, and Major League Baseball (MLB) games. However, that bill has come due because of declining cable subscribers due to cord-cutting among Millennials. ESPN had a massive wave of layoffs earlier this year, but reports […]
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Reaction to Jemele Hill’s suspension from ESPN for urging a boycott of Jerry Jones’ advertisers has demonstrated, if nothing else, the lack of civics education in the country. But it may provide some long-term benefits. Hill tweeted: “This play always work. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ’s statement, boycott […]
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On Sept. 11, Jemele Hill tweeted that President Donald Trump is a white supremacist after a woman died during a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Va. Her employer, ESPN, received significant criticism for her remarks and pushed Hill to apologize. Instead, Hill issued a statement that said she was sorry for portraying ESPN in a bad light, […]
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ESPN’s Jemele Hill, who called President Trump a “white supremacist” and “unqualified to be president” in a series of tweets two weeks ago, penned an essay on the network’s website admitting that she should not have used Twitter to vent her frustrations. remained critical of Trump rather than apologizing for what she said. She remained critical […]
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Dear media, why all the buzz about protests from a small portion of the National Football League’s players? Per ESPN’s Darren Rovell, only 120 players in the league protested the American national anthem during pre-game ceremonies this past Sunday. That figure represents 12 percent of the league’s players. Approximately 12% (180) of NFL players did […]
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Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan defended ESPN’s Jemele Hill’s tweets that called President Trump a white supremacist and said he was unqualified to be president. Hill’s halfhearted apology was good enough for Sullivan, said tweets from Trump and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders were inappropriate. It is, for example, wildly inappropriate for […]
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The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement on Wednesday supporting ESPN’s Jemele Hill after she issued a series of tweets attacking President Trump, calling him a “white Supremacist” and “unqualified and unfit to be president,” citing her First Amendment rights to do so. Jemele Hill is an award-winning, veteran journalist who has distinguished […]
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ESPN continued its descent into what one Twitter user called MSNBC with footballs when Jemele Hill, a co-host for one of the network’s shows, made her feelings about the president clear. “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists,” Hill tweeted. The pushback came immediately. “Said the […]
Continue Reading5/23/2018 - Trump-Bashing ESPN Writer Named Journalist of the Year by NABJ
1/8/2018 - ESPN: Katie Nolan’s Comments About President Trump Were ‘Inappropriate’
11/13/2017 - ESPN is Set to Lay Off Workers Before Christmas
10/10/2017 - Jemele Hill Suspension Just Might Do ESPN Some Good
10/10/2017 - Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN for Latest Social Media Post
9/28/2017 - ESPN’s Jemele Hill Admits She Shouldn’t Have Vented About Trump
9/26/2017 - Media Fails to Point Out Only 12% of NFL Players Protested National Anthem
9/20/2017 - WaPo’s Margaret Sullivan Defends ESPN Writer’s Anti-Trump Tweets
9/15/2017 - National Association of Black Journalists Backs ESPN Host over Calling Trump ‘White Supremacist’
9/12/2017 - ESPN Continues Streak of Playing ‘MSNBC With Footballs’
8/24/2017 - MSNBC’s Morning Joe Calls ESPN’s Robert Lee Decision ‘Really Dumb’ [Video]
8/24/2017 - Reuters Called ESPN Asian Announcer Robert Lee a ‘Namesake’ of Confederate General
8/24/2017 - ESPN Swaps Announcer from UVA Football Game ‘Because of the Coincidence of His Name’
5/21/2017 - ESPN’s Le Batard: Accusations of Network’s Liberal Bias Coming from Those Bothered by Diversity
4/5/2017 - ESPN Issues New Political and Election Guidelines to Employees
3/20/2017 - Disney CEO Defends Disney, ABC from Allegations of Media Bias
2/27/2017 - Retired WNBA Player said 98% of League is Gay, was Bullied as a Straight Player
2/16/2017 - President Trump Won’t Fill Out a College Basketball Bracket
2/9/2017 - ESPN’s Sage Steele was Right to Call Out Airport Protesters
12/30/2016 - Fox News Tops All of Cable in 2016
10/24/2016 - Report: Former MLBer Curt Schilling Joining Breitbart
6/2/2016 - Baylor President Ken Starr Resigns after Football Team’s Sexual Assault Cover-Up Scandal
5/26/2016 - Baylor Fires Football Head Coach after Sexual Assaults Cover-Up
5/3/2016 - ESPN Erases Curt Schilling from History
4/29/2016 - Curt Schilling, Fired ESPN Baseball Analyst, Blasts Former Colleagues
4/23/2016 - ESPN’s Firing of Curt Schilling is Similar to People of Faith’s Stance on Marriage
4/21/2016 - ESPN Fires Curt Schilling due to PC Culture
4/1/2016 - US Women’s Soccer Players File Suit for Equal Pay
3/23/2016 - LOL: ESPN Co-Host Mocks Obama’s Pitching Abilities
3/21/2016 - ESPN SportsCenter Tweets about Fidel Castro and His Love of Sports
3/11/2016 - Dikta: ESPN Contributor Role was My Decision, Not a Result of Criticizing Obama
1/8/2016 - ESPN to Air Duke Lacrosse Hoax Documentary, Highlights Due Process
12/31/2015 - Fox News Blew Away the Competition (Again) in 2015
10/28/2015 - ESPN Sports Personality Tony Kornheiser Compares Tea Party to ISIS
9/11/2015 - Man in the Red Bandana: The Story of Welles Crowther who Saved People on 9/11
9/4/2015 - No More TV Broadcasts for ESPN’s Curt Schilling after Tweet
4/8/2015 - Fox News Chairman Ailes: “We’re Competing with TNT, USA and ESPN,” not CNN or MSNBC
1/4/2015 - RIP Stuart Scott, We’ll Miss You
11/18/2014 - “Today Show” Boss Fired After Less Than 3 Months on the Job
12/3/2013 - CNN President Jeff Zucker: “We Need More Shows and Less Newscasts”
10/31/2013 - Boston celebrates 1st World Series-clinching Win at Fenway in 95 years
8/15/2013 - Keith Olbermann: Al Gore Is a “Clod”
7/23/2013 - NYT Public Editor: Nate Silver Never Fit Into the Times “Culture”—Was “Disruptive”
