Accuracy in Media

Episode 86. In this week’s episode, Don and Brian analyze President Trump’s Phoenix, Az rally, Steve Bannon’s White House departure, ESPN’s Robert Lee facepalm, Trump’s Afghanistan 180, Hillary Clinton being “creeped out” by Trump and more. Please SUBSCRIBE on iTunes. SoundCloud audio is below.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe panel mocked ESPN on Wednesday for removing a broadcaster named Robert Lee from an upcoming name at the University of Virginia, because they were concerned that he would become a distraction since he shared the same name as the famed Confederate general. “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games […]

Reuters published a couple of headlines that were erroneous, which is embarrassing. The news outlet published an article on the ESPN-Robert Lee controversy, where ESPN moved an Asian announced by the name of Robert Lee due to alleged concerns that his name was too similar to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Instead of calling a […]

Clay Travis, a sports personality at FOX Sports and a rival network of ABC/ESPN, reported yesterday that ESPN sent around an internal memo where they reassigned a sports play-by-play broadcaster named Robert Lee to another college football game broadcast. Lee was originally scheduled to broadcast a college football game between the University of Virginia and […]

Episode 86. In this week’s episode, Don and Brian analyze President Trump’s Phoenix, Az rally, Steve Bannon’s White House departure, ESPN’s Robert Lee facepalm, Trump’s Afghanistan 180, Hillary Clinton being “creeped out” by Trump and more. Please SUBSCRIBE on iTunes. SoundCloud audio is below.

Controversy over Confederate statues somehow has found its way its way into college football.   ESPN announced Tuesday that it was switching broadcasters for games on Sept. 2 so that an announcer named Robert Lee would not be assigned to Charlottesville for the William and Mary-at-University of Virginia football game.   In a statement to Accuracy in Media Tuesday […]