Twitter supports fired ESPN host
And they are idiots that don't think.
She broke company policy for starters. But anyway, she was responding to Jerry Jones stating that 'we will respect the flag'. I had to add a few comments in red.
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Liberal Twitter Goes to Bat for Suspended ESPN Host Jemele Hill
Liberals sports writers and others in the entertainment and media business, wasted no time in voicing their support for suspended anti-Trump ESPN host Jemele Hill. ESPN suspended Hill for two weeks, after she violated the company’s social media policy for the second time.
A growing list of users with verified Twitter accounts jumped to Hill’s support after she posted a series of tweets that were essentially a call to boycott the Dallas Cowboys, the richest franchise in the NFL and an incredibly important franchise to ESPN.
In short order, ESPN suspended the host and issued a statement saying the following:
As the news spread, many liberals immediately jumped to Hill’s support.Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for a second violation of our social media guidelines. She previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet. In the aftermath, all employees were reminded of how individual tweets may reflect negatively on ESPN and that such actions would have consequences. Hence this decision.
Liberal sports site Deadspin, for instance, insisted there was “no good reason” to suspend the offending host:
No good reason, huh? Talking smack and telling viewers to boycott advertisers, the very advertisers that pay their bills. She broke company policy. It was her second violation breaking company policy about social media in less than a month. I'm pretty confident their suspension was for a good reason.
The Bleacher Report’s Ryan McCrystal essentially accused ESPN of protecting racists, with their suspension of Hill:
Allowing her to put ESPN in a bad light via social media was not challenging racism. Calling for a boycott of the Dallas advertisers, the advertisers for ESPN, was nothing about race. Jerry Jones not only never brought up race, he supported the players just a week before!
So did the so-called “real journalist” site the Palmer Report:
How are they siding with anyone when they are enforcing company policy? At ANY other company, on a 2nd violation, she likely would have been fired. I fail to see how ESPN's decision had anything whatsoever to do with this controversy over the anthem/flag.
CNN host Brian Stelter posted a quote from a CNN contributor who wondered how ESPN could be upset that it had hired an outspoken host.
“Doesn’t she get paid to be a strong woman with strong opinions?” asked CNN’s Brooke Baldwin.
Yes, when she is working for ESPN. Was she getting paid for sending out those tweets? I didn't think so. And it's a SPORTS channel, not a political channel.
Rest - http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017...t-jemele-hill/
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