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espn's Jemel Hill calls Trump a white supremacist. White House wants her fired

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giga

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chadskin said:
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https://twitter.com/espnpr/status/917469637033512960
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bums
 
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peppermints

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Lol screw ESPN.

Obviously different situations, but they did this crap to Bill Simmons all the time. Except it was almost always Roger Goodell and not Trump.
 
The Cowboy

The Cowboy

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I would love her to double down and go on twitter and just straight up call the President a Nazi, fuck ESPN and their caving to white supremacists/Nazis.

It would cost here the job, but fuck working for white supremacist/Nazi apologists.
 
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JORMBO

Darkness no more
She listed the Cowboys sponsors and told people to boycott them. Maybe she should have listened to her boss when they asked her not to post stuff like this the first time.
 
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metalslimer

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H.Cornerstone said:
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/3...ele-hill-for-violation-of-social-media-policy



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This play always work. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ's statement, boycott his advertisers. <a href="https://t.co/LFXJ9YQe74">https://t.co/LFXJ9YQe74</a></p>&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/917219440487432192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Like, what? That's inflammatory?
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ESPN would be perfectly fine if she called for a boycott of some other trash organization
 
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RDreamer

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Hollywood Duo said:
what was the second "offense"?
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I guess it was this:

@jemelehill
This play always work. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ's statement, boycott his advertisers.
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Darkness said:
She listed the Cowboys sponsors and told people to boycott them. Maybe she should have listened to her boss when they asked her not to post stuff like this the first time.
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That's not telling people to boycott. She said if you feel strongly, then you should. It's a fine line but there is a bit of difference there.
 
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ApharmdX

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Fuck ESPN. Black Americans SHOULD boycott the Cowboys. That's a reasonable stance given Jerry Jones' attitude towards BLM protests.
 
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Ninja Scooter

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ESPN and the NFL (and Jerry Jones is one of the most powerful NFL owners) are in bed together. They are no longer interested in being a news/journalist outlet. They just want a bunch of talking heads that are going to give a bunch of shitty, shallow hot takes while shilling for their partners.
 
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obijkenobi

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Darkness said:
She listed the Cowboys sponsors and told people to boycott them. Maybe she should have listened to her boss when they asked her not to post stuff like this the first time.
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Yeah, well, she also said this:



Jemele Hill&#8207;Verified account @jemelehill 17h17 hours ago
More Jemele Hill Retweeted TIFFANI &#127926; &#128218; &#127944; &#128221; &#128066;&#127995;
If you strongly reject what Jerry Jones said, the key is his advertisers. Don't place the burden squarely on the players.


Jemele Hill&#8207;Verified account @jemelehill 3h3 hours ago
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Just so we're clear: I'm not advocating a NFL boycott. But an unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas & Miami w/ anthem directives.
 
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Frozenprince

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Ninja Scooter said:
ESPN and the NFL (and Jerry Jones is one of the most powerful NFL owners) are in bed together. They are no longer interested in being a news/journalist outlet. They just want a bunch of talking heads that are going to give a bunch of shitty, shallow hot takes while shilling for their partners.
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I fully expect OTL to be cancelled soon. Killing the last teeny tiny vestige of sports reporting on cable TV.
 
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Frozenprince

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Darkness said:
She listed the Cowboys sponsors and told people to boycott them. Maybe she should have listened to her boss when they asked her not to post stuff like this the first time.
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Or maybe you could do 30 seconds of research to see what she actually said instead of *coughcough* but hey.
 
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TWrecks310

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Ninja Scooter said:
ESPN and the NFL (and Jerry Jones is one of the most powerful NFL owners) are in bed together. They are no longer interested in being a news/journalist outlet. They just want a bunch of talking heads that are going to give a bunch of shitty, shallow hot takes while shilling for their partners.
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Well considering the people they are hiring and giving shows to, this isn't entirely true.

They just don't like it when those same people they hire for their social opinions express those social opinions. That's why this is all so dumb.
 
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RDreamer

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I like that there are calls for boycotts of NFL from both the white supremacists AND the black people they want to oppress.
 
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Skellig Gra

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RDreamer said:
I guess it was this:





That's not telling people to boycott. She said if you feel strongly, then you should. It's a fine line but there is a bit of difference there.
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Damn well, she like the NFL players are putting their pride and political stance over their career. She knew the stakes but did it anyway. A lot of respect going her way.
 
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Faddy

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ESPN is not an endeavour in journalism, it is a marketing department for their sports league partners masquerading as a news outlet.
 
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Malleymal

You now belong to FMT.
She is someone that I can look up to for not letting people stop her from what she wants or feels that she needs to say. Espn has done some good things with jemele and Michael smith and also Bomani .... but they are shitting the bed with this.
 
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jwhit28

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She got the same suspension length Ryen Russillo got for being so drunk he wandered into a strangers home and had to be removed by the police while sleeping naked in their bed.
 
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teh_pwn

"Saturated fat causes heart disease as much as Brawndo is what plants crave."
I posted an example of police brutality on my facebook after getting sick of the "derp, honor the flag" memes - a graphic video showing a black man getting shot 3 times with a body cam and a police report claiming he was trying to stab the police officers which is clearly false. I mentioned how that is the real reason for the protests.

I'm still seeing more "derp, honor the flag". I read somewhere that really at this point these people should admit that they don't care and they're racist. I think that's the case, and it saddens me to see so many people I know doing it. It's not only extremely racist, but the idea of suppressing protests is so fundamentally anti-American.
 
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Lkr

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she didn't even post anything remotely inflammatory though wtf?
i hope lebatard takes ESPN to task tomorrow morning
 
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cdyhybrid

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ESPN has completely abandoned journalism or trying to appear to be a legitimate sports news outlet. They're just Hot Takes: The Network now.
 
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Burt

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Malvingt2 said:
ESPN= Pro Trump?
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Probably at the top, but it's more of a 'pro money' decision.

ESPN's financial future looks bleak enough as is, and I'm absolutely positive ESPN has sponsor/advertiser overlap with Jerry Jones and the NFL. They're willing to allow (or afraid of challenging) the economically murky proposition of letting an employee take a progressive social stance, but when they start taking shots directly at revenue? That's when the hammer drops.
 
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Inyourprime

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Lkr said:
she didn't even post anything remotely inflammatory though wtf?
i hope lebatard takes ESPN to task tomorrow morning
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Dude respects the President of ESPN, I think... some useless exec we don't know, so I don't know if he will. But still I hope so too.

Getting so fucking tired of ESPN.
 
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