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ESPN Will Memorialize Obama on Martin Luther King Day with Formal Tribute
Breitbart.com ^ | 1/16/17 | Dylan Gwinn

Posted on 01/16/2017 10:22:59 AM PST by ColdOne

Just in case you had forgotten how obscenely biased and liberal ESPN is, well, they’ve reminded us yet again.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the sports network that had vowed to become less overtly-liberal will feature a tribute to the “sports fandom,” of President Barack Obama. According to a press release, the program will feature, “segments saluting the “First Fan” only a few days before he leaves the presidency, ending his historic eight years as the first African-American to hold the office. Michael Eaves will anchor the program.”

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To: ColdOne

What are their ratings by now, people?

How do they manage to survive as one more arm of the Soros Group, NAACP, Black Panthers, Communists USA, ACORN, etc., etc.?


21 posted on 01/16/2017 11:24:21 AM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Educationdemia is the farm team for more Marxists coming.... infinitum.)
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To: ColdOne

I’d like to hear their spin on what he has to do with sports. About the closest he gets is teams not wanting him to pick them to win in his basketball brackets. Not exactly a plus.


22 posted on 01/16/2017 11:28:13 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ColdOne

tell ESPN to go screw themselves... but they’ve been doing that for years now so, NEVER-MIND...


23 posted on 01/16/2017 11:33:23 AM PST by dps.inspect (quite well)
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To: ColdOne

Iger wants to run for office?

Disney owns 80% of espn.

time to tell iger to wake up and let sports be sports.

ESPN is not the snowflake network.


24 posted on 01/16/2017 11:39:07 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ColdOne

I thought ESPN was a sports channel. Oh, that’s right, Obama played a lot of golf. Maybe the golf channel is also doing a piece on him.


25 posted on 01/16/2017 12:05:30 PM PST by all the best
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To: ColdOne
Memorialize Obama -

Technically speaking when you memorialize someone they are dead

26 posted on 01/16/2017 12:43:44 PM PST by Jolla
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To: ColdOne

And they wonder why they are losing hundreds of thousands of subscribers a month.


27 posted on 01/16/2017 1:02:34 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: ColdOne

You know I was in a bar recently waiting on a friend, with an NBA game on. It was the most boring contest I’ve ever seen. Who watches it regularly?!


28 posted on 01/16/2017 1:04:30 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: HombreSecreto

They are not only hopeless...they are useless and unimportant - even in their chosen field of sports. They can wither away along with CNN, and no one will care or give a second thought.


29 posted on 01/16/2017 1:07:54 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: ColdOne

DeplorableAmerican1776 (aka my dad) said that my granddad bought ESPN stock when it started out. What a waste of air...


30 posted on 01/16/2017 1:40:33 PM PST by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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ESPN just living up to its acronym:

Ebonic
Sports
Political
Network

31 posted on 01/16/2017 1:51:40 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: max americana

Is he going to get awarded an ESPN medal?

Every day for the past month it’s been one tv show after another gushing over the Terrorist in Chief. Can’t stand it. It’s likely to go on for the next 4-8 years without let up.


32 posted on 01/16/2017 2:23:31 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ColdOne

What sport did Martin Luther King play?
Chase the prostitute?


33 posted on 01/16/2017 2:24:56 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: ColdOne

ESPN? I don’t watch sports at all any longer.


34 posted on 01/16/2017 3:15:21 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: bgill

You think? This asshole was on every NCAA bracket show for 8 years.


35 posted on 01/16/2017 4:16:39 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

You know what, this MLK holliday reminds me of the Imperial Cult in ancient Rome. MLK is essentially being worshiped as a God. Creepy. Who else get’s this treatment? Washington and Lincoln don’t on their birthdays.


36 posted on 01/16/2017 11:43:18 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; KC_Lion; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

“MLK is essentially being worshiped as a God. Creepy. Who else get’s this treatment?”

To me, this “holiday” is as farcical and irrelevant as Kwanzaa. It’s purely a an exercise in PC and delays USPS delivery of mail.

News that matters: RIP to Dick Gautier (Hymie from Get Smart).
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/16/get-smart-actor-dick-gautier-dead-at-85.html


37 posted on 01/17/2017 6:52:25 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy

I don’t like it, either. Washington and Lincoln are far more worthy, and I can tell you neither one of them would approve of such sort of cult worship. Add to that, focusing exclusively on MLK for a singular holiday diminishes countless individuals who participated in (Black) Civil Rights going back to the 19th century, many of whom gave their lives. I think the name of the holiday should simply be called “Civil Rights Day.”


38 posted on 01/17/2017 7:18:18 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; KC_Lion; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; NFHale

Didn’t Reagan seal MLK’s REAL records?

He was a pos in many ways.


39 posted on 01/17/2017 8:06:19 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: ColdOne

They’ll have to go some to top the ‘Courage’ Award they gave he/she Jenner.


40 posted on 01/17/2017 8:18:12 AM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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