ESPN returns Emmys and disciplines staff after submitting for awards under fake names

CNN via KRDO ^ | 1-12-24 | Oliver Darcy and Liam Reilly

[dynachrome]

ESPN returned dozens of Emmy statues and “disciplined” employees after an investigation disclosed Thursday found that the sports network had submitted fake names to the awards organization in a bid to secure trophies for on-air personalities who had been ineligible to receive them.

The apparent fraud stretched back to 1997, ESPN said in a statement, acknowledging that members of its team “were clearly wrong” for concocting the scheme.

“Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not eligible for recognition or statuettes,” an ESPN spokesperson said in a statement. “This was a misguided attempt to recognize on-air individuals who were important members of our production team. Once current leadership was made aware, we apologized to NATAS for violating guidelines and worked closely with them to completely overhaul our submission process to safeguard against anything like this happening again.”

[dynachrome]

Where are the names of the corrupt on air "talent"?

[God luvs America]

Wasn’t Keith Olbermann, who suffers from a head injury, working for that clown show back then?

[Williams]

Why would the Emmy organization be giving awards to any fake individuals or job categories?
Isn’t there a process for identifying people and voting on the awards?

[Red Badger]

[monkeyshine]

Strange - what would you do with a fake named Emmy? You put it on your mantle and your friends come over and ask “who’s Mtube Quanza”?

I suspect the names weren’t fake - they just stuck names of friends and associates as part of Emmy nominated broadcast that they were not part of, so that their friends could have an Emmy with their name on it to put on the mantle.

[Track9]

They need their own emmy department so they can give themselves prizes.

[Ed Condon]

So the award for Mike Hunt wasn’t real?

[RummyChick]

there is another great elaine bennis quote that came to mind this week

For those of you that have seen the movie Saltburn:

I submit this to you after you have watched that final scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJKhLbVVipI

[monkeyshine]

Nope. Neither was the one for Hugh Jass.

[RummyChick]

and for those that have not seen the movie (and some of you wont want to watch it..it leaves people dumbfounded)

here is a censored version

https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/murder-on-the-dancefloor-charts-on-billboard-hot-100-thanks-to-saltburn-85443

[DAC21]

ESPN is pedo, racist Disney.

[Red Badger]

I read the plot on Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltburn_(film)

Sounds very similar to “The Talented Mr. Ripley”...............

[drSteve78]

the award for

Pat Mahiney and Jack Imhoff were similarly false.

[Secret Agent Man]

Kramer and the Scardale Surprise show comes to mind.

/seinfeld

[RummyChick]

It is similar...but that wiki doesnt really prepare you.

Another Tiktok trend is for people to show their faces before and after the movie...and also watching the movie with parents to record their reactions to the scenes.

[darkangel82]

That was the year he left ESPN

[Third Person]

fraudulent leftists? not possible

[yldstrk]

LOL

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Hugh Jorgan
Mike Hunt
Mike Rotch
etc.

[AloneInMass]

Also Oliver Closeoff.