Posted on 09/21/2018 4:03:30 PM PDT by yoe
"...'The pendulum may have swung a little bit too far'
Disney CEO Bob Iger admitted that ESPN has become overly political.
When asked by The Hollywood Reporter in a new interview published Thursday how the sports network has changed over the past year, Iger said that the network is working on reeling in its politics and focusing on sports.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Only took one post.
You know how much Iger got paid for that cogent analysis?
Lot o’ money.
So has Disney!
Ya think???
More interested in politics than sports. Why bother having them?
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ESPN has become too political
Hello Captain Obvious.
Too late.
Captain hypocrite, I think.
still winning !
Probably thinks it’s too right wing...
And gay day at wonder world ain’t?
He just now realized this risk? Did this guy get his MBA through a correspondence school? Unbelievably stupid mismanagement.
The question ought to be why a sports network is dealing in politics at all.
In a normal world.
Too late, never going back..!
Gomer Pyle would say
Golly!
Shazam!
Captain hypocrite,
Yep. That too.
No $h!+ Sherlock, even Stevee Wonder could see this one coming. Dumb-@$$es, ya didn't want to listen to us Deplorables we are sick of your PC culture virtue signaling hidden Soviet make everything political when all the average Joe wants is a bowl queso dip with chips, the national anthem, and a cold beer to go with his game, and maybe some cheetos and you bust his balls with politiks Soviet style all the time. In the words of Jeff Kuhner, Blank off, you lost me until my dirt nap.
Saying the words means nothing. I don’t believe he will do a thing.
What is ESPN?
https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/23/media/espn-robert-lee-uva-game/index.html
In August 2017, ESPN removed announcer Robert Lee from the Virginia University home opener because of his name.
He’s Asian.
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