Didn’t they fire Rush Limbaugh after he criticized a black NFL quarterback?
Or was that a different racist network?
ESPN should have never entered into the realm of partisan politics. It’s a lose-lose situation for a network supposedly dedicated to sports. Because they have no idea what they are doing they’ve found away to annoy both sides of the political aisle and ruin their brand with many people. My advice to ESPN: cover sports like you used to. That’s your charter and what you know. It’s pretty common sense. I have the same advice for the NFL. When you make political statements, people react. Just play football.
...backlash against ESPN for Hill’s suspension began almost immediately among left-wing activists and celebrities, many of whom used the hashtag “#BoycottESPN” on social media....
The vast majority who never watched ESPN anyways.
Getting both sides to boycott ESPN would be quite an accomplishment for ESPN.
This is the stupid woman who called President Trump a “white supremacist” on Twitter.
#BoycottESPN” on social media.
ESPN’s pain is my pleasure!
Many in the media, entertainment and sports are going to be hung on their own petard, and that petard is not their specific political view but that they use their media, entertainment or sports venue to promote their view.
If they really want to quit offending people, they need, all of them, to become much more political agnostics. Leave the politics for the politicians.
I think eventually social media is going to find the same thing. I hear more people on social media turning off all attempts to sell political views.
ESPN = Every Sportsfan’s Pissed Now