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Dire Social Justice Repercussions: ESPN Viewership Sinks To 41-Year Lows
Newsbusters ^ | June 13, 2020 | Jay Maxson

Posted on 06/14/2020 9:04:58 AM PDT by kevcol

By force-feeding its viewers an unwanted diet of systemic racism and social justice, ESPN has thinned its viewership to an all-time low. The blundering miscalculation sank ESPN's audience this week to the lowest numbers in its 41-year history. Good luck defending this hair-brained strategy to your advertisers, ESPN.

Clay Travis, of Fox Sports Radio and a frequent ESPN "Woke Center" critic, put it all into perspective on his Outkick The Coverage blog.:

"The network, which has become more left wing than MSNBC and CNN combined over the past several weeks, has completely abandoned sports coverage. The result? Viewers, many of whom were willing to watch the channel even during a pandemic disaster with limited sports to consume, have abandoned it in droves. How bad was it? We’re talking full-on crisis mode level awfulness."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blackliesmatter; blackliesmurder; blacklivesmatter; blm; espn; getwokegobroke; media; msm; sports; whiteguilt; woke
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1 posted on 06/14/2020 9:04:58 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Yes. Please turn it off. Defend the flag.


2 posted on 06/14/2020 9:07:36 AM PDT by stanne
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To: kevcol

last night watching the late night reruns of the Golden Girls, they had at least 4 commercials in a row featuring black people....not coincidence.....


3 posted on 06/14/2020 9:08:15 AM PDT by cherry
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To: kevcol

I can’t wait until we have “pick and choose” cable/satellite. Every sports channel, especially ESPN, will be the first thing that we’ll be dumping.


4 posted on 06/14/2020 9:08:21 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: kevcol

Let’s be fair: There are no major sports highlights to show and talk about. That said, I’m quite fine with ESPN suffering financially.


5 posted on 06/14/2020 9:11:00 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: kevcol

Who could have guessed that wall to wall conversations about race would be a ratings disaster.


6 posted on 06/14/2020 9:11:14 AM PDT by caltaxed (ake)
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To: cherry
Whole lot of "Panda-ring" going on!

(To the "Woke", everything is either Black or White)

7 posted on 06/14/2020 9:15:25 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: kevcol
Good luck defending this hair-brained strategy to your advertisers, ESPN.

It's "hare-brained," isn't it?


8 posted on 06/14/2020 9:15:38 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: cherry

Jim Crow against white people—it is here, now.


9 posted on 06/14/2020 9:16:12 AM PDT by cgbg (Kneeling is a half measure--lefties need to dig a six foot hole and bury themselves in it.)
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To: kevcol

I have not had the TV on in weeks .... for ANYthing. No FOX, no sports ...

If I want news, I get it online where I can pick my sources. Instead of “woke/joke” TV, I listen to podcasts ... if I don’t like an episode, I can mark it played/delete it. Most of what I listen to is “true crime” ... pretty sad when that is less depressing than current TV/news.


10 posted on 06/14/2020 9:16:31 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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To: kevcol

WHAT a SHAME. POOR CNN.
[sarcasm]


11 posted on 06/14/2020 9:16:55 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: kevcol

Same with ESPN radio.


12 posted on 06/14/2020 9:16:58 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: kevcol

They are doing so much damage to race relations. Everyone is going for symbolism over substance.

You want to help? Shut your mouth and go out into disadvantaged communities and listen to what they need and then help them get it.

Mentor a child, not just in education but in giving them and their parent(s) a sense of hope.

Teach money sense and great ways to save toward owning a home.

If you have money (are you listening NFL and NBA players) set up a way of helping deserving people get financing.

Help train young adults, set up your own personal apprenticeship program. If you are a plumber, an electrician, a carpenter, take a young person under your wing and train them. Some of these trades pay a lot more than a college degree.


13 posted on 06/14/2020 9:17:22 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
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I have not had the TV on in weeks .... for ANYthing. No FOX, no sports ...

It's liberating, isn't it?

14 posted on 06/14/2020 9:17:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: kevcol

Uhhh, like there’s no sports to watch.


15 posted on 06/14/2020 9:18:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AlaskaErik
I dumped my Direct TV over 3 years ago now....

One of the best things I've done.

16 posted on 06/14/2020 9:18:36 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

It’s “hare-brained,” isn’t it?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

It is, except in this time of TDS, even Trump’s hair (color/style) can cause people to lose their minds. :-)


17 posted on 06/14/2020 9:18:45 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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To: caltaxed

Instead of being a sports show, it’s a woke show lecturing whites that we are all racists. If I wanted that message, I will be watching CNN.


18 posted on 06/14/2020 9:19:02 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: dfwgator

Totally!


19 posted on 06/14/2020 9:19:16 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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To: dfwgator
I watched the 2002 World Series the other couple nights....

Was awesome!!!

20 posted on 06/14/2020 9:20:48 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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