Fine. How about a few billion dollars in fines for Federal Election Campaign violations in the manner of in-kind contributions for political causes?
One of the reasons media is regulated in this nation is to preclude unfair support of political parties, and if the supposed sports media is going to deliberately pick a side in the political wars, then they need to get their @$$es very badly burned for attempting to influence elections.
Perhaps their licenses to broadcast need to be pulled?
Conservatives should have gone to financial war with these people a long time ago. We should have gone to the government hammer to beat the sh*t out of them when they stepped over the line a long time ago as well.
I don’t think anyone is reacting as “media” or “trying to influence elections” in the case of what Schilling said. ESPN is private business. They can hire and fire whomever they like as long as they are not discriminating under the law.
If I started a website saying my company sucked because they hire gays, I’m pretty sure I’d be fired.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Seems we’re all for that around here except when it comes to bite us.
recall too how gayBC fired Rush Limbaugh because he as “too political”.
Hunter S. Thompson was a protected species at ESPN as he railed against Bush and Abu Ghraib.