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Twitter Rips Into ESPN After Decision to Move Robert Lee From Announcing Game
freebeacon.com ^ | 8/23/17 | David Rutz

Posted on 08/23/2017 9:35:02 AM PDT by ColdOne

Twitter had a field day after news broke Tuesday that ESPN removed an announcer named Robert Lee from broadcasting an upcoming Virginia Cavalier football game because of the similarity of his name to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The story was broken by Outkick The Coverage's Clay Travis, who has coined the term "MSESPN" to suggest ESPN has a liberal slant, combining the news network and MSNBC. ESPN ultimately confirmed the seemingly unbelievable story, saying it collectively made the decision along with Lee as the tragedy in Charlottesville, Va. unfolded,

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: collegefootball; espn; espnrobertlee; robertlee; uva
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These brownshirts have no clue what kind of world they are asking for.
1 posted on 08/23/2017 9:35:02 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

I saw a post on Facebook that said the announcer requested being removed from the game because of all the memes that would be made using his picture.


2 posted on 08/23/2017 9:36:54 AM PDT by wild74
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Why is ESPN discriminating against Asians? They must be racist.


3 posted on 08/23/2017 9:36:56 AM PDT by gubamyster
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ESPN is tacitly admitting how stupid their viewers are - can’t / won’t tell the difference between a dead, 19th century white guy, and a living 21st century Chinese/Korean one.


4 posted on 08/23/2017 9:37:01 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ColdOne

Egg on ESPN’s face is always a good thing.


5 posted on 08/23/2017 9:38:04 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: wild74

They’re making memes about this anyway, just not the ones they expected.


6 posted on 08/23/2017 9:39:26 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: ColdOne

I”m being serious here: how long til they stop reporting NAMES of players . . .

Jackson, Washington, Lee, Jefferson, Davis, . . .


7 posted on 08/23/2017 9:41:07 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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ESPN makes Mos Eisley look like Mensa candidates.


8 posted on 08/23/2017 9:43:47 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: gubamyster

Bigots gotta be bigots.


9 posted on 08/23/2017 9:45:11 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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I wonder if Asians will demand the Vietnam War Memorial be torn down.


10 posted on 08/23/2017 9:45:37 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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“I saw a post on Facebook that said the announcer requested being removed from the game because of all the memes that would be made using his picture.”

Who alleged this?


11 posted on 08/23/2017 9:49:35 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: ColdOne

The snowflakes and their SJW management brethren have ran ESPN into the ground.

It’s sports reporting, NOT EFFIN POLITICS!!!

Everything the leftist socialist-democrats touch just turns to pure shit.

And the idiots can’t leave well enough alone, and are too stupid to realize when they went too far.


12 posted on 08/23/2017 9:51:49 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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We were talking about this at work the other day. There is a very nice Vietnam memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza in downtown Phoenix. How long before it is ripped down???

Madness.


13 posted on 08/23/2017 9:52:10 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Can these guys go to the bathroom without someone helping them, this is beyond insane


14 posted on 08/23/2017 9:54:23 AM PDT by easternsky
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To: gattaca

Asians don’t do stuff like that——most of them are too busy studying and working.

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15 posted on 08/23/2017 9:54:56 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Da Coyote

LOL. Can I use, with attribution, on Twitter?


16 posted on 08/23/2017 9:55:32 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: wild74
I saw a post on Facebook that said the announcer requested being removed from the game because of all the memes that would be made using his picture.

Which of course resulted in a category 5 meme storm.

17 posted on 08/23/2017 9:56:44 AM PDT by IamConservative (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: ColdOne

Fox And Friends was ripping them also this morning.


18 posted on 08/23/2017 10:04:46 AM PDT by McGruff (2017 or 1984?)
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To: Mears

I know, I was just being sarcastic.


19 posted on 08/23/2017 10:09:27 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: wild74

That was not there original statement and I have seen something similar but not him asking so it sounds like b/s


20 posted on 08/23/2017 10:12:13 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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