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Originally Posted by Wooders0n
They have every right to fire her, suspend her, whatever. But this policy only exists because ESPN doesn't want to piss off its customers. But black people and nonracists are also their customers. Companies are going to continue to face pressure to choose a side the worse things get.
"We have no comment we just want to broadcast sports." Just doesnt work anymore. Nor does "we just want to sell hamburgers. We just want to sell sneakers. We just want to sell lumber and tools." Etc
Its a perfectly legitimate tactic by the left to force corporations to be openly anti-racist.
Sorry not sorry to ESPN if Jemele Hill costs them Nascar ratings. They should absolutely be made to fear a much bigger backlash if they don't come out on the right side.
Not singling espn out. Its something that will and should keep happening all over the place.
Agreed. This is exactly why I am totally fine with no disciplinary action. I don't even particularly find it hypocritical. Schilling is the one always brought up, and he got multiple chances before getting canned.
The other one is Lindsey Cohn, but her comments weren't particularly political, but she's a major face of the company airing her opinions on problems with and mistakes made by the corporation to a 3rd party media company. It's a terrible look. But it's not totally analogous to Hill's tweet. Hill would certainly get in real trouble if she tweeted "espn is doing everything wrong and here's why."