Jemele Hill

[TomSea]

Did not Huckabee say this at a press conference? We can see how @INVAR distorts the truth. What is Huckabee suppose to say?  Ignore the question, nothing wrong with commenting on the situation but as usual, we will see those against Trump make a meal of this. Laughable.

[TomSea]

One of these posts, I forget which, makes me remember what Larry Elder has said:

There is a list of most influential black Americans.

Judge Thomas on there? No....

Then Larry mentions someone else, probably Thomas Sowell, could be some other well known name, I never get to hear the show enough.

On a different note, RGIII, Robert Griffin III, won the Heisman, I know he got some injuries last year but he is like Kaepernick, RGIII doesn't have a team. But we don't hear about this.

[mountaineer]

Kaepernick and RGIII both had a good year or two, and then started playing poorly.

[EasyAce]

Sanders did not say Hill should be fired. She said the offensive tweets were a fireable offence. There's a difference.

In terms of locution, yes. In terms of the intended sentiment, that's entirely debatable.

Don't you think it's appalling that an allegedly conservative administration should be either calling for her
firing or saying what she said is a fire-able offense? We went ballistic when conservative commentators were
fired; why should we not go likewise, if we really are in favour of free speech, when a non-conservative
commentator's job is threatened either directly or implicitly just because she said something we didn't like,
too?

I think Jemele Hill’s comments are asinine, a warmed-over
version of Ta-Nehisi Coates, as Jason Whitlock rightly stated this morning
on Fox News. She has yet to name the white supremacists who surround
Trump, or cite the evidence that Trump is himself a white supremacist.
But that’s not fireable. This is still America, where government actors
shouldn’t be utilizing their government platforms to call for the firings of
private citizens. If ESPN wants to dump Hill for damaging their business,
that’s their problem. For the White House to call for such a move, however,
is pretty egregious. Imagine if the Obama administration had called for
Ditka’s ouster.

---Ben Shapiro.

[INVAR]

Did not Huckabee say this at a press conference? We can see how @INVAR distorts the truth. What is Huckabee suppose to say?  Ignore the question, nothing wrong with commenting on the situation but as usual, we will see those against Trump make a meal of this. Laughable.

Where exactly did I distort the truth here by simply commenting that the White House has no business whatsoever to use the bully pulpit to direct private companies whom they should fire and punish?  That such is an open door to a kind of tyranny a nation does not recover from?

Where is the 'distortion of truth' in such a comment?  Or is repeating and asserting over and over that anyone who does not genuflect your prince is a liar somehow earn you points?

[RoosGirl]

Did not Huckabee say this at a press conference? We can see how @INVAR distorts the truth. What is Huckabee suppose to say?  Ignore the question, nothing wrong with commenting on the situation but as usual, we will see those against Trump make a meal of this. Laughable.

What is Huckabee supposed to say?  How about "The WH does not comment on such matters."  Or "Next question."  Or a hundred other suitable comments that doesn't involve the WH suggesting that someone critical of POTUS is deserving of termination.

[ABX]

While loathing the comments from the BLM SJW advocate on ESPN, the White House has NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER to use the bully pulpit to direct private companies whom they should fire and punish.

That's an open door to a kind of tyranny a nation does not recover from.

This

[mountaineer]

What is Huckabee supposed to say?  How about "The WH does not comment on such matters."  Or "Next question."  Or a hundred other suitable comments that doesn't involve the WH suggesting that someone critical of POTUS is deserving of termination.

Just one of many topics that no one in the administration, including the head honcho, needed to address!

[goatprairie]

When asked about the stupid comments from some tv nitwit, the WH should simply reply that it's a free country, and everybody has the right to state their opinion, moronic or not. And leave it at that.
But Trump is so thin-skinned he cannot resist going after private citizens. Which is exactly what dopes like Hill and the gaggle of leftists at ESPN want.

[TomSea]

When asked about the stupid comments from some tv nitwit, the WH should simply reply that it's a free country, and everybody has the right to state their opinion, moronic or not. And leave it at that.
But Trump is so thin-skinned he cannot resist going after private citizens. Which is exactly what dopes like Hill and the gaggle of leftists at ESPN want.

Those are good points.

[TomSea]

The Daily Mail UK were reporting ESPN was going to let her go but her colleagues came in and defended her.

I see similar stories, one can research it for themselves.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/espn-tried-pull-jemele-hill-sportscenter-report/

[mountaineer]

WashPost reports ESPN tried to take Jemele Hill off the air after White House condemnation (via MSN).

... According to ThinkProgress, which Thursday cited “two sources familiar with the situation,” the sports network “reached out to two other black ESPN hosts,” Michael Eaves and Elle Duncan, to take Hill’s place that evening. They declined, and Smith reportedly also refused to do the show without Hill.

Confronted with a situation in which it might have to replace both Hill and Smith with white hosts, ESPN asked her to join him on the air, per ThinkProgress. The pair also hosted Thursday’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter.”   ...

No, you wouldn't want to have any white folks reporting on sports. 

[Sanguine]

A few years ago, she reportedly was suspended for saying, "Rooting for the Boston Celtics is like saying that Hitler was a victim." Clearly, she is an historian beyond measure.

Is that right?  I read a story a few days ago that explained why Curt Shilling was fired and she was only talked to was because Shilling had said a few things before that the network had to address and this was her first offense.   Hmmm. 

[goatprairie]

Is that right?  I read a story a few days ago that explained why Curt Shilling was fired and she was only talked to was because Shilling had said a few things before that the network had to address and this was her first offense.   Hmmm.

I haven't watched Hill on a sports show for about one year, but I sincerely doubt it's the first time she's made a comment on public events other than sports. I seem to recall her saying or writing other things concerning race without being provoked.
You have to realize that many of these black "sports" reporters other than a few exceptions like Jason Whitlock have a gigantic chip on their shoulder.
I recall watching an episode of "Pardon The Interruption" where Michael Wilbon declared that race pervades every aspect of American life.  Yes, that's right, when you go put gas in your car, plant your garden, or remodel the living room, you're thinking about race.
And when Beyonce did her routine during  the SB attacking the nation's policemen, Wilbon became incensed on air that anybody would criticize her for doing it.  That's how race-obsessed many of the ESPN black talking heads are.

[mountaineer]

We used to watch PTI fairly often, but once Tony Kornheiser became Obama's #1 golfing buddy and Wilbon kept going off on race, it wasn't quite so appealing.