Curt Schilling, former great All Star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and a color analyst on ESPN during the Major League Baseball season, was suspended for the rest of the MLB season late August when he put out a tweet that said: "It's said that only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists, in 1940 only 7% of Germans were Nazi's. How did that work out?"
Even after quickly deleting this tweet, that I personally have no problem with, he was immediately suspended from ESPN.
Now ESPN had every right to suspend [or even fire] him if they felt that comparison shouldn't have been made or that their commentators shouldn't be involved in politics on twitter so I am not arguing against that. Also, this is not a case of free speech, as again Curt Schilling can make any comment he wants on twitter but that doesn't mean ESPN cannot take action against him concerning his employment at that company if that is against their policy.
But what happened when another one of their commentators made a much worse comparison, and a comparison not against Islamic terrorists, like Schilling did, but against American citizens? Was he suspended from the network for the rest of the year, like Schilling was, or was he fired?
From the Daily Caller on October 27, 2015: "During the Friday broadcast of his ESPN radio show, Tony Kornheiser asked Huffington Post editor Howard Fineman if Tea Party congressmen are “like ISIS trying to establish a Caliphate” in the House of Representatives."
So, what happened to Tony Kornheiser for making this outrageous comparison of American citizens [congressman in the tea party] to ISIS, a despicable terrorist group that beheads and puts on fire anyone who they consider infidels, like Christians and Jews or Muslims who will not join them? Answer: Silence. Nothing happened to Tony Kornheiser. He wasn't fired. He wasn't suspended.
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All Star pitcher Curt Schilling suspended from ESPN for a tweet |
Now ESPN had every right to suspend [or even fire] him if they felt that comparison shouldn't have been made or that their commentators shouldn't be involved in politics on twitter so I am not arguing against that. Also, this is not a case of free speech, as again Curt Schilling can make any comment he wants on twitter but that doesn't mean ESPN cannot take action against him concerning his employment at that company if that is against their policy.
But what happened when another one of their commentators made a much worse comparison, and a comparison not against Islamic terrorists, like Schilling did, but against American citizens? Was he suspended from the network for the rest of the year, like Schilling was, or was he fired?
From the Daily Caller on October 27, 2015: "During the Friday broadcast of his ESPN radio show, Tony Kornheiser asked Huffington Post editor Howard Fineman if Tea Party congressmen are “like ISIS trying to establish a Caliphate” in the House of Representatives."
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Tony, you're a very good sports journalist - stick to your day job |
2 comments:
When liberals bring up isis in the same breadth as tea party, they are showing ignorance and bias that reflects on their level of brain mass.
(Or lack of)
Yep Bradley-- and while no one in the organization sees nothing wrong with those comments also tells you all you need to know how left they are.
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