Ilhan Omar's Victory Lap Over Earmarks For Squad Members' Districts Goes Over Like...
BLM Continues to Try to Destroy Free Speech Rights of Kyle Rittenhouse --...
Architect of 'Equity-Based Algebra' Accused of Fraud
Aaron Rupar Corrects Elon Musk Who Says MSNBC Won't Allow Even One Republican...
That Was Fast! Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to End so Called...
The Atlantic ‘Targets’ Student Who Says the Military Should Execute Joe Biden
David Hogg Gets Dragged... Again... For Crowing About the 'Office of Gun Violence...
Democrats Turn Trump’s ‘Bloodbath’ Into a Meme
RFK Presented His Competition a Gift Wrapped with a Giant Red Bow When...
Bigger Problems Than Just a Bridge: MASSIVE Police Shortages in Baltimore Lead to...
Gov. Kathy Hochul Tells Anti-Choice Extremists Not to Underestimate Women’s Rage
What Could Go Wrong? Israel Asked to Protect US Forces at Gaza Pier...
BREAKING: Family of Former Senator Joe Lieberman Shares Tragic News Per Politico (Watch)
Dr. Jill Biden: Before WWII, Berlin Was the Center of European LGBTQ Culture
'Really Ugly' Poll for Biden Hints That When It Comes to Dem Desperation...

CNN publishes defense of ESPN's Robert Lee decision; Not unreasonable 'in today's America'

The powers that be within CNN are usually right in sync on just about every issue, but media correspondent Brian Stelter on Wednesday evening shared even more about ESPN’s decision to pull announcer Robert Lee from a college football game because of his name.

Advertisement

Or was that really the reason? The internal memo says that Lee himself “expressed some personal trepidation” … not to mention, opting to cover another game well inside Union territory would let him get home earlier.

So Lee jumped at the chance to get home Saturday night? Makes sense to us, but the fact doesn’t really help the case made by former ESPN vice president Roxanne Jones at CNN.com.

Not unreasonable “in today’s America” really does say it all, doesn’t it? Confederate statues that no one gave a second look two weeks ago have to be covered by tarps or spirited away under cover of darkness in today’s America.

Jones writes:

So imagine if you’re scheduled to be the announcer for ESPN’s livestream of the University of Virginia’s season-opener football game against William and Mary in a few weeks and your name is Robert Lee. But you have watched, along with the world, as thousands of torch-wielding, white supremacists screaming hate-filled chants marched around the UVA campus and rallied all their hate at the foot of a statue bearing your name: Robert Lee.

Nope, not unreasonable at all. Not in today’s America. Not when we just witnessed heavily armed, swastika-wearing protesters who believe in white supremacy clashing in the streets with counterprotesters, who believed just as passionately that all people are created equal. Not when one woman is dead and dozens more injured because they had the audacity to stand up to the failed notion of white supremacy. Not when a statue, or a team name, or a presidential tweet can incite racial tensions and violence.

Advertisement

Contrary to the prevailing media narrative, it is possible to criticize some of those counter-protesters as well as the white supremacists (of which there were hundreds, not thousands — at least according to the New York Times, to which Jones links). Yes, some of the counter-protesters believe passionately that all people are created equal, but plenty believe that people will be made equal under the new government once they smash the system. And some of them are heavily armed as well; seriously, check out this crew from outside Trump’s Phoenix rally Tuesday night:

Both groups are contributing more than their share to what’s wrong with today’s America. But that doesn’t make ESPN’s trepidation any more rational.

https://twitter.com/mediacritik/status/900513730781368320

Advertisement

https://twitter.com/courrielche/status/900516298534211585

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/900512074387910657

* * *

Related:

Advertisement

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Twitchy Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement