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The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

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It seems the "Chink in the armor" line was an intentional use of the slur and the person who wrote it has been fired. An anchor who used that line (apparently innocently) on ESPNNews has been suspended for 30 days.
 
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Priceless said:
It seems the "Chink in the armor" line was an intentional use of the slur and the person who wrote it has been fired. An anchor who used that line (apparently innocently) on ESPNNews has been suspended for 30 days.
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Source? How do we know it's intentional?

Not directed at you but whomever is reporting this.
 
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I think the 30 days for Bretos (the ESPNNews anchor) is incredibly, incredibly harsh. Watch the video:

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Utterly ridiculous.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Source? How do we know it's intentional?

Not directed at you but whomever is reporting this.
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Yahoo Sports

Apparently intentional, ESPN’s since-deleted headline about Jeremy Lin was distressing

For whatever reason, we're assuming it's because ESPN found out that the person in charge of the headline was attempting a lame joke, the axe has hit. Here's an extended response from ESPN:

Saturday we apologized for two references. We have since learned of a similar reference Friday on ESPN Radio New York. The incidents were separate and different. We have engaged in a thorough review of all three and have taken the following action:

• The ESPN employee responsible for our Mobile headline has been dismissed.
• The ESPNEWS anchor has been suspended for 30 days.
• The radio commentator is not an ESPN employee.
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So there you go. Nothing any of us should be happy about. It seems as if the "chink" comment had more to do with a racial slur than an oft-used part of a cliche referencing medieval armor. That saddens not only because of the racial implications ... but because someone would actually think a headline like that as clever or funny. Do these people have Twitter accounts? Can't they compare their output with anyone else's?
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The implication being that if the headline had been an honest mistake the writer would have been suspended, as the anchor was. The fact that the person was dismissed points to an intentional use of the word.

But Yahoo does need to work on presenting these things better. In one sentence they indicate it was a lame joke but later say it was intentional.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Oh jeeze... So can we not say "Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Whipped by the Thunder"? What about " LeBron Beaten by the Knicks"? (Whether or not the results are possible in reality.)

People need to relax. Especially these race baiters. As someone on GPL said, there is no way someone is stupid enough to do that intentionally and throw away his or her career. I've heard the word used as an epithet maybe twice outside of the movies. Twice in my life.

What's even more hilarious is the Knicks' play-by-play guy apparently used the same phrase on the game's broadcast.
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Just don't mention Jason Kidd beat this team single handily.
 
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WeWantMore said:
I think the 30 days for Bretos (the ESPNNews anchor) is incredibly, incredibly harsh. Watch the video:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ESEGRwnQW4k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Utterly ridiculous.
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Bretos never should've left FSC. I think a week tops is what he should've been suspended.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Bretos never should've left FSC. I think a week tops is what he should've been suspended.
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Yeah, doubt that he'll serve the full 30 days. ESPN just needs to save face long enough to let everything blow over. back in 2 weeks I would bet.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Oh jeeze... So can we not say "Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Whipped by the Thunder"? What about " LeBron Beaten by the Knicks"? (Whether or not the results are possible in reality.)
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No, that'd be more akin to saying that Lin was "railroaded".

I believe the closest you could get to a comparable headline for Kobe would be "Kobe and Lakers get spooked by Thunder", unless you know any other turns of phrase featuring the words "coon", "spade" or "n*****".
 
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Looks like with Lin and Durant that ESPN has sufficient material to ignore Hockey Day in America.

As for the headline, I do write headlines for a sports page so I can shed light. One of the first things I was taught is to leave controversy out of it. Don't refer to sex, race, religion or anything else that could cause a problem. If the guy used the c-word intentional, then good riddance. I would've used Not Lin-Vincible.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Looks like with Lin and Durant that ESPN has sufficient material to ignore Hockey Day in America.
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And apparently some guy dunked, so that will be the first 10 minutes of SportsCenter
 
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Right now on ESPN Radio, Amy Lawrence is asking people to Tweet and e-mail her with things ESPN is missing due to Linsanity. At least they're acknowledging the fact that the World Wide Leader's coverage of the other 99% of sports has sucked the last two weeks.
 
Dude Love said:
Right now on ESPN Radio, Amy Lawrence is asking people to Tweet and e-mail her with things ESPN is missing due to Linsanity. At least they're acknowledging the fact that the World Wide Leader's coverage of the other 99% of sports has sucked the last two weeks.
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Not that they will actually change their coverage once they know.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
No, that'd be more akin to saying that Lin was "railroaded".

I believe the closest you could get to a comparable headline for Kobe would be "Kobe and Lakers get spooked by Thunder", unless you know any other turns of phrase featuring the words "coon", "spade" or "n*****".
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Dead on.

If it was done in ignorance, it would just be that the person was fired for professional incompetence rather than malice.

And dxmnkd316, perhaps the reason you've only heard it twice as a racial epithet is that you hang around with people who are sufficiently aware and sensitive that they don't use racial epithets?
 
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Would "Cowboys scalped by Redskins" (which has been used, IIRC), get somebody fired?
 
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Dude Love said:
I'm so tired of ESPN trying to draw comparisons between Jeremy Lin and Tim Tebow. Let's break this down, shall we?

Draft Status/Contract:
- Tim Tebow was a 1st round draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. He came out of a known football powerhouse, Florida. He made close to $1.3 million in 2010.
- Jeremy Lin was undrafted out of Harvard in the 2010 NBA Draft. The last time a Harvard player was in the NBA was in 1954. He is making $762,000 this season.

Becoming a Starter:
- Tim Tebow became a starter due to fan outcry when the Broncos got off to a slow start. And Elway caved to them.
- Jeremy Lin became a starter due to Stoudamire & Anthony being out of the lineup. No one in NY was petitioning the Knicks to see him.

Playing Style:
- Tim Tebow is godawful for 3 quarters and somehow finds the dumb luck to wind up downfield in the 4th quarter so Jason Elam can kick a field goal.
- Jeremy Lin is actually playing WELL. To compare him to Tebow, Lin would have to have 3 TOs and go 2-14 from the floor every night. But one of the two buckets he hits has to be the game winner.

So they actually only have ONE thing in common. And that is how ESPN is going to overhype this poor kid until everyone in the country hates his guts...just like Tim Tebow.
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A friend who watches both football and basketball pointed out that Kurt Warner is a much more fitting comparison.
WeWantMore said:
I think the 30 days for Bretos (the ESPNNews anchor) is incredibly, incredibly harsh. Watch the video:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ESEGRwnQW4k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Utterly ridiculous.
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On the other hand, anything that gets Max Bretos off the air is a good thing.
Dude Love said:
Right now on ESPN Radio, Amy Lawrence is asking people to Tweet and e-mail her with things ESPN is missing due to Linsanity. At least they're acknowledging the fact that the World Wide Leader's coverage of the other 99% of sports has sucked the last two weeks.
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Hahahaaha, that's awesome. "Sorry we spent so much time overhyping one story that we forgot to cover the rest. How about you do our work for us?"

By the way, if you think the Linsanity overhype is bad in the national media, you should see what it's like here.
 
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From a thread in the D-I forum:

According to listings on Watch ESPN (formerly ESPN3.com) the first semifinal is Thursday, April 5 at 4:30 and will air on ESPNU. ESPN2 will be televising the Marlins-Reds game. ESPN has the first round of the Masters.

The second semifinal is on ESPN2 at 8:00. ESPN will be repeating coverage of the Masters.

The championship game is scheduled for ESPN2 at 7:00. ESPN will be airing a 2-hour SportsCenter followed by an Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers game at 8:00.
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