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Interesting development. Criticizing the Dallas Cowboys and ownership for standing for the anthem!! Come to Canada honey, see how you like neo-communism and REAL racism. The kind of oppression that is covert and buried even when it is exposed.
Notice, she can call the sitting president of the U.S a horrible and unfounded, despicable name without any implications, but suggest a boycott of sponsors and you will get suspended.
ESPN’s Jemele Hill suspended from network for two weeks
Jemele Hill, an ESPN anchor who called for fans to boycott the NFL, has been suspended for two weeks by the network.
Hill, who called President Trump a “white supremacist” on Twitter last month violated the company’s social media guidelines for a second time by calling on fans to take indirect action against the Dallas Cowboys after owner Jerry Jones told players they would be benched if they didn't stand up during the national anthem
“Change happens when advertisers are impacted,” Hill wrote. “If you strongly reject what Jerry Jones said, the key is his advertisers.”
Jones issued his edict before the Cowboys' game Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. It came after amid a backlash against players "taking a knee" during the national anthem, driven in part by President Trump's angry denouncement of what some players say is legitimate social protest.
“I know this, we cannot ... in the NFL in any way give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag," Jones said. "We know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues, but there is no question in my mind that the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. So we're clear."
Jones’ comments, the strongest made on the anthem controversy, came after he was asked about Vice President Mike Pence leaving the game in Indianapolis early after several San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem. Hill, an outspoken liberal, tweeted that Jones “has created a problem for his players, specifically the black ones… If they don't kneel, some will see them as sellouts.”
The ESPN host wrote, “By drawing a line in the sand, Jerry put his players under more scrutiny and threw them under the bus... If the rationale behind JJ's stance is keeping the fanbase happy, make him see that he is underestimated how all of his fanbase feels.”
She urged “paying customers” to “boycott his advertisers” if they don’t agree with Jones’ comments. Hill quoted a list of Cowboys’ advertisers in one of her tweets, which included AT&T, Bank of America, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Ford Motors, MillerCoors and Pepsi, and sent a message to her 760,000-plus Twitter followers.
ESPN, the network that employs Hill, agreed to pay $15.2 billion in 2011 to air the NFL’s “Monday Night Football,” according to The New York Times. Although Hill got off with no formal suspension after calling Trump a "white supremacist," her latest violation will cost her two weeks of work.
ESPN has not responded regarding whether or not Hill will be paid during the suspension.
The NFL declined comment when reached by Fox News.
Notice, she can call the sitting president of the U.S a horrible and unfounded, despicable name without any implications, but suggest a boycott of sponsors and you will get suspended.
ESPN’s Jemele Hill suspended from network for two weeks
Jemele Hill, an ESPN anchor who called for fans to boycott the NFL, has been suspended for two weeks by the network.
Hill, who called President Trump a “white supremacist” on Twitter last month violated the company’s social media guidelines for a second time by calling on fans to take indirect action against the Dallas Cowboys after owner Jerry Jones told players they would be benched if they didn't stand up during the national anthem
“Change happens when advertisers are impacted,” Hill wrote. “If you strongly reject what Jerry Jones said, the key is his advertisers.”
Jones issued his edict before the Cowboys' game Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. It came after amid a backlash against players "taking a knee" during the national anthem, driven in part by President Trump's angry denouncement of what some players say is legitimate social protest.
“I know this, we cannot ... in the NFL in any way give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag," Jones said. "We know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues, but there is no question in my mind that the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. So we're clear."
Jones’ comments, the strongest made on the anthem controversy, came after he was asked about Vice President Mike Pence leaving the game in Indianapolis early after several San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem. Hill, an outspoken liberal, tweeted that Jones “has created a problem for his players, specifically the black ones… If they don't kneel, some will see them as sellouts.”
The ESPN host wrote, “By drawing a line in the sand, Jerry put his players under more scrutiny and threw them under the bus... If the rationale behind JJ's stance is keeping the fanbase happy, make him see that he is underestimated how all of his fanbase feels.”
She urged “paying customers” to “boycott his advertisers” if they don’t agree with Jones’ comments. Hill quoted a list of Cowboys’ advertisers in one of her tweets, which included AT&T, Bank of America, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Ford Motors, MillerCoors and Pepsi, and sent a message to her 760,000-plus Twitter followers.
ESPN, the network that employs Hill, agreed to pay $15.2 billion in 2011 to air the NFL’s “Monday Night Football,” according to The New York Times. Although Hill got off with no formal suspension after calling Trump a "white supremacist," her latest violation will cost her two weeks of work.
ESPN has not responded regarding whether or not Hill will be paid during the suspension.
The NFL declined comment when reached by Fox News.
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