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Declan MacManus posted:ohhhhhh yikes also how can boston have so many loving awful radio people Nah, it's rating's based to go with the controversey, they had another right winger, Kirk Minihane, depart a few months ago, and they dropped to sixth in the 25-54 rating books. This was the Callahna thing (with old Co-host John Dennis, from 2003) On September 29, 2003, during a segment called 'headlines', where they read and comment about current news stories, Callahan and his morning co-host John Dennis made racist remarks while discussing a story about an escaped gorilla.[2] The gorilla had escaped from the Franklin Park Zoo and had been recaptured at a bus stop. According to newspaper articles, the exchange allegedly was:[3] Callahan: "They caught him at a bus stop, right -- he was like waiting to catch a bus out of town." Dennis: "Yeah, yeah -- he's a METCO gorilla." Callahan: "Heading out to Lexington." Dennis: "Exactly." METCO is a state program that buses inner-city Boston students to nearby suburban schools. The racist comments compared poor, mostly African-American children to gorillas. WEEI general manager Tom Baker suspended both hosts for two days, then extended the suspension to two weeks after the Blue Cross-Blue Shield (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts) pulled $27,000 in ads and in turn donated that money to METCO. Dunkin' Donuts responded by ceasing all advertising that involved the voices of John Dennis or Gerry Callahan.[4] Both hosts apologized and were sent to sensitivity training. WEEI also agreed to provide free advertising for the METCO program on the radio station. In November 2003, WEEI General Manager Tom Baker was replaced by Julie Kahn. Station executives denied there was a connection between the METCO incident and Baker's replacement.
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https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1151561485446873089
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# ? Jul 17, 2019 20:24 |
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Dan's spitting fire at the culture of complicity at ESPN https://twitter.com/ErickFernandez/status/1151943048101814273
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:09 |
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having the camera just linger on Billy looking obliviously in the penalty box is amazing. pair this with a podcast interview with Billy Ray Cyrus who just wanted to talk about Pete Rose and you got the good poo poo right there
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:59 |
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DC Murderverse posted:Dan's spitting fire at the culture of complicity at ESPN loving well said. ESPN will most likely do nothing because if they suspend him he'll just go full blown scorched earth.
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 13:21 |
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Trying to discipline him for making a point he is 100% right about would be a terrible look for ESPN, which I'm guessing Dan calculated in when he said that. At worst I'm guessing he gets yelled at by some sack of poo poo in a suit behind closed doors.
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 13:46 |
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Dan is one of three people who could get away with that who are currently at ESPN. Stephen A. and Bomani are the other two. I'm sure Bob Ley could get away with it but he's retired . (Bob Ley's retirement is 100% deserved though, he earned that poo poo)
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 14:43 |
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iospace posted:Dan is one of three people who could get away with that who are currently at ESPN. Stephen A. and Bomani are the other two. I'm sure Bob Ley could get away with it but he's retired . Bomani could make that statement but It would be a bit more measured. From listening to The Right Time and The Evening Jones forever, he’s gotten very careful about these topics in public. He’s also on the upward curve so doesn’t want to gently caress his money up, whereas I’m guessing if LeBatard got fired he’d bring the Shipping Container to do that as a local show/podcast and be fine, and get somebody else to pay for it.
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 14:50 |
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Honestly it would rule if, like, Woj got on his twitter and starting ripping on Trump. Not that it'll happen.
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iospace posted:Dan is one of three people who could get away with that who are currently at ESPN. Stephen A. and Bomani are the other two. I'm sure Bob Ley could get away with it but he's retired . Bob Ley is also a republican though so probs not.
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hcreight posted:Honestly it would rule if, like, Woj got on his twitter and starting ripping on Trump. Not that it'll happen.
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MourningView posted:Bob Ley is also a republican though so probs not. He strikes me as a Never Trump, Kasich protest vote type guy but I could be wrong.
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 15:36 |
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MourningView posted:Bob Ley is also a republican though so probs not. I'm not saying he'd make the statement (which pretty much sounds like he wouldn't), but I'm more saying he could make a statement like that and not get in hot water.
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 15:44 |
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on one hand, this seemed like the kind of thing that would set up a planned vacation anyway on the other hand https://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/1152231069091094529 e: https://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/1152232625513406465 Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Jul 19, 2019 |
# ? Jul 19, 2019 16:00 |
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Le Batard has done this before where he says something he knows might get him in trouble right before a scheduled vacation then pretends he's missing work due to drama. he then comes back and does 2 hours on whether basketball would be better if everyone had hands for feet. it's a pretty good bit imo
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# ? Jul 19, 2019 16:05 |
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https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1153290961176485890
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 14:19 |
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He doesn’t get the show
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 14:26 |
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I guess speaking out against racism is always inherently political when racist people are in power but as many others have mentioned explicitly not allowing people to speak out against said racism is equally political. As Lebatard said, a refusal to allow even the briefest mention of this stuff (a 90 second rant on a show that's 4 hours long and routinely talks to a zoo keeper, Kenny G, and Oj's former lawyer) is basically a tacit expression that things are okay and do not require change. I know I'm preaching to the choir but the "stick to sports" bullshit I see other places is at best an expression of privilege and at worst is an affirmation of Trumpist rhetoric/policies.
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Yeah. I get that some people want to use sports as an escape from how hosed everything is but it just can’t be that any more, not when the president is injecting himself into sports to throw meat to his bumblefuck base
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 15:45 |
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Yeah. I get that some people want to use sports as an escape from how hosed everything is but it just can’t be that any more, not when the president is injecting himself into sports to throw meat to his bumblefuck base Those people need to realize that there is inherent political implications in everything we say and do. When someone says "stick to (whatever that person does)", what's really being said is "don't make me think about my actions ".
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 16:58 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Those people need to realize that there is inherent political implications in everything we say and do. My favorite response is "So because they're X, they're not supposed to have political opinions?" (Alternately: "What if they said something you personally agree with that was political, would you be saying the same thing?")
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 17:06 |
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The stick to sports stuff is even more bullshit when you consider ESPN keeps on rewarding (new contracts, more platforms) them for not talking about sports. The day before this "rant " they had a journalist come on and talk about R. Kelly's sex crimes, interviewed Jeff Pasan doing an Elmo voice and interviewed the mayor of Fort Wayne Indiana about who got the key to the fort. What makes the show successful and profitable is that they don't talk about sports so saying the one issue in society and culture they can't touch is the pissbaby president is hosed.
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 17:06 |
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I’m sure this is all tied to subscription numbers or whatever but the show didnt get as popular as it has by “sticking to sports”
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 17:10 |
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Actually, my personal favorite response to people whining about X, and this is super fun to say to chuds: "If you don't like it, leave". The rage that ensues great because now their favorite line is now being turned on them.
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# ? Jul 22, 2019 17:13 |
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https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1153646422803275777
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# ? Jul 23, 2019 14:14 |
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Hey guys, Mark Sanchez retired!
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# ? Jul 23, 2019 14:38 |
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Jay Onrait went right back at Broussardquote:“Dear Chris Broussard,”
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# ? Jul 23, 2019 16:45 |
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Jay Onrait has always kicked rear end
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# ? Jul 23, 2019 17:29 |
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That is a complete destruction
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# ? Jul 23, 2019 22:23 |
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To paraphrase Roddy Piper, Chris Broussard might want to stop throwing rocks at a man with a machine gun
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 03:47 |
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Hey, leave Anne Murray out of this. She's an international treasure.
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 04:11 |
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Former Time Warner Cable people, we now get the NFL Network app to stream!
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 20:28 |
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https://twitter.com/benjstrauss/status/1154103851458412544 Lmao if ESPN does something dumb
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 21:03 |
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ESPN's not dumping lebatard. also the Pirates broadcasters got lovely again because an opponent tried to play baseball in the 4th inning
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 11:35 |
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[BAYLESS Nods] https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1154366784579018752?s=19
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 15:37 |
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Comrade angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Jul 25, 2019 |
# ? Jul 25, 2019 17:35 |
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I'm going to go with ESPN doing something stupid.
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 18:06 |
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Trast posted:I'm going to go with ESPN doing something stupid. Same. It's in their blood to do the dumbest thing.
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 18:10 |
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MourningView posted:[BAYLESS Nods] https://twitter.com/hegelbon/status/492741034749620224?lang=en
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oh you want me to actually explain my oblique reference to the second most famous Stephen A Smith parody tweet???? Wow
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