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Life ESPN apologizes on an 'offensive' Jeremy Lin headline
2012.02.19 05:55
ESPN employee dismissed (Reuters) - Sports network ESPN said Sunday that it had dismissed one employee and suspended another after apologizing on Saturday for an anti-Asian slur that appeared with a story on its website about the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin. In a statement Saturday, ESPN called the headline, which was up on the mobile website for about 35 minutes early Saturday morning, "offensive" and "inappropriate". In an updated statement published on their website on Sunday, ESPN announced that the employee responsible for the Mobile headline had been dismissed, the ESPNEWS anchor involved had been suspended for 30 days, and a radio commentator who had made a similarly offensive reference on Friday on ESPN Radio New York is not actually an ESPN employee. ESPN concluded by apologizing again to Lin, writing that "his accomplishments are a source of great pride to the Asian-American community." Lin, who contributed to the Knicks' loss to the Hornets by committing nine turnovers, did not address ESPN's gaffe on his Twitter site, @JLin7. But the 23-year-old Harvard graduate, whose on-court heroics have made him a sports sensation and media darling nearly overnight, did talk about his performance in Friday's game, his first defeat as a Knicks starter. "9 TOs wont get it done...gotta learn from my mistakes and move on to the next one. See you guys sunday!" |
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운영자
2012.02.19 06:09
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방준재*70
2012.02.19 07:21
"My Life in America" was the Essay title for our young Korean-Americans
to peek into their view of America among our youngsters and Identity in
this country, they preferred to call themselves as Asian-American, or just
American, not hyphenated.No wonder. Probably, there were incidents, racially motivated in their
Life in America when they call themselves as Korean-American.
I don't mind watching sports events once in a while.
But I am not in it very deep.
One of the reason is that I do mind seeing so many dumb idiots, stupid machos,
and senseless red necks among those fans.
I couldn't believe some guys in ESPN had made such a comment.
Don't we have Obama as our president?
When are these guys ever going to learn?
For that reason and for nothing else, I think Obama needs to be the president again second time.
Eventualy, even the idots will learn.