Grr

Jan. 4th, 2011 04:45 pm
shipperx: (Scully - What a doof)
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Grr!  Shut up middle aged white men whining on JOX because they can't wrap their heads around why an ESPN game announcer was fired because he dismissed a female ESPN reporter from a professional conversation at the Chick-Fil-A Bowl by calling her "sweet cakes" and then calling her an asshole for objecting to being called 'sweet cakes' and then refusing to apologize to her when ESPN demanded that he do so.  So far exactly one reporter has called in to say that the firing was an appropriate response.  Every. single. other caller and reporter has defended the guy.  *head desk*  (And this wasn't even his first incident doing this sort of thing).


ETA:  Wow, Arkansas was snakebit tonight.

Date: 2011-01-05 05:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
Yeah. Most of the actual ESPN and sports reporters who called in said "Well, he shouldn't have done it, but he's a great guy and it was just a generational thing..." Like that makes his behavior okay!

(Maybe we should be surprised that ESPN actually fired him).

Date: 2011-01-05 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] empresspatti.livejournal.com
Truly, I'm constantly annoyed at the 'nice guy' defense. Lots of people are 'nice guys' SO WHAT???

It doesn't excuse racist, sexist behavior. Still, I'm sure it will happen again, on air, within the next 15 minutes.....

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