He was absent from the show today. https://deadline.com/2019/07/espn-dan-le-batard-donald-trump-the-squad-controversy-1202650858
On Jul 21, 2019, 9:24 AM, at 9:24 AM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 8:48 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >>> Or, to paraphrase Kevin, ESPN molests Animal Planet. >>> >> >> There was a gut reaction to Trump's 2016 victory saying he was such >an >> outlier that he would stretch our politics and culture like a rubber >band >> and once he is gone things will snap back to what they were before >his >> election. As time goes on it is becoming clear that there will be no >snap >> back. Our cultural institutions, like media companies, are very slow >moving >> (they're built that way) and their reaction to the way things arte >changing >> is to act like nothing is changing. >> >> Up until now there was a consensus that overt racism would be >excluded >> from mainstream conversation. Racists could be deemed some sort of >"other" >> and be marginalized. The consensus gets smashed when the Chief >Executive >> makes overtly racist statements. He can't be marginalized and his >followers >> will line up behind his statements. If a media organization decides >its on >> camera talent can't call out racism then what credibility do they >have in >> the public sphere? ESPN (really all of Disney) and the other media >> organizations are going to have to catch up to the moment. >> >> >I suspect Disney would interpret the idea of playing catch-up to mean >they >should now rerelease Song of the South in the US so the overtly racist >crowd can buy it. > >-- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE0bZQLzPWCTEA9x90K%2Bnfex07ZqRaiqJX%3DDAhw6gmXMg%40mail.gmail.com >> ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE0bZQLzPWCTEA9x90K%2Bnfex07ZqRaiqJX%3DDAhw6gmXMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >-- >Kevin M. (RPCV) > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C0VadDmHPaxsssML%2BuoeaHjaM03TDzcaurF3aLSfucYg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5d33549c-d318-492d-ab79-cd5542b6036e%40gmail.com.
