Given the thread title I think it's worth noting that the suspension referred
in the title was last year, though it is possible ESPN might decide to do
something stupid and suspend her now. The lawsuit is today.
Apparently the suit alleges that certain individuals at the network were
allowed the kind of expression she was denied. One of those named in the suit
as allegedly enjoying such expression, Dan LeBatard, is no longer at the
network in part over disputes over his attempts to do this.
David
On Thursday, April 28, 2022, 03:26:12 PM PDT, Joe Hass
<[email protected]> wrote:
Ms Steele now suing Disney for "violating her free speech rights".
https://www.wsj.com/articles/espn-anchor-sage-steele-sues-network-alleging-violation-of-free-speech-rights-11651104160
On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 19:59 PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
Not clear to me that Kevin;s response is accurate. She has been shilling
conservative talking points for years, and has her own issues with Obama’s
identity choices that also go back a long way. If she is being suspended for
these kinds of comments I would be critical of ESPN, as I have been critical of
them spanking other Nichols for expressing liberal positions.
But she also recently made comments to the effect that people should not be
vaccinated and take other COVID precautions. To my knowledge she has not made
those kinds of comments before, and discouraging COVID safety is the fist whose
first amendment** rights end at the nose of public health.
**Yes, I know this is not literally a 1st amendment issue, but the phrase can
be used figuratively to mean free speech.
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 3:25 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
Apparently she said things she’s said a million times before, but this time
Disney took notice
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/sage-steele-covid-espn-1235081535/
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