ESPN Writer Fired/Anchor Suspended After Lin Remarks

Suspended ESPN Anchor Defends Himself For Jeremy Lin Gaffe | Radar Online

 

wtf were these guys thinking? 'Chink in the Armor' ?

Seriously? :wtf1:

 

Thats not exactly an uncommon phrase...

 

it's not an uncommon phrase but it was not the right phrase/situation in our p.c. society. Writers and t.v. anchors have to watch their words more carefully than this or they can offend millions.

 

Getting offended over this phrase is stupid, the phrase isn't even racial in any way.

 

"Tapping a f*g" is also a common term in many parts of the British world for smoking a cigarette, but I dont think any news agency would be goobered enough to use it in reference to Lance Bass lighting up a Marlboro. There's no way you can tell me these guys at ESPN were so naive and sheltered that they thought that using the term CHINK in any context when referring to a person of Asian descent wouldnt be taken exactly as it was.

 

so, if you were a player and had a bad game against a guy with the last name of 'Polly' and the anchor or writer said something using the 'common' phrase 'Polly wants a Cracker', you don't think that would be a 'racial' inuendo?

The original phrase isn't racial, so you can't be offended, right?

 

Nobody would have any issue if CNN started referring to the Obamas as the "King and Queen of Spades", right? I mean, its just an innocuous term referring to a deck of cards, people use it every day at the poker table. It would be stupid of anyone to have a problem with that.

 

Actually if it was a BRITISH news organization I would be more offended if they didn't use the phrase because of my sexual preference.

Of course I think the things most americans find offensive are pathetic and stupid, like most people in general are.

 

Theres a differnce between making up headlines to be insensitive and writing a headline that makes sense with the situation and using it.

This could have been used for ANY basketball player who had a bad game, its pathetic to get offended by it.

 

well, it is possible that these guys didn't even think of the conatation, but that still doesn't excuse their transgressions because when you are in that spotlight, you have to be more careful about what you say and when you say it or you will offend people.

whether or not we think society is too sensitive is not the point. When you sign up to reach millions of people with your written or spoken word, you accept the ground rules of current society and these guys both hecked up royally.

 

Its a stupid thing to get offended over, hell even Jeremy Lin said it didn't bother him so why should it bother anyone else?

 

If you saw it on the mobile website when it was up and you got offended, fine. that's understandable. If , days later, you are purposefully clicking on headlines like "ESPN uses offensive slur in headline about Jeremy Lin" and you get offended, you might be part of that "dying to get offended crowd" and you can eat a rod.

 

Whilst true, you just can't let that one slide. Even if the guy originally wrote it without thinking about it, you can't proofread that line and not catch that word.

 

I personally get more offended when people CHANGE THINGS because of me. Thats just me I guess. Lin did have a chink in the armor, 9 turnovers is pathetic.

 

Tried to slip one past & got busted...

What a major story. :icon_smile:

 

In a newsroom, like many other places, your value has to outweigh the negative attention something like this gets. Some people are worth the trouble, others aren't. This is clearly just a guy with a bad editorial sense who proved he doesn't have what it takes to do that job well. It's no question whether you get fired when you heck up on that level, even if you didn't set out to offend anyone.

Yep it could have. But it wasn't any basketball player, it was this Asian American sensation, and whether or not he intended it as one, it is a racial slur for Asian people. Case closed, poor taste, whether or not he realized it.

 

i didn't realize lin spoke for the entire asian population in this country and beyond.

if you're not part of the race that is involved how can you even fathom what they are thinking and in turn claim that being offended in the 1st place is stupid ?

is it stupid for native americans to be offended by the washington redskins ?

 

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? The article wasn't about the entire Asian populace it was about JEREMY LIN and he said it wasn't offensive so the rest of the god **mn populace needs to stop freaking out about it.

EVERYONE making a big deal about this is just so freaking stupid, good god Americans are always looking for a story where there is not, getting offended over the stupidest crap. I love how more WHITE people are snitching about this than Asians, I am friends with plenty of Asians, the people making the biggest stir about this are white people its freaking pathetic. Even my asian friends have told me this isnt a story. I can't believe this god **mn.

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