ESPN Writer Fired Over Racist Jeremy Lin Headline
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The headline was on ESPN Mobile for roughly 30 minutes early Saturday morning before it was removed.
ESPN issued a second apology Sunday to Lin and the Asian-American community.
“We again apologize, especially to Mr. Lin,” ESPN said Sunday to the Daily News. “His accomplishments are a source of great pride to the Asian-American community, including the Asian-American employees at ESPN.”
ESPN anchor Max Bretos was give a 30-day suspension for using the same term on air, reports The Daily Beast.
On air Bretos asked Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier “If there is a chink in the armor, where can he improve his game?”
The wording went unnoticed at first and it does not appear that Bretos was attempting to make a pun.
Bretos also apologized on Saturday via Twitter saying that he was not trying to make a racial reference and would avoid making the same mistake twice. Bretos’ apology said that his wife his Asian and he would never do anything to disrespect her or her community.
Bretos used the same phrase last year, reports the Daily News when talking about the Philadelphia Phillies. The expression is not uncommon.
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I don't believe they are NOT intentional by using the expression of chink in the armor, but as Lin said, I rather hope they are doing this on purpose. I can force myself to believe maybe he thought it's a funny joke and he didn't mean to hurt Lin. But Lin just had a public interview on he's struggling with the racism two days before and has his first terrible losing, the guy deserves to be fired. ESPN, well done!
Please, all these people who claim that all Asians or blacks are too politically correct should see the whining if a Jew is the victim of even a mild comment