The ESPN Bloodbath

[BridgeTroll]

Sorry... I really am... 

[spuwho]

Sorry... I really am... 

Excellent!! LOL!!

[I-10east]

Anyone unsure, don't believe, or  in denial about ESPN's dive into left wing politics watch this small sampling of clips on the links below. ESPN and Disney is more concerned with being 'progressive and woke' than actual sports. ESPN mainly aliened apolitical people that just wanna watch sports, moreso than conservatives.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaJUgKAvmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVKpFQ0bbKo&t=1s

[Adam White]

Anyone unsure, don't believe, or  in denial about ESPN's dive into left wing politics watch this small sampling of clips on the links below. ESPN and Disney is more concerned with being 'progressive and woke' than actual sports. ESPN mainly aliened apolitical people that just wanna watch sports, moreso than conservatives.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaJUgKAvmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVKpFQ0bbKo&t=1s

Give me a fucking break, man.  People expressed opinions on issues that were already bringing together sports and politics, e.g. Michael Sam, the NFL potentially pulling the Super Bowl because of a discriminatory law, domestic violence issues, and the Redskins naming issue.  ESPN didnt, sua sponte, just inject politics into the recap of the Eagles/Cowboys game.  Jesus. No one said, "Here's Tony Romo dropping back and, by the way, i love to molest children through my favorite pizza parlor. Vote Hillary"

I was going to give you a +1 or whatever for "sua sponte". But this wins Metro Jax for today:

No one said, "Here's Tony Romo dropping back and, by the way, i love to molest children through my favorite pizza parlor. Vote Hillary"

[jaxjags]

Some other reasons: NFL Network NHL Network MLB Network Fox Sports NBC sports Network Big 10 Network SEC Network and not be mention other NBC networks picking up live broadcast as needed.

[Wacca Pilatka]

I don't think the blending of politics into sports is more than a peripheral factor in the decline ESPN has experienced.  But I have noticed (when I have nothing better to do while waiting for my car to get serviced and end up reading pretty much the only magazine on hand in the Firestone) that several ESPN The Magazine writers have a tendency to insert politics into articles in a ham-fisted, jarring way.

One that particularly stood out was a basketball feature that read something to the effect of (paraphrasing greatly) "What's the scariest thing in the world?  No, it's not Ann Coulter or Dick Cheney.  It's LeBron James driving the lane with a full head of steam."  That's not the effect of opinion being inserted into a discussion that brings sports and politics together by its nature - it's clumsy forcing of politics into a sports story.

I find that sort of thing off-putting regardless of what side of the political aisle is being targeted.  Then again, I don't think anyone reads ESPN The Magazine unless they're stuck at a Firestone with no other options.

[I-10east]

ABC is discontinuing the cash cow Last Man Standing all because of conservative Tim Allen. Yet flooding ESPN with liberal propaganda, turning it from in the black to the red was the way to go! Thanks Disney! Disney is the devil itself.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/16317/despite-high-ratings-abc-cancels-trump-friendly-john-nolte?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=dwbrand

[JaGoaT]

There are more serious things to be upset about buddy

ABC is discontinuing the cash cow Last Man Standing all because of conservative Tim Allen. Yet flooding ESPN with liberal propaganda, turning it from in the black to the red was the way to go! Thanks Disney! Disney is the devil itself.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/16317/despite-high-ratings-abc-cancels-trump-friendly-john-nolte?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=dwbrand

[I-10east]

^^^I'm not upset, I'm just calling out liberal Orwellianism when I see it.

[Adam White]

^^^I'm not upset, I'm just calling out liberal Orwellianism when I see it.

It might surprise you to learn that George Orwell was a socialist.

[I-10east]

It might surprise you to learn that George Orwell was a socialist.

Yeah I knew. Propaganda has no limit to political affiliation.

[Adam White]

It might surprise you to learn that George Orwell was a socialist.

Yeah I knew. Propaganda has no limit to political affiliation.

I just find it funny because the sorts of things that Orwell critiqued are highly illiberal.

[Tacachale]

ABC is discontinuing the cash cow Last Man Standing all because of conservative Tim Allen. Yet flooding ESPN with liberal propaganda, turning it from in the black to the red was the way to go! Thanks Disney! Disney is the devil itself.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/16317/despite-high-ratings-abc-cancels-trump-friendly-john-nolte?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=dwbrand

HAHAHAHAHAHA, you actually recommended an article where the author then recommends you read Ben mother fucking Shapiro-- a true genius thinker if ever there was one, at least when he isnt obsessing over bathroom predators. 
GTFO with this crap.  THIS is your example of corporate fascism?!? Canecelling a TV show, and not, say, FIFA literally enslaving people to build stadiums, Coke destorying entire cities with pollution to make sugar water for fatties, Amazon and other places slowly doing away with human workers all together, or the way all companies are slowly creeping on your free speech rights?? You're upset over Tim Allen losing a shitty TV show? God i wish I lived in a bubble where the things that dont matter do matter and the important things dont matter at all.

It's more a matter that conservatives and/or folks in "flyover America" see this as another example of a Hollywood company cancelling something that appeals to them based on bias rather than business. There probably are business reasons, but given that this was apparently a fairly successful show, it's not hard to see bias affecting the decision not to renew it. If it were an isolated incident the story probably wouldn't be making the rounds, but it's not. Taken as a whole, these types of things hurt the left more than anything, as it sends the message that one of the most left-leaning industries disdains conservatives and middle America.

http://www.inquisitr.com/4213074/why-was-last-man-standing-canceled-conservatives-accuse-abc-of-pulling-show-in-defiance-of-donald-trump/

[Tacachale]

It might surprise you to learn that George Orwell was a socialist.

Yeah I knew. Propaganda has no limit to political affiliation.

I just find it funny because the sorts of things that Orwell critiqued are highly illiberal.

What Orwell is best known for critiquing is totalitarianism and authoritarianism. As he made clear, the left is equally capable of those things as the right (and in fact, has been more successful at creating totalitarian states than the right).

Of course, the situation of a Tim Allen sitcom getting cancelled by a TV network isn't actually an example of  "Orwellianism".

[Adam White]

It might surprise you to learn that George Orwell was a socialist.

Yeah I knew. Propaganda has no limit to political affiliation.

I just find it funny because the sorts of things that Orwell critiqued are highly illiberal.

What Orwell is best known for critiquing is totalitarianism and authoritarianism. As he made clear, the left is equally capable of those things as the right (and in fact, has been more successful at creating totalitarian states than the right).

Of course, the situation of a Tim Allen sitcom getting cancelled by a TV network isn't actually an example of  "Orwellianism".

No, of course it isn't. And liberalism and authoritarianism, thought crime, etc aren't compatible.

Orwell was very critical of Soviet communism, which makes sense, as it was essentially the largest and most successful left wing movement of his day. He was a democrat and a socialist.