ESPN President Takes a Knee — ‘Fans Do Not Want Us to Cover Politics’
by John Nolte
ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro conceded defeat Monday by finally admitting, “Without question our data tells us our fans do not want us to cover politics.”
Well, no shit.
You needed your data to tell you that, Jimmy?
You needed to convene something to do a tabulation that deliver some data, Jimmy?
Was it the 15 million lost subscribers? Was that the “data?”
How about the endless complaints across social media, the editorials…?
Maybe the layoffs? Those massive layoffs — were the layoffs the data, Jimmy?
Perhaps it was the ratings crash?
Seriously, Jimmy, please do share with us this data of which you speak.
After years and years and years and years of Disney straight up lying to us, telling us again and again that the infusion of left-wing politics in its sports coverage was not hurting the network, here we have no less than the president of ESPN taking a knee.
Here’s his whole comment, where Pitaro also makes clear he has sat down with his anchors and told them to shut up about their personal political opinions and to focus instead on the players and games:
Pitaro has also satisfied ESPN’s more traditional fans by steering commentators away from political discussions on-air and on social media, which heightened during President Trump’s criticism of NFL player protests against social injustice during the playing of the national anthem.
“Without question our data tells us our fans do not want us to cover politics, ”Pitaro said. “My job is to provide clarity. I really believe that some of our talent was confused on what was expected of them. If you fast-forward to today, I don’t believe they are confused.”
Naturally, the far-left L.A. Times buries its own headline by burying this news deep in the interview.
But let’s compare Sunday’s comments to what ESPN told us back in January of 2017:
full story at https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/05/21/nolte-espn-president-takes-a-knee-fans-do-not-want-us-to-cover-politics/