In January 2008, the golfing world was stunned when a Golf Channel host/anchor said something that some thought was racist. The word used was "lynch" directed but in jest to Tiger Woods. It was a live telecast, and even as the anchor apologized (and some even wanted her fired), and Tiger himself referred to it as a non-issue, she was suspended for two weeks.
What many people did not know was that another ESPN anchor was in hot water for comments she made in a celebrity roast for ESPN Radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. According to a report from Don Wildmon, of the American Family Association, she shouted, “F*** Notre Dame… F*** Touchdown Jesus… F*** Jesus.” It was a private activity and the incident, according to Bill Donahue of Catholic League, involved "a person who went off the rails while drunk ."
She was suspended for ONE WEEK. Here is what the ESPN Ombudsman said.
Maybe so. But it appears that a person who says "lynch" is worse than one who says F*** three times (ok, 2, as some say, although the video has never been made public) directed toward a school, its football program, (and Jesus). It would have been better if Golf Channel's anchor said "lynch" when she was drunk -- she'd have probably gotten 1 week.
What many people did not know was that another ESPN anchor was in hot water for comments she made in a celebrity roast for ESPN Radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. According to a report from Don Wildmon, of the American Family Association, she shouted, “F*** Notre Dame… F*** Touchdown Jesus… F*** Jesus.” It was a private activity and the incident, according to Bill Donahue of Catholic League, involved "a person who went off the rails while drunk ."
She was suspended for ONE WEEK. Here is what the ESPN Ombudsman said.
Maybe so. But it appears that a person who says "lynch" is worse than one who says F*** three times (ok, 2, as some say, although the video has never been made public) directed toward a school, its football program, (and Jesus). It would have been better if Golf Channel's anchor said "lynch" when she was drunk -- she'd have probably gotten 1 week.
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