ESPN suspends columnist Jemele Hill

[panacea]

It's ridiculous to me how hypocritical the media can be...

- The white woman golf analyst said something really stupid and insensitive on live TV - an "oh !" moment. She didn't think before she spoke.

- The old white radio talk show guy was trying to be funny and show disdain. He said something really stupid and insensitive on live radio, and he payed the price (rightfullly so, by the way).

- This black female writes something like that and gets suspended??? What?? This isn't being on camera and just trainwrecking your thoughts until something stupid comes out. This was typed, looked at, and OK'd to print. At this point, its not about what was said - as I found all 3 comments equally horrible - its about the situation leading up to it.

Jemele Hill was first degree idiotic: pre-meditated. If she retains her job in any sense, it just reinforces the hypocrisy of equal job opportunity.

Surely another soul had the opportunity to look at the article before it was sent to the internet. Why not blame them for not catching this egregious error?

[jt142]

She was one of the first people to come out and bash Imus for his comments (rightly so) and also criticized a magazine for placing Lebron on its cover with a white model (I don't know what that complaint was about). She seems to be the one who wants to make race an issue? I guess some people need an excuse for their problems. She must have a lot of hatred towards "others" for whatever reason. Maybe she's just looking for attention. For her to come out and make such ridiculous comments towards the city of Boston is total hypocrisy on her part, and she should receive the exact same punishment that Imus did. As wrong as Imus' comment was, he didn't have time to correct it since almost everything on the radio is live. On the other hand, Hill had plenty of time to proofread and edit her article. If she isn't fired, then a lot of those people who were criticizing Imus (rightly so) have a lot to account for. If a white man or woman had made a similar comment, the article would have been all over the news and the journalist would have been immediately fired. Anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. Why is there such a double standard in American society today? While all of the media was attacking Imus' comments (rightly so), I've heard very little about any of her antics. This kind of double standard is becoming increasingly apparent in American society today. As an American who loves all races, I find such idiotic rhetoric by a so-called "professional" journalist as shameful to all Americans. Any racially motivated comment by anyone, especially a journalist, should be immediately shunned by everyone. The fact that her statements have been ignored by the mass media while Imus was immediately denounced for his proves to me that reverse racism/discrimination is accepted by the American media.

What surprises me more than anything is that this article made it throuhg the editing stage and onto the ESPN website. I mean, as the world's most popular sports website, they should be held to a higher standard. Well, I guess that standard has just been lowered significantly. This was, by far, one of the worst articles I've ever read on ESPN.

Still, the best action might be to just ignore her. By making this a huge issue, we might be giving her exactly what she wants: attention.

[Optimus_Steel]

She was one of the first people to come out and bash Imus for his comments (rightly so) and also criticized a magazine for placing Lebron on its cover with a white model (I don't know what that complaint was about). She seems to be the one who wants to make race an issue? I guess some people need an excuse for their problems. She must have a lot of hatred towards "others" for whatever reason. Maybe she's just looking for attention. For her to come out and make such ridiculous comments towards the city of Boston is total hypocrisy on her part, and she should receive the exact same punishment that Imus did. As wrong as Imus' comment was, he didn't have time to correct it since almost everything on the radio is live. On the other hand, Hill had plenty of time to proofread and edit her article. If she isn't fired, then a lot of those people who were criticizing Imus (rightly so) have a lot to account for. If a white man or woman had made a similar comment, the article would have been all over the news and the journalist would have been immediately fired. Anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. Why is there such a double standard in American society today? While all of the media was attacking Imus' comments (rightly so), I've heard very little about any of her antics. This kind of double standard is becoming increasingly apparent in American society today. As an American who loves all races, I find such idiotic rhetoric by a so-called "professional" journalist as shameful to all Americans. Any racially motivated comment by anyone, especially a journalist, should be immediately shunned by everyone. The fact that her statements have been ignored by the mass media while Imus was immediately denounced for his proves to me that reverse racism/discrimination is accepted by the American media.

What surprises me more than anything is that this article made it throuhg the editing stage and onto the ESPN website. I mean, as the world's most popular sports website, they should be held to a higher standard. Well, I guess that standard has just been lowered significantly. This was, by far, one of the worst articles I've ever read on ESPN.

Still, the best action might be to just ignore her. By making this a huge issue, we might be giving her exactly what she wants: attention.

Absolutely, you are right on point, specially that last part. Its a shame she only got a slap on the wrist. For all we know she is probably laughing right now about how her pathetic articles have riled people up. Best way to deal with attention loving losers like that is to ignore them. I am sooo happy she does not write for my local newspaper anymore, it was embaressing.

[FNQ]

Surely another soul had the opportunity to look at the article before it was sent to the internet. Why not blame them for not catching this egregious error?

How about because they didn't write it?

The people editing of course are responsible as well, but its not them who made the comment. Who wrote it down, looked it over, and decided to put it out there as her own words.

It was Hill's comment, a really stupid one, and one that I hope costs her a job.

[jman3134]

I would not blame the editor for not editing out the direction she was going with her article. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes? But, he is not putting this under his name and endorsing it as its author. That is the difference. Editors are aids to reflection, not authors in and of themselves.