Jemele Hill is out at ESPN

[Ptarmigan]

Jemele Hill is out at ESPN
https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/jemele-hill-era-at-espn-is-over/

Jemele Hill needed to be out at ESPN. Hill knew it. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro knew it. And, now, Jemele Hill is out at ESPN.

The marriage between ESPN and Hill — the controversial sports commentator who waded into politics and sparred with President Donald Trump — has long been stuck in irreconcilable differences. Since leaving “SportsCenter” earlier this year, she has barely worked, making a divorce the obvious conclusion.

A buyout of her reported $2.5 million per year contract has been completed and her last day will be Friday, according to sources.

Jemele Hill should of been fired. Mixing politics with sports is a very bad idea.

[SVPete]

Jemele Hill is out at ESPN
https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/jemele-hill-era-at-espn-is-over/

Jemele Hill should of been fired. Mixing politics with sports is a very bad idea.

Mixing sports with politics tends to alienate 40-60% of your audience. That ESN and the NFL couldn't/can't figure that out amazes me.

The same goes for the entertainment industry, as the Ditzy Tricks and Kathy the Griffin learned, sort of. I don't know what Taylor Swift's politics are, don't much care, but she seems to be smart enough to realize that POing the few activists who hound her to "speak out" is far better than alienating a significant part of her audience.