ESPN warned hosts to avoid any political discussion of the relationship between China and Hong Kong, as the NBA continues trying to make amends with the communist nation after Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for Hong Kongās pro-democracy movement on Friday.
According to a report from Deadspin, ESPNās Senior News Director Chuck Salituro sent aĀ memoĀ to all staffers telling them to avoid talking about the political situation between Hong Kong and mainland China. Deadspin was also told that senior ESPN executives were monitoring all shows as they discussed the news of the day.
ESPNās reticence to talk about the massive and endemic human rights violations stands in stark contrast to the networkās all-out support for the NBAās boycott of North Carolina because of the Tar Heel Stateās transgender bathroom law.
ESPNās commentators were entirely unrestrained when attacking North Carolina for being āhomophobicā and ātransphobic.ā
In March of 2017 for instance, ESPN host Rachel Nichols insisted that North Carolinaās law aimed at keeping children and women safe in public washrooms was somehowĀ just likeĀ the ālunch counterā protests during the Civil Rights era. That same month, Nichols also openlyĀ advisedĀ the NBA to boycott North Carolina.
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In other cases of pandering to transgenderism and radical LGBTQ issues, ESPNWās Katie Barns routinely supplied storiesĀ celebratingĀ the LGBTQ agenda and attacking those that she thought might be in opposition.
Then there was ESPNās support for outspoken race-baiter Jemele Hill who, for years, used the sports network as a platform to push her radical ideas about āsocial justice.ā
In 2016, for instance, ESPN tolerated HillāsĀ proclamationĀ that the U.S.A. does āeverything possible to undermine the LGBTQ community.ā Curiously, never once did Hill mention that China actually jails, tortures, and executes gays there.
Worse, even when an ESPN personality skewed to the right side of the political aisle, the network felt the need to apologize for it.
Back in 2013, ESPN was apoplectic that commentator Chris Broussard dared to express a Christian worldview, and the network felt the need toĀ disavowĀ Broussard for his comments.
It should also be remembered that back in 2016, ESPNĀ firedĀ legendary Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling over his comments about transgenderism.
Despite that āwokeā history, ESPN is squelching any discussion of the far more real and vicious human rights abuses in China. Perhaps the key is the huge contracts ESPN shares with the NBA?
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According to New York Business Journal, ESPN has aĀ $2.6 billion dealĀ to broadcast the NBAās games. Clearly, with the league kowtowing to Chinaās dictates and refusing to denounce the country over its dismal human rights record, ESPN is taking its cue from its big-dollar business partner. Accusing Americans of evil ā real or imagined ā is fine with this sports network. But the real abuses of the Chinese are off-limits.
Then there is ESPNās link to parent company Disney which is also up to its neck in ties to Chinese money. Indeed, Disney is so beholden to the Chinese that it felt the need to getĀ Chinaās approvalĀ to buy 21st Century Fox. Disney also operates a lucrative theme park in Shanghai, China.
Chinese moviegoers have also figured heavily into Disneyās bottom line. According to theĀ New York Times, for example, Disneyās āAvengers: Endgame,āĀ earnedĀ $614 million in China. Chinese moviegoers purchased an estimated $8.87 billion in tickets alone, in 2018.
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