Jamele Hill suspended by ESPN!

[Last Train]

I hope they didn't do this only because they felt like they had to. I hope they did this so that the next time she writes something that absurd they have a history or discipline and just cause to terminate her.

[Steve Weinman]

She earned this one.

Though in fairness, there are folks out there paid to edit who should also have their role in this facing inquiry as well.

Get a good rest, Jemele.

-sw

[BudweiserCeltic]

She earned this one.

Though in fairness, there are folks out there paid to edit who should also have their role in this facing inquiry as well.

Get a good rest, Jemele.

-sw

I really don't know how the whole writing process go, and when the articles finally get approved for being upped to the site, but I wouldn't be surprised if with the fast moving internet, the middleman (editors) are being cut out of the process for the sake of efficiency. I see too many aticles in ESPN by their writters that get constant errors and constantly get updated to believe that editors are always on top or aware of the content of the articles.

Any truth to this belief or theory of mine?

[Last Train]

I think if you would ask Bill Simmons, he would tell you the editors are all up in his business and changing his jokes.

[RebusRankin]

She deserves this. Actually there was a good point in the article about this that she called for Imus to be fired for his comments and hers were as bad. Anyway good decision although I hope they chatiste the editor too.

[jgod213]

could someone link the article? i've heard a lot about it but never got a chance to read it myself.

Thanks in advance

[BudweiserCeltic]

I think if you would ask Bill Simmons, he would tell you the editors are all up in his business and changing his jokes.

Yep, that's true... but I also wonder at what point are these editors stepping in? Have they looked at the final product? Or are they giving them instructions on how to go about writing their articles, and then the writers do pretty much as they please.

I mean, I could easily see these writters missing the deadline or whatever and sending their articles to the tech department or whatever so that they can post the article, without editors taking a look at the final product.

These are all speculations from my part of course, just saying that I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case many times.

[newdusk]

She did not deserve to get suspended! She was writing this from a fans perspective its a huge over-reactions. What she wrote is no worse then the things Bill Simmons says. This article was written tongue and cheek and it was just a fan expressing her opinion and passion. Give me a break!

[Roy Hobbs]

She did not deserve to get suspended! She was writing this from a fans perspective its a huge over-reactions. What she wrote is no worse then the things Bill Simmons says. This article was written tongue and cheek and it was just a fan expressing her opinion and passion. Give me a break!

Jemele Hill said that inappropriate and offensive statements should result in one's firing.  She made it clear that free speech claims and "it was just a joke" defenses have no merit.  Of course, she was talking about Don Imus at the time, but I'm sure she wouldn't want a double standard applied to her own case.

[Last Train]

Jemele implies that white Celtics fans were somehow racist for rooting for a team that happened to have several white players on it (to say nothing of the fact that they were some of the best in the world), while implying that black Celtic fans were some kind of traitors to their race.

Of course she does all this while clearly hating the Celtics because they had too many white guys on the team.

[Hrvoje]

LOL @ Jamele

[connerhenry43]

I hope they didn't do this only because they felt like they had to. I hope they did this so that the next time she writes something that absurd they have a history or discipline and just cause to terminate her.

took the words out of my mouth. i swore off espn.com years ago and have never went back. it is a terrible network and a terrible web site. all i want from them is bill simmons.

[newdusk]

She did not deserve to get suspended! She was writing this from a fans perspective its a huge over-reactions. What she wrote is no worse then the things Bill Simmons says. This article was written tongue and cheek and it was just a fan expressing her opinion and passion. Give me a break!

Jemele Hill said that inappropriate and offensive statements should result in one's firing.  She made it clear that free speech claims and "it was just a joke" defenses have no merit.  Of course, she was talking about Don Imus at the time, but I'm sure she wouldn't want a double standard applied to her own case.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/080614

If this is the article in question then I really do not see a problem with it. First she never directly insults white people. She reflected upon a time growing up where the Celtics were known as the "white" team. She was also reflecting upon the national perspective of Boston being a racist city. Maybe Boston has gotten a bad rap but Bill Russel himself said in his biography he was not playing for Boston he was playing for the Celtics.

As a Celtics fan and someone from Boston I hate to hear fans of other teams express their passion especially if they are from a big time media outlet like ESPN. As a fan I read Bill Simmons because he is biased and from Boston it would be hypicritical of me not to accept someone else from the national media to write an opinion piece about their hatred for a rival team.

Imus has had a long history both on and off the air of making racially insensitve remarks. Jemele was not saying "your chearing for white boys or crackers" she was just commenting on her past. Bill Simmons makes plenty of racial remarks in his columns, Curt Schilling had to make sure he threw "white" in his blog when he talked about his lack of athethism I think that is more insulting then what Jemele wrote. She was being a bitter fan cut her a break. I have no problem with people being angry with her and arguing her points but she did not deserve to get suspended.

[SixersSource]

Always hated that fat Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.. I'd rather listen to Skip Bayless than her try to sound like she knows what she's talking about.

[Last Train]

Did she not imply that Black Celtics fans were traitors to their race?