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Isn’t ESPN supposed to be about sports?
Jan 25, 2017, 5:01 PM
A crowd fills Independence Avenue during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
ESPN TV is suffering in the ratings, nationally.
Now, our sister station which is tied to ESPN has great radio ratings. But the television station is not doing well. And some of that is the decline in interest in the NFL.
But one of the reasons is also because ESPN has been betraying their mission, which is sports.
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There is a brotherhood or sisterhood that comes from intensely competitive sports. And those competitive moments build in you a respect for the other person.
I don’t always think the media’s liberal bias is deliberate. But I think it is deliberate in this case. Why else would ESPN report on women’s marches throughout the United States on its website? There was a five-page article on its website that was not even remotely bi-partisan.
Now, when you listen to my Conservative radio show, you know what you are going to get when you tune in. But the sports TV station seems to want more than what their mission was originally for. They want more. They want to be catalysts for change.
What percentage of women going to ESPN or ESPNW are all anti-Trump? Because I haven’t seen a single piece taking a differing view.
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