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Jemele Hill
Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor and columnist, later a contributing writer at The Atlantic and podcast host ('Jemele Hill is Unbothered').
Slant Score · ranked #37 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (2)
On-record statement · served the left · +1.3 L · Oct 9, 2017
Suspended by ESPN after urging boycott of Cowboys sponsors over anthem stance
ESPN suspended Hill for two weeks for a 'second violation' of its social media guidelines after she suggested fans upset with Jerry Jones's anthem-kneeling stance boycott Cowboys sponsors.
Source: The New York Times →On-record statement · served the left · +1.3 L · Sep 11, 2017
Called President Trump a 'white supremacist' on Twitter
Hill described Trump as a white supremacist in a series of tweets. ESPN said the comments did not represent its position; Hill stood by the views but said the way she aired them painted ESPN unfairly. The White House called it 'a fireable offense.'
Source: USA Today →