RadioOnFire.com - Recently, ESPN Jemele Hill came under fire for calling President Trump a "white supremacist" on Twitter. On Tuesday, during the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit," Disney CEO Bob Iger said he made the decision not to fire Hill because she had every right to express herself following the events of Charlotteville.
“I felt that we had to take context into account," Iger said after being asked why Hill wasn't terminated for her remarks against the president. "Context included what was going on in America. What I felt, what we felt, was that there were a lot of people who were outraged, particularly Black people. They felt that the promise that was given to them — liberty and justice for all — during the Civil War or Civil Rights movement — were theirs. What they’ve seen in the last couple of months is the opposite,” he said.
While Hill drew support from many including Al Sharpton, Kevin Durant, and Colin Kaepernick, the Trump administration was none too pleased. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders called the comments "a fireable offense" and Trump tweeted out to ESPN, calling for the sports network to “apologize for untruth.” However, Iger explained that from now forward Hill must understand that she represents ESPN at all times and “she can’t separate herself from that when she speaks publicly or uses Twitter.”
Source: rawstory.com
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