ESPN bans NY Post for running Andrews photos

It has nothing to do with the First Amendment.

 

Blue font?

 

Aren't there other outlets -- Fox, CBS Early Show -- that have run a portion of the clip? Are their networks being denied ESPN clips of future sports highlights?

 

So will Erin Andrews press for charges against the operators of SportsJournalists.com then for discussing her image?

 

My reference to the First Amendment is this:

IF (yes, I'm aware I'm using IF) the government told ESPN that they couldn't, let's say, run video of a loss of the U.S. soccer team, ESPN would be screaming outrage.

But it's O.K. for ESPN to censor other people's opinions. It's the height of hypocrisy.

 

1st Amendment only applies to the citizens' rights guaranteed by the government. Doesn't apply to private entities.

I do have to wonder one thing ... if this had been the Daily News rather than the Post, would they have bounced Lupica from his high chair at The Sports Reporters?

 

I'm really glad that I live in a country where, with the exception of Don Cherry, the coverage of sports is very much driven by sports themselves and not personalities.

 

The coverage of Don Cherry is very much driven by his fashion choices.

 

In the first part, ESPN would be throwing a fit, if say, the Red Sox, or Steelers or Lakers decided to ban them from the clubhouse/locker room. That's why it's hypocritical of them to be banning others.

As for your second part, hell no they wouldn't ben banning Lupica. ESPN loves their conflicts of interest.