Cenk Uygur
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ESPN Suspends Curt Schilling For Islamophobic Tweet
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August 27, 2015
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7:24Now PlayingCurt Schilling is a well known conservative. The former pro baseball player and ESPN analyst recently tweeted a graphic comparing muslims to nazis. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Curt Schilling, a 20-year major-league veteran and current analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, is no stranger to giving his opinion on controversial and divisive topics.
This time however, even he realized he crossed the line.
From ESPN...
"Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration.”*
Read more here
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