Dan Le Batard Tests ESPN’s – and Jimmy Pitaro’s – No-Politics Policy

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Dan Le Batard Tests ESPN’s – and Jimmy Pitaro’s – No-Politics Policy
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Perhaps someone didn’t get the memo. Ever since Jimmy Pitaro took the helm of ESPN in early 2018, employees at the Walt Disney-owned sports-media juggernaut were made aware of at least one th…

, the popular radio and TV host, has tested that policy about 18 months into Pitaro’s tenure at the Walt Disney-owned sports-media juggernaut.

Le Batard called President Trump’s words “so wrong” and then called out his own company for not allowing more conversation about it., he said, lacks “the stomach for that fight because Jemele did some things on Twitter, and you saw what happened after that.” He was referring to former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill, who sparked a big controversy for ESPN by calling President Trump a “white supremacist.

Under the tenure of John Skipper, Pitaro’s predecessor, ESPN personalities felt more empowered to take on topics outside the lines. Hill, a popular reporter who moved steadily up the ranks,when she commented about Trump on Twitter, and then subsequently suggested people boycott sponsors of the Dallas Cowboys in response to comments owner Jerry Jones made about player protests during the national anthem.

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