Page 14 - Fireable Offense News Today

I think that this is something thats something of more of the same perhaps by f i had to categorize it. at the end of the day you had the white house telling a media organization who they should employ. jemele hill is hired to share her opinions. part of her job is not just talking about sports, talking about the social impacts of those sports, she was able to express her opinions and now she is tweeting from her personal account. >> you were in the briefing room the first time the white house c...

White supremacy, period. he is unqualified and unfit to be president. hes not a leader. and if he were not white, he never would have been elected. when press secretary sarah sanders was asked about it, heres what she said. >> thats one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make. and certainly something that i think is fireable offense by espn. >> hill later released a statement regretting her personal beliefs and that tainted espn. and espn issued a follow-up statement saying she ha...

Issued a series of tweets on monday about the president and his following, quote, donald trump is a white supreme cyst who largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists. he is unqualified and unfit to be a leader. if he were not white he never would have been elected. two days later the white house, itself, responded. >> im not sure if hes aware, i think thats one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make and certainly something that i this is a fireable offense by espn. ...

For his range of offensive views and the levels of snfrt and terror that he has used his position in the white house to do harm to our muslim citizens, our mexican sit dplens and certainly any -- >> youre just calling hypocrisy -- >> its absolutely hypocrisy. she spoke the truth. and what we need is -- its true that espn is a journalist outlook then journalists are supposed to help us get to the truth. >> well talk about that in a second. i want to bring up the initial tweet. she said donald tru...

>> yes. >> do you think this president hated barack obama? >> i dont think he was a big fan of him. i think towards the end he obviously -- >> towards the end? >> this was october 3rd. listen, this was october 3, 2012. obamas 07 speech not only shows how obama is a racist but also how the press always covers for him. why the hypocrisy? >> hello? >> im trying to figure out what your point is. >> that was from donald trump who, by the way, was hosting the apprentice and representing abc -- excuse ...

Hill or espn? >> i think its interesting that the president has used the power of the oval, hes used the power of the executive branch to not only intimidate and to bully his political adversaries, but hes done this to our nations allies. hes also done this to his own staff as we have seen today with him calling jeff sessions an idiot. the president should not be calling for anyones job because theyre criticizing him. that is key characteristic of what an authoritarianism is. and the president o...

That they were personal comments that she said obviously she regrets that they cast such a public light on espn. and i think that says it. she said it. i dont think anyone can say it better than that. she regrets that that happened. and i take jemele at her word as i have for many, many years. >> the white house press secretary said it was a fireable offense. said it during a press briefing. did sanders overstep, you think, with that comment? >> she over stepped thats whats normal from white hou...

Covers for him. in fact, a cursory review of the twitter archive shows that president trump has called racists not only president obama, he has made that charge against black journalists bryant gumball, tavis smiley and suggested that jon stewart is a bigot and senator elizabeth war season a racist, as is the movie "django unchained" and the tv show "blackish." so in donald trumps view, these people are racists and post charlottesville, the president feels he is the one who is owed an apology. t...

>> many in the african-american community have responded to the presidents take with a harsher tone. monday night, jamel hill said -- >> on wednesday, sarah huckabee sanders called those tweets a fireable offense. this is the first time that we know of in history that a white house called for the employee of a private company to be fired because he or she criticized the president. one can only imagine the response had then president obama suggested that nbc fire a certain reality television star...

Im just airing them out! luckily we discovered tide pods plus downy. so our jeans stay in great shape. and they actually get clean. what? we can wash em. tide pods plus downy. super concentrated to clean, condition and keep your favorites looking great. its got to be tide. you said it was a fireable offense. thats being interpreted as saying that she should be fired. are you or the president saying that she should be fired. >> thats not a decision that im going to make. thats something for esp...