Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170823:19:40:00
Espn coming under fire over a confederate general's name that sounds oddly familiar to one of the sports networks play by play guys. the announcer's name is robert lee, not robert e. lee, as in the general who led the south in the civil war, just plain robert lee. lee, the play by play guy was set to call the home opener for the university of virginia in charlottesville but espn worried lee's name might create a bit of a distraction, so they pulled him. they reassigned him. social media went absolutely bananas over this. espn laid out its reason in a statement. espn saying, "we collectively ma...
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