Jeremy Lin, ESPN, 'Chink in the Armor'

UPDATE: ESPN employee fired over controversial Jeremy Lin headline

ESPN says it fired an employee responsible for an offensive headline referring to Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.

The headline "Chink in the Armor" was used Friday on ESPN's mobile website after Lin had nine turnovers in New York's loss to New Orleans.

In a statement Sunday, ESPN apologizes for that headline and also says it is also aware of two other "offensive and inappropriate" comments on ESPN outlets.

An ESPNEWS anchor who used the phrase has been suspended for 30 days. And ESPN says a similar reference was made Friday on ESPN Radio New York, but the commentator is not an ESPN employee.

I wonder if ESPN really did fire the employee.

Maybe the employee was fired with a promise to be rehired soon.

If the employee is a Leftist, he or she will be forgiven. Only conservatives get no second chances.
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ESPN has a record of being very unforgiving when it comes to mistakes that involve racial and political remarks.

Say something offensive, even remotely offensive - YOU'RE FIRED!

What will ESPN do now after its "Chink in the Armor" headline about the Knicks' loss, blaming Chinese American Jeremy Lin?

From Reuters:

Sports network ESPN apologized on Saturday for an anti-Asian slur that appeared with a story about New York Knicks star point guard Jeremy Lin published on one of its websites overnight.

The headline -- "Chink in the Armor" -- accompanied an online analysis that blamed Lin, a Chinese-American, for the Knick's surprising 89-85 loss to the New Orleans Hornets at a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Friday night.

The loss ended the Knicks' seven-game winning streak.

In a statement, ESPN called the headline, which was up on the mobile website for about 35 minutes early Saturday morning, "offensive."

It said it was "conducting a complete review of our cross-platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. We regret and apologize for this mistake."

Lin, who contributed to the Knicks' loss to the Hornets by committing nine turnovers, did not address ESPN's gaffe on his Twitter site, @JLin7.

"Chink in the Armor" is absolutely awful.

If ESPN is to be consistent, the person or persons responsible should be fired.

Anything less would be inconsistent with its past reactions to these sort of controversies.
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