ESPN Apologizes For Offensive Headline
ESPN has issued an apology after a racially insensitive headline about New York Knicks star guard Jeremy Lin appeared on their mobile site early Saturday. The headline, “Chink In the Armor,” appeared only on mobile browsers, the network said, and only between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 3:05 a.m. [ET]. The employee responsible for the headline after the Knicks lost the Hornets on Friday night has been fired. ESPN apologized for that headline, plus a similar reference made recently by ESPNews anchor Max Bretos. Bretos, who uttered the phrase “chink in the armor,” perhaps with no ill-intent, while interviewing Knicks television analyst Walt Frazier, has been suspended for 30 days, ESPN announced. Bretos apologized via Twitter and said he did not mean to offend anyone. “My wife is Asian, would never intentionally say anything to disrespect her and that community,” he added. ESPN said it has been made aware of a third incident, which occurred on ESPN Radio, but the radio commentator is not an ESPN employee.
ESPN has issued an apology after a racially insensitive headline about New York Knicks star guard Jeremy Lin appeared on their mobile site early Saturday. The headline, “Chink In the Armor,” appeared only on mobile browsers, the network said, and only between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 3:05 a.m. [ET]. The employee responsible for the headline after the Knicks lost the Hornets on Friday night has been fired. ESPN apologized for that headline, plus a similar reference made recently by ESPNews anchor Max Bretos. Bretos, who uttered the phrase “chink in the armor,” perhaps with no ill-intent, while interviewing Knicks television analyst Walt Frazier, has been suspended for 30 days, ESPN announced. Bretos apologized via Twitter and said he did not mean to offend anyone. “My wife is Asian, would never intentionally say anything to disrespect her and that community,” he added. ESPN said it has been made aware of a third incident, which occurred on ESPN Radio, but the radio commentator is not an ESPN employee.
