"Dance, clown, dance" ... or, stick to sports

Mentioned it on the political thread, think it merits its own discussion.

NFL writer says he was fired by New York Post for anti-Donald Trump tweet

http://deadspin.com/espn-would-prefer-dan-le-batard-stick-to-sports-he-dec-1791796691

Should you avoid injecting your world views into sports commentary? Does the sports journalist have the right, even the responsibility, to speak out about more than sports?

 

It was an asshat world view, to compare a Presidential election with two tragedies that killed around 7,000 people total. Sports writers can be told by their bosses to stick to sports. Our news side people don't go around tweeting that a college football coach should be fired. And his argument that it was on his own time is weak. If he uses that Twitter feed for work-related tweets and posts, it's not his own.

 

Wonder what the count is now for "jobs lost to ill-advised tweets"?

 

Missing the requisite bashing of right-to-work laws when someone gets canned for stuff like this. Oh, wait, looks like you can get fired in a non-RTW state for being a jackass.

 

"Last Friday, I was fired by the New York Post for tweeting on my own time seven days earlier my personal belief that Donald Trump becoming President of the United States is a national tragedy."

I mean, that's like saying Tiger Woods got a divorce for expressing his beliefs on hedonism.

Just look at Hubbuch's timeline since the time his account got suspended. The guy's losing it. Cheese done slid off his cracker. I pray for the man's sanity but it may be too late.

 

I don't see how having a sports platform justifies some of the stuff we have received in the last 6 months or so.

Also, that Deadspin article is multiple levels of shit.

 

GoFundMe? He can ask the SJW reporter in Connecticut how to get a handout.

 

Deadspin, the lawn jockey of the liberal establishment, doesn't understand why tweeting about politics can get you in trouble in the workplace? I'm stunned. Bunch of babbling millennial goober dipshits

 

According to the Post, it wasn't just that tweet:

"We expect our reporters to interact with the public, including on social media, in a professional manner," said a Post spokesperson. "Unfortunately, Mr. Hubbuch has engaged in a pattern of unprofessional conduct and exhibited serious lack of judgment, including most recently showing disrespect for the victims of Pearl Harbor and 9/11."

You can't be a flame-thrower your whole life and not expect consequences -- even at the New York Post.

 

I'm generally OK with sports journalists sticking to sports on Twitter. Really.

Their opinions are by and large gee-gosh liberal/relativist, kneejerk and uninformed. I do not like reading them. It makes me think less of most of them.

 

It's a verified Twitter account, which means Bart Hubbuch's company e-mail is associated with it. He has used it for work purposes. If the New York Post has any kind of social-media policy, it seems pretty obvious Hubbuch has violated it multiple times.

I suggest anyone who maintains work-related social media accounts looks into their own company's policies. There's no such thing as a truly personal account for a public figure, and anyone with a byline -- or has a name on a masthead -- falls into that category. Either "stick to sports," make damn sure your politics stay neutral, or lock the account and don't accept anyone even remotely work-related as a friend/follower.

 

Now if only Hollywood would do the same...