Note how AP matter-of-factly states that Schilling’s tweet was “anti-Muslim.” ESPN obviously thinks so as well. Sloganeering has almost completely triumphed over rational thought these days, but here is one more try nevertheless. Now seems to be a good time to republish my FrontPage article from when this story first broke: “Curt Schilling’s tweet comparing […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Curt Schilling and the Death of Free Speech
He told the truth. He apologized. It still wasn’t enough. In FrontPage today, I discuss the savaging of Curt Schilling: “Curt Schilling’s tweet comparing Muslims to Nazis is even worse than it sounds,” howled Max Fisher in Vox – one of the many voices this week screaming for Schilling’s head for transgressing against America’s new and […]
ESPN sidelines Curt Schilling for tweet comparing “extremist Muslims” to Nazis
Curt Schilling is under heavy fire for this, and has been removed from ESPN’s coverage of the Little League World Series. He is repentant and apologetic, but it may do no good: he may be facing more punishment, and is taking a beating in the mainstream media for being “insensitive.” But what exactly is so […]