ESPN Fires Employee Responsible For “Chink In The Armor” Headline
Say what you want about ESPN, but their reaction to the Jeremy Lin controversy was fast and efficient. For those of you not in the know, ESPN published a mobile headline after the Knicks lost that said “Chink In The Armor.” Not exactly a sensitive comment to be making about an Asian-American.
ESPN has fired the employee responsible for the headline. I want to believe that it was an honest mistake, but someone should have caught it. Too many people had that headline pass over them for no one to say anything.
ESPN has also suspended Max Bretos for 30 days for saying “chink in the armor” on ESPN. This is a more understandable mistake, due to it being live TV. Plus, chink in the armor is a pretty standard sports phrase.
For those who haven’t seen it, here’s the video.
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