ESPN apologizes for 'offensive' Lin headline
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ESPN apologise for headline "Chink In The Armor", about New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin: http://t.co/7h3LVAD2
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Offensive: ESPN uses "Chink in the Armor" headline for Jeremy Lin story
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Really, ESPN? ‘Chink in the Armor’?
jimromenesko.com
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6:53 pm Feb 18, 2012
“We want to give ESPN the benefit of the doubt here, ” writes Cyd Ziegler Jr. , “but it’s impossible to believe the person who wrote that headline didn’t know exactly what they were writing. Especially since ESPN previously came under fire for using the…
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Offensive: ESPN uses "Chink in the Armor" headline for Jeremy Lin story
iamagm.com
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6:53 pm Feb 18, 2012
Absolutely shocking. When twitter user @VanGoGoGirly first sent us this, we thought it was just a photoshop joke. Many websites have since validated this racist ESPN slogan, including SB Nation and LarryBrownSports. After the Knicks 89-85 loss against…
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ESPN refers to Jeremy Lin as a “Chink” twice
ballislife.com
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6:06 pm Feb 18, 2012
How offensive is this. First they make the mistake of writing “chink in the armor” as a headline for the Knicks loss then an announcer says it on TV. WTF? Is Archie Bunker writing headlines for ESPN now?
Most Popular Tweets (8)
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Trying to think of a more racist sounding Lin headline than "Chink in the Armor"... Can't. Kinda cool they used THE most racist one.
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I hope when that ESPN writer apologizes, the article isn't titled "Lin Headline was Ching Chong Bing Wrong." That would be bad.
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ESPN apologise for headline "Chink In The Armor", about New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin: http://t.co/7h3LVAD2
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ESPN headlined a story about Jeremy Lin losing "Chink In The Armor." Clearly racist and inappropriate.
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ESPN refers to Jeremy Lin as a “Chink” twice. Unacceptable! http://t.co/33OyxaqT
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Feeling very inspired by Jeremy Lin! It's cool to see that he's involved with some of the YouTube community too!
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"I look back and I realize these are His fingerprints all over my story." - Jeremy Lin
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