ESPN's Jemele Hill to MSNBC's Al Sharpton: Trump Uses 'Racial Pornography' to 'Stoke His Base'
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According to Michael McCarthy of the Sporting News  Hill appeared on the Sunday edition of Al Sharptonâs PoliticsNation on MSNBC  where  not surprisingly  people discuss politics. An issue that ESPN has gone to great lengths to discourage Hill  and other ESPN personalities  from addressing on âpublic-facing forums.â
Though  Hill and  Sharpton  could be engaged in a bit of political rope-a-dope.
 Sharpton  threatened to lead boycotts and protests of ESPN if the network suspended  her  for calling President Trump a âwhite supremacist.â Though itâs impossible to know  Hill may have agreed to go on  Sharpton âs show  believing that ESPN would be unlikely to fire or discipline  her  due to  Sharpton âs high-profile and ability to organize boycotts.
This explanation also makes sense considering that Hill would have had to get permission from ESPN to do the interview in the first place. Had ESPN denied Hill the ability to do the interview  then  Sharpton  would have blasted the network on  his  program and through  his  National Action Network. Given  Sharpton âs ability to agitate  ESPN could have regarded Hillâs appearance on  Sharpton âs show as  âprotected speech.â
According to Michael McCarthy of the Sporting News  Hill appeared on the Sunday edition of  [TGT] âs PoliticsNation on MSNBC  where  not surprisingly  people discuss politics. An issue that ESPN has gone to great lengths to discourage Hill  and other ESPN personalities  from addressing on âpublic-facing forums.â
Though  Hill and  Sharpton  could be engaged in a bit of political rope-a-dope.
 Sharpton  threatened to lead boycotts and protests of ESPN if the network suspended  her  for calling President Trump a âwhite supremacist.â Though itâs impossible to know  Hill may have agreed to go on  Sharpton âs show  believing that ESPN would be unlikely to fire or discipline  her  due to  Sharpton âs high-profile and ability to organize boycotts.
This explanation also makes sense considering that Hill would have had to get permission from ESPN to do the interview in the first place. Had ESPN denied Hill the ability to do the interview  then  Sharpton  would have blasted the network on  his  program and through  his  National Action Network. Given  Sharpton âs ability to agitate  ESPN could have regarded Hillâs appearance on  Sharpton âs show as  âprotected speech.â