I have always loved Kornheiser. I listened to his show for years. When Blowherd took over, I lasted about two months before ejecting and never listening again.
All Kornheiser said is what every guy in america has been thinking the last couple years. He says just as bad things about himself on a regular basis. You have to consider the source.
malmo wrote:
I'm not getting it? What is supposed to be the problem? He made fun of her outfit?
Apparently he thought it...in a curmudgeonly way....too tight.
Suspending him for that is ridiculous.
this is a little ridiculous. I have no respect for hannah storm, who clearly didn't defend his right to comment on her outfit.
so if someone makes fun of Tony for being bald - will ESPN suspend them? They've set the bar... gonna be hard to follow.
stillllll searching..... wrote:
this is a little ridiculous. I have no respect for hannah storm, who clearly didn't defend his right to comment on her outfit. .
Storm has a reputation for being a whore, why would she defend Kornheiser for saying she dresses like one?
If Kornheiser said it about someone at NBC they wouldn't give a shit. They have a policy where you can't diss other ESPN employees, that's all.
He called Chris Berman fat. No one gives a $h1t about hannah storm, it's just more convenient.
All publicity is good publicity.
You guys are advertising for him for free...
4runner wrote:
All publicity is good publicity.
You guys are advertising for him for free...
I like him so I don't care. Whoever said the thing about seeing if someone will get suspended for saying he is a bald ugly troll was a pretty good observation. You know they wouldn't and everyone would laugh, espescially if Hannah said it. Sexism at it's finest.
Reedickulous indeed. That being said, Hannah Storm is a hell of a lot more attractive than that old toothy pig Linda Cohn, who they had dressed in the same type of hoochy garb.
Last night, Wilbon called Michael Beasley, Weazy Jackson (sp). He took it back and apologized saying that was too harsh for what they were dogging him for. But then he proceded to call Lebitard a female name the rest of the show. He's not going to get suspended for this (hopefully). So questioning a guys manliness is acceptable but questioning someones fashion sense isn't? It was obviously all in jest, but so was Kornhieser's comment. Unless Hannah Storm stepped in and stopped ESPN from hitting TK with the wrecking ball and the two weeks is actually a light fine, she gets low marks for team play here. And isn't that what ESPN tries to come off as, a big team just having fun presenting the sports news? And all teams have a TK on them, someone who goofs on EVERYONE.
What gets me is when these media outlets suspend their on-air people for things that allegedly offended someone when, in fact, no one was offended.
I don't get it, what would compel a guy to critique a hot girl's outfit?
Unless, of course, he is gay, in which case it would be totally understandable...
my question wrote:
I don't get it, what would compel a guy to critique a hot girl's outfit?
Unless, of course, he is gay, in which case it would be totally understandable...
Her outfit is a bit over the top considering she is almost 50. Doesn't mean she isn't hot, he's just pointing it out. I would comment on it too, but then say how hot she looks in it despite it's craziness.
Everyone who watches that SC, knows she always look like a cougar who just stepped out of a cheap bar. The necklines are ridiculous, and combine that with the high boots and short skirts. Hey, I don't care too much, but if he wants to make fun of her on a radio show, it's a free country. Suspending him for that is silly.
Pretty clear that nobody here has ever worked in an office. Are policies such as ESPN's over the top? Absolutely. Are they uncommon for a workplace environment? Uh... no.
Indie Douche wrote:
Pretty clear that nobody here has ever worked in an office. Are policies such as ESPN's over the top? Absolutely. Are they uncommon for a workplace environment? Uh... no.
I work in an office. If I said what he said people would laugh and I would not get suspended.
According to Deadspin, Kornheiser was suspended for criticizing Chris Berman. The Hannah Storm comments were just convenient pretext.
haha, YO wrote:
I work in an office. If I said what he said people would laugh and I would not get suspended.
And if somebody complained to HR about a comment like that you wouldn't get disciplined or talked to at all? ESPN is probably hyper-sensitive because they're part of the Mouse, but these type of situations really aren't uncommon.
Maybe gross, but totally true wrote:
I'd eat a mile of her shit just to see where it came from.
He could probably get suspended for saying that.
haha, YO wrote:
Her outfit is a bit over the top considering she is almost 50. Doesn't mean she isn't hot, he's just pointing it out. I would comment on it too, but then say how hot she looks in it despite it's craziness.
Still gay. A regular guy wouldn't even notice what she was wearing... as long as it clearly delineated her breasts (with nipples), posterior, and possibly her mons-veneris.