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Correction Just Released - Fox Sports Fires Sportscaster
Sep 28, 2013, 10:03 AM
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for being an idiot.
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Re: Correction Just Released - Fox Sports Fires Sportscaster
Sep 28, 2013, 10:25 AM
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If's that's really happens then most of those fools on ESPN would be fired.
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James makes Palmer look like
Sep 28, 2013, 10:28 AM
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Howard Cosell
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Re: James makes Palmer look like
Sep 28, 2013, 10:41 AM
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I didn't like Cosell, so...yeah.
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You a big Craig James fan?
Sep 28, 2013, 10:50 AM
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You are the 3%?
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Re: Correction Just Released - Fox Sports Fires Sportscaster
Sep 28, 2013, 10:32 AM
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If anyone is interested in the truth:
In exclusive comment to Breitbart News, former ESPN and CBS broadcaster and former Southern Methodist University and NFL star tailback Craig James criticized former employer Fox Sports Southwest for its firing of him two weeks ago over his public stance on same-sex marriage.
“I was shocked that my personal religious beliefs were not only the reason for Fox Sports firing me but I was completely floored when I read stories quoting Fox Sports representatives essentially saying that people of faith are banned from working at Fox Sports,” James told Breitbart News. “That is not right and surely someone made a terrible mistake.”
James continued, “I have worked in broadcasting for twenty-four years and have always treated my colleagues with respect and dignity regardless of their background or personal beliefs. I believe it is essential in our business to maintain professional relationships with people from a diverse background and have tolerance for those of different beliefs. I have never discussed my faith while broadcasting and it has never been an issue until now.” James’s attorneys at Liberty Institute have sent a demand letter, given exclusively to Breitbart News, to Fox Sports. The letter is embedded below.
On August 30, 2013, FOX Sports Southwest announced that James would join its Fox College Saturday college football studio analysis team. James would be teamed with Erin Hartigan and former NFL quarterback Tony Banks on the Saturday postgame shows, as well as some segments of FOX Sports Southwest’s BIG 12 LIVE wrap-up. “We’re excited to add Craig to the FOX Sports Southwest team,” said Executive Producer Mike Anastassiou. “He’s a talented broadcaster who I’ve admired throughout his career. His knowledge of college football and the experience he brings as an analyst will be a tremendous asset to our coverage.” James was formally hired by FSSW general manager Jon Heidtke.
James’s first day on air was August 31. It went well. Nonetheless, on September 1, Heidtke called James to inform him that he had been fired. The reason, said Heidtke, was that somebody higher up in the chain of command had been made aware of James’s comments during his unsuccessful 2012 senate run about same-sex marriage.
In one of his primary debates in April 2012, James, along with the other candidates, was asked about same-sex marriage. After now-Senator Ted Cruz said that he opposed same-sex marriage, James expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage, and then discussed his religious perspective on same-sex activity: “People choose to be gay…I think it’s a choice. I do. Sam- sex marriage, if someone chooses to do that, that’s done. And God’s going to judge each one of us in this room for our actions. And in that case right there, they’re going to have to answer to the Lord for their actions.” James explicitly included himself and all other human beings as those judged by God. James’s positions on other social issues are similarly traditionally religious. On abortion, for example, James’s campaign website stated, “I believe that life is precious and must be protected—especially in the womb. Therefore, I am adamantly opposed to abortion.”
The Texas Republican Party platform is in adherence with James’s position. The Texas state constitution enshrines traditional marriage as the sole standard for marriage in the state of Texas; the constitutional amendment was passed in 2005 by a 76 percent to 24 percent margin.
Despite the fact that James’s comments represent a broad swath of the American public, and that his comments came well over a year ago, FSSW canned him over his views. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reported the initial news of the firing with a statement from FSSW: “Craig James will not be making any further appearances on Fox Sports Southwest’s football coverage this season.” But just to make clear that James’s firing came as a result of his religious beliefs, a Fox spokesperson told the Dallas Morning News, “We just asked ourselves how Craig’s statements would play in our human resources department. He couldn’t say those things here.” FSSW pulled its original press release celebrating James’s signing as well.
This is not just a blatant case of religious discrimination in violation of law. It is not merely an example of yet another step in the media’s attempt to silence those of a traditional perspective on same-sex marriage. It is a story that traces up much higher in the national FOX Sports organization than the regional network. That next portion of the story will be reported in coming days.
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Stopped at Brietbart News***
Sep 28, 2013, 10:32 AM
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Re: Stopped at Brietbart News***
Sep 28, 2013, 10:36 AM
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So where do you go for news the unbiased main stream media?
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Not Brietbart News
Sep 28, 2013, 10:40 AM
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Also, if you think it's unbiased, you probably need to hit yourself in the head with a hammer. It might improve things.
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Re: Not Brietbart News
Sep 28, 2013, 10:52 AM
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Not only is Brietbart News a conservative blog rather than a legitimate news source (think FitsNews for Baptists) they are unabashedly presenting a first person accounting of the situation at FoxSports as factual reporting, I can't believe that anyone who has followed sports for more than a few years, regardless of religious affiliation, would take a self-serving pos like Craig James's side in this story.
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Re: Correction Just Released - Fox Sports Fires Sportscaster
Sep 28, 2013, 10:46 AM
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Craig James is one of the most disliked and disrespected figures in the entire sportscasting community, His pathetic foray into politics demonstrated how deluded his self image is. If anything, it could equally be argued that the Southwest Fox affiliate hired James on purely religious grounds. There is simple nothing to validate their assertions that he is knowledgable, likeable, or brings any tangible quality to the job whatsoever. FoxSports went public that Craig James had not been hired with their permission as soon as the idiots in FS-SW said it on the air. It was trending on twitter as he was on the show. I don't think that gave them time to react based on religious convictions. It was a visceral reaction that one of the most despised figures in the industry was not going to be on their dime because of some idiot with an agenda in a regional office.
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Fox is wrong.
Sep 28, 2013, 10:42 AM
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Wether one agrees with James' views on same-sex marriage or not is irrelevant. If James didn't ever mention his beliefs on air while reporting for Fox then they were wrong in dismissing him , and possibly did something illegal.
Craig James personal beliefs are his and his to keep, no matter what.
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Absolutely. If this is the reason, I am very disturbed.
Sep 28, 2013, 11:31 AM
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Clearly Christian views are very relevant or there wouldn't be so much opposition to them.
The freedoms this country enjoys exist due to God's blessings because of those who honored Him.
And, sadly, we won't continue to be blessed when the majority of America decides to dishonor God and attack those who have biblical views (which, of course, means our freedoms have been butchered).
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I am not a fan
Sep 28, 2013, 10:55 AM
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And I disagree with him on a personal level , but regardless of that the network should be held to a standard of ethics itself. I think Craig James is going to beat them like a rented mule by the time the court ruling comes out.
Just a personal opinion.
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Re: I am not a fan
Sep 28, 2013, 11:00 AM
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Based on what? That Craig James says that it was religious discrimination. So, if I hire someone who has ever made a religious statement of any kind I can't fire them because they'll claim discrimination? James's assertion that someone told him what someone else told him is not fact or evidence. Unless they can produce a memo or have the person that ultimately decided on his termination state point blank that he was fired solely for his religious beliefs then he has nothing. We already, without question, know that James is willing to lie and manipulate the media to serve his own purposes. Why do you give him the benefit of the doubt here?
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Fits the strange Christian persecution world view***
Sep 28, 2013, 11:03 AM
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I am not a fan of Craig James either.
Sep 28, 2013, 11:11 AM
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But----
If you are a proponent of same-sex marriage, you are for anti-perpetuation of the species. To wit, I am unaware of a same-sex relationship where one partner supplied an egg, and the other sperm(from thir very own body, of course).
Therefore; non-perpetuation of the species ends with extinction(if we don't kill off each other first).
BTW: Go Tigers, Whoop the Deacs!!!!!!
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Uhm, yea
Sep 28, 2013, 11:14 AM
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Because underpopulation is the real issue of the day. Just the other day I was sitting in bumper to bumper traffic and thinking the exact same thing.
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Non-perpetuation of the species would
Sep 28, 2013, 11:16 AM
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end all Sports. So, Fox is justified in firing him. On-going Sports Reporting is the purpose of Fox Sports. Craig James' beliefs are contrary to same.
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I haven't seen any
Sep 28, 2013, 11:19 AM
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"Mules for Rent" ad lately....
PETA and Pammy Anderson would be on them like ants on a chocklit milkshake spoon.
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YOu are right
Sep 28, 2013, 11:13 AM
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The burden of proof is now on CJ. I am assuming since he clings so tightly to his religious principles that it is just a waiting period until the group of lawyers representing him file suit. If he is being persecuted for personal religious beliefs then ... then fox beomes that mule.
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He clings to what serves him best
Sep 28, 2013, 11:17 AM
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Watch the 30 for 30 on ESPN. He tries to make himself look like the only guy that wasn't doing anything wrong, but fails to mention the guy who was pumping the most money into the SMU program became his agent in the NFL and after James was terrible in the NFL, James went to work for the same dude. James is a liar and a manipulator, and it has been proven over and over again.
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Re: Correction Just Released - Fox Sports Fires Sportscaster
Sep 28, 2013, 11:22 AM
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He should of been a Union Man.
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Craig "rented mule" James
Sep 28, 2013, 11:24 AM
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Gets no love and no quarter on Tnet.
Dang.
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Re: Craig "rented mule" James
Sep 28, 2013, 11:29 AM
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