On Tuesday ESPN announced they pulled “Robert Lee” from announcing the upcoming University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee.
Robert Lee is Asian.
ESPN pulls asian announcer named Robert Lee from UVA football game. In other news…Trump just elected to third term. pic.twitter.com/dzfP1dsGRQ
— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) August 23, 2017
This is ESPN:
It was a bad day for ESPN.
It was also a bad day for Reuters.
Reuters tweeted that Asian-American Robert Lee was General Robert E. Lee’s “namesake.”
Retuers then tweeted out that Robert Lee was General Robert E. Lee’s “doppelganger.”
In the span of a few tweets, Reuters revealed they have no idea what the words "namesake" and "doppelganger" mean pic.twitter.com/Zvs0K0olfT
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 23, 2017
What if they ripped it off and the statue was suddenly Asian? https://t.co/hDPvUBGHgx
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 23, 2017
