And then ESPN fired me. I did not think... by Gregg Easterbrook | We Heart Quotes

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And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Other quotes by Gregg Easterbrook

Mistakes

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

- Gregg Easterbrook

May Nothing People

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Boss

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.

- Gregg Easterbrook

History Now Being

Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Acting

Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in the Rush Limbaugh thing, ESPN was criticized for not acting, and you remember that after a couple days of controversy over Rush.

- Gregg Easterbrook

Today World Life People

But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.

- Gregg Easterbrook

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