Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) slammed ESPN for suspending former Major League pitcher and current commentator Curt Schilling over an offensive tweet about Muslims.
In a ThursdayFacebook post, Palin called ESPN "a journalistic embarrassment."
"By picking and choosing who they'll tolerate and who they'll try to destroy, ESPN has zero credibility as a sound and reasonable media outlet," Palin wrote.
Earlier this week,Schilling posted and then deleted a tweet that seemed to suggest "extremist" Muslims are as much of a threat to the world as the Nazis were during World War II. ESPN called the tweet "completely unacceptable," andsuspended Schilling from his Little League World Series on-air duty.
Palin defended Schilling's tweet, saying he was actually "too generous in estimating Muslims' attitudes."
"By denying the accuracy of Schilling’s tweet, ESPN shows its weakness as it buys into the propaganda of ISIS and other terror organizations, helping mislead the public about the very real threat of terrorism," Palin said.
Schilling has shared controversial statements on the Internet before, regularly posting negative comments about Muslims onFacebook and arguing against evolution on Twitter in 2014. While Schilling was not repremanded by ESPN for his evolution comments, ESPN baseball writerKeith Law -- who debated the issue with Schilling on Twitter -- was suspended from Twitter after the incident. (ESPN said Law's suspension "had absolutely nothing to do with his opinions" on evolution, according toDeadspin.)
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Putin
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Continent
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The Tonys
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Track
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Irony
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Death Panels
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Messiah
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Evolution
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Cologne
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First Amendment
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Refudiate
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Shakespeare
"'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!" —Tweet, July 18, 2010
Cop
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Post Script
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