Posted on 03/04/2012 8:13:08 AM PST by idov
ESPN erases Israel from its list of countries served
ESPN America supplies programs to much of the world. I wanted to check the Israel schedule and to my surprise they don’t list Israel in their roster of countries served. Rather they have something called Palestine in there instead. Since when is Palestine a country?
Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think the Palestinian Authority has a cable or satellite service of its own. I know their hotels feed in from the Israeli companies. People may have satellite dishes but I don’t think the Authority has the infrastructure to bring in ESPN.
In the past both CNN and BBC have been lambasted for their anti-Semitic broadcasting. No one ever suspected ESPN had chosen up sides. This is backdoor anti-Semitism and hardly noticeable but what they are saying if you get ESPN on an Israeli feed, you are not entitled to their schedule. Why because most of us are Jews?
Check out this page. The drop-down at the upper right gives you the list of countries that ESPN recognizes.
http://www.espnamerica.com/oo/f1/tv-schedule/
Interesting. So they are playing both sides. Here in the States they do not list Israel but they do list a “Palestine.”
Thank you idov for the information. I have sent a complaint to them.
Does anyone know if they ever listed Israel or is this something new?
This is the value of Free Republic, I would never have known this without the post here by idov.
Here in Israel I notice that I get “Israel” automatically but I can switch to “Palestine.”
Can someone take a few screenshots and post them here?
I despise 169 yards rushing called "a buck 69".
I want pc princess Chris Berman to finally take a crap and stop talking like he's in a perpetual valsalva maneuver.
After following this link and issuing my complaint, I received an e-mail asking for the link to which I referred. I did that and received a follow-up email, proclaiming ignorance and requesting a screen shot....
Well, now...it just so happens...that link doesn’t work any more....
>http://www.espnamerica.com/oo/f1/tv-schedule/<
Try it, and let me know....
Thank you!
You have helped me make them look silly in their denial and current lack of access to the site.
I thought it was common knowledge that ESPN is populated with a bunch of liberals. And like their cousins in the MSM, they’re more interested in creating the news than reporting it.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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well....they tell me, they’re on the case...with many thanks to frankenmonkey for posting the critical screen shots!
...from ESPN:
“Thank you for your reply.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. I have escalated the issue for review and we will make any necessary corrections as well as email you as soon as we hear back from our technical department. If you would like to follow up on the escalation, please reference the following ticket number: “
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