ESPN faced quite the dilemma Tuesday after President Trump became the focus of a positive news story impacting the sports world.
President Donald Trump successfully helped to negotiate the release of three UCLA basketball players who were being held on shoplifting charges.
The three players, LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill, were held on accusations that they shoplifted from a Luis Vuitton store but, according to President Trump, he stepped in and successfully had them released.
But, as the news media announced the release, President Trump’s name was scarce from the headlines, and reporter Clay Travis wanted to know why.
“So @realDonaldTrump saves three UCLA basketball players from Chinese prison and it gets less sports media coverage than LeBron ripping Trump on Instagram. Fascinating,” he said.
So @realDonaldTrump saves three UCLA basketball players from Chinese prison and it gets less sports media coverage than LeBron ripping Trump on Instagram. Fascinating.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 14, 2017
One of his Twitter followers chimed in to mention that the player’s release was a major story and that President Trump was mentioned, but that wasn’t the point Travis was making.
It’s the top story on the #ESPN app pic.twitter.com/8ftt5EaLCj
— Christopher McKenzie (@punkmonkchris) November 14, 2017
I don’t think there’s a sinister agenda here. pic.twitter.com/bRG0ICW6Zt
— Christopher McKenzie (@punkmonkchris) November 14, 2017
So if you click on the article you see it. Not in headline anywhere on site. If Obama had done this ESPN would have given him a ticker tape parade.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 14, 2017
“Uh, the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES intervening in a geopolitical dispute to free 3 American basketball players in China is THE story. Totally ignored because it’s Trump. If Obama did this ESPN would have covered it exhaustively,” he wrote.
Uh, the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES intervening in a geopolitical dispute to free 3 American basketball players in China is THE story. Totally ignored because it’s Trump. If Obama did this ESPN would have covered it exhaustively.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 14, 2017
Could it be that reporting President Trump helping three black basketball players would put a dent in a shaky mainstream media narrative?
That is what many on social media believed.
Jemele Hill has accused Donald Trump of being a racist and white supremacist.
She’s now silent on the fact he freed three black UCLA basketball players from China. https://t.co/3TVoJFqol8
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) November 14, 2017
Mr @POTUS is clearly RACIST. He just negotiated release of 3 Black UCLA basketball players from China jail who were picked up for shoplifting. Obama negotiated release of traitor #BoweBergdahl for #TalibanFive plus lots of cash. Trump gets better deal.https://t.co/2MUBnBHqFl
— TrumpGuy (@TrumpGuyTV) November 14, 2017
Good thing those three UCLA players were white Trump is such a racist. Oh yeah I forgot they were black. Bottom line they were Americans and our president Donald J Trump is the best
— Ernie Piatti (@PiattiErnie) November 14, 2017
Lebron James called Trump a bum but today President @realDonaldTrump saved three young black @UCLA players from serving 3 to 10 years of hard time in a communist jail (labor camp).
— Adorable Deplorable (@OliMauritania) November 14, 2017
Trump intervenes to secure the release of three Black UCLA students from China’s custody.
Obama leaves White Sgt. Tahmooressi & Otto Warmbier to fend for themselves in Mexico & North Korea prisons. Otto was lost.
Media hails Obama a hero, condemns Trump a racist. pic.twitter.com/UkbHNLM76a
— Almanor (@Sunrise51052) November 14, 2017
This is the President Trump we know and Love. The UCLA students and their families should thank the President for his intervention. Oh did I mention that they are all black kids Trump helped. He didn’t have to! Where’s the media now?! https://t.co/fN2Oilx6li
— Keep Brady Healthy (@Bradyshonor) November 14, 2017
Trump gets called a racist non stop, never a positive story about him from the media, he gets 3 black UCLA players released from China and out of a possible 3-10 year prison sentence and not 1 positive story.
— Brick Rudolph (@BrickRudolph) November 14, 2017
speaking of media coverage, is @thehill going to comment on President Trump being responsible for the return of black UCLA players from China.
sad that Liberal media refuses to give Trump his due credit.#TuesdayThoughtshttps://t.co/Qmg685zR5Y— Truth (@SpecialEDxx) November 14, 2017
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