ESPN host Jemele Hill is suspended for two weeks after violating the company’s social media policy twice, ESPN said Monday.
ESPN host Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for violating the company’s social media policy twice, the network announced on Twitter Monday.
The SportsCenter host posted several tweets about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones threatening to bench players for “disrespecting the flag” during the national anthem.
On Sunday, Hill tweeted that Jones “has created a problem for his players, specifically the black ones.”
Hill said that fans who disagree with Jones should target the team’s advertisers and not buy the team’s merchandise.
She clarified Monday she was not calling for an NFL boycott.
Hill “previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet,” ESPN said in a statement posted to Twitter. “In the aftermath, all employees were reminded of how individual tweets may reflect negatively on ESPN and that such actions would have consequences. Hence this decision.”
ESPN did not specify which tweets Hill was suspended for.
Hill was criticized by some last month for calling President Donald Trump a white supremacist on Twitter.
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