June 12, 2008

Conlin in Trouble

Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin, best known for nonsensical, rambling columns that reference hilarious stories from the 1950s, has been suspended from appearing on Comcast Sports Net, due to shocking, controversial statements he made on the air:

That was a panel of Philadelphia sports reporters discussing the Eagles' minicamp. At the end of the clip, the longtime Philadelphia newspaper columnist Bill Conlin said in response to an e-mail from a viewer, "Amazing that guy would leave the blueberry harvest to send that off." The other panelists then laughed before one said, "Don't mock the blueberry harvest, mister."
Now, I'm certainly no fan of Conlin, but my questions are: 1) what the hell does that mean, and 2) why is it offensive? Is he being "elitist," assuming that a stupid Eagles fan must be a farmer? Say what?

As The 700 Level points out, funny that he gets in trouble, but Angelo Cataldi doesn't, after airing a considerably offensive (and much less funny) segment.

Here's that Angelo clip again; what kind of idiot thinks this crap is funny? And why do they refer to "that Arab dude" when the accent and every other stereotype is of Indians? If they got fired over this I'd be absolutely thrilled.

Posted by Stephen Silver at June 12, 2008 03:46 PM
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