NBC, ABC Hype ESPN Firing Schilling After ‘Offensive’ Transgender Post

Kyle Drennen | April 21, 2016
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Thursday, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America reveled in ESPN firing baseball analyst Curt Schilling after the former all-star pitcher objected on social media to liberal demands that transgender people be allowed to use whichever bathroom they choose.

At the top of Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “He's out. Former all-star pitcher Curt Schilling fired by ESPN after another controversial post to social media. What he said this time that could cost him his job.”