More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Introducing a segment on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “We’re back now at 7:43 with the controversial tweet that has led to a headline-making suspension at ESPN.” Fellow co-host Willie Geist declared: “Former big league ace pitcher and current baseball analyst Curt Schilling has a history of pushing boundaries on social media. But his bosses say this time Schilling went too far.”
Geist described Schilling’s supposed offense: “Early Tuesday, Schilling shared a photo online featuring an image of Hitler that read, ‘It's said only 5 to 10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go?’ The meme drew immediate outrage online, prompting Schilling to delete the tweet soon after.”