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website] A
rep for the network said that the
decision [to fire Gregg
Easterbrook] was made
in-house, and not on Eisner's
instructions..
The Mandy-Rice Davis Quote of the
Week
New York, Wednesday, October
23, 2003 Given
the Bum's Rush NEW
Republic scribe Gregg
Easterbrook has joined
Rush Limbaugh in an
exclusive, if not sought-after,
club. He became the second head
to roll at ESPN after making
racially insensitive
comments. Easterbrook
was accused of anti-Semitism over
remarks he made in a review of
Quentin Tarantino's latest
Miramax film, "Kill Bill."
In his blog
on the New Republic Web site,
Easterbrook said that "Jewish
executives" like Miramax's
Harvey Weinstein
(right) and Disney CEO
Michael Eisner
(below) "worship money
above all else." Disney owns both Miramax and
ESPN, for whose Web site
Easterbrook wrote a football
column, "Tuesday Morning
Quarterback." In
a statement about the firing
yesterday, ESPN called
Easterbrook's remarks "highly
offensive and intolerable." A rep for the network said
that the decision was made
in-house, and not on Eisner's
instructions. . . . on
this website -
Outrage in Hollywood New
Republic editor Easterbrook
accuses "Jewish executives"
Harvey Weinstein and Michael
Eisner of money grubbing with
violent movie "Kill
Bill"
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Easterbrook's subsequent
apology
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ADL
Says New Republic Editor's
Apology for Anti-Semitic
Column 'Insufficient'
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