With a new set of guidelines issued yesterday, ESPN clarified the place of politics in sports, at least as it applies to its own staff discussing politics.
The guidelines prevent news reports from “includ[ing] statements of support, opposition or partisanship related to any social issue, political position, candidate or office holder,” but also extends this to the “public-facing forum[s]” used by “writers, reporters, producers and editors directly involved in ‘hard’ news reporting, investigative or enterprise assignments and related coverage.”
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