Oh Britt McHenry, Why So Modest?

ESPN reporter Britt Mchenry was on the other side of the news over the past couple of days. Instead of delivering the news, she WAS the news. After watching the leaked video of her encounter with a towing company employee, I cannot understand why she is still employed by ESPN. She even used the “I am on TV” line as if that were to come with special treatment. Now she did apologize on twitter claiming her emotions got the best of her.

Let’s be honest Britt, you are a stuck up pretty girl who is used to getting what you want. Your emotions did not get the best of you. This is who you are, a rude, self-centered woman who believes to be too good for getting her car towed.

How is she still employed by ESPN? She should be employed by a towing company by now. I know her apology was fraud. She didn’t mean it. She only issued that apology because she wanted to keep her job or to show she actually has a sole. I would like to keep it real here, she reminds me of those teenage drama queens we all see in movies who end up getting dumped for the less attractive but better hearted female actress by being exposed of her heartless and ugly inside.

McHenry reminds me of Cinderella’s step-sisters too. Just her demeanor and how treats someone as if she were above them is almost identical to that of Cinderella’s step-sisters.

So is a weak long suspension long enough? Absolutely not! How ESPN feels it to be enough is beyond me. In fact, considering how physically attractive she is, she may be getting higher ratings and therefore ESPN can only afford to suspend her for that long.

I will now quote Dan Patrick, ESPN’s favorite Sports TV personality by referring to ESPN as “The Mothership.”

The bottom line, she is gorgeous, on the outside. She looks good on TV. But she has proven to be a horrible person. And The Mothership condones to this. Otherwise she would not be employed by them anymore.

I will take it one step further. What have I been connecting all my past blogs to? Sexism in this case, is the trending topic. If ESPN fires her, they will be deemed sexist by the female community? I know that if this had been a male reporter, he would no longer be employed by ESPN.

It bothers me how she is already back at work. She received nothing but a slap on the wrist. A minimal punishment. Absolutely ridiculous. Absurd. Atrocious. These are just some of the words that descried how I feel ESPN handled the situation.

Where is the consistency? Women have been working so hard for decades to receive the same treatment as men in the workplace, and yet, employees don’t seem to understand that they still treat women differently. Whether it is in pay or in punishment. It is the same shenanigans over and over again. Yes I said shenanigans. Because if it equality is what women strive for, the equality on all fronts are to be implemented.

So dear ESPN, aka The Mothership, get your act together and fire that ungrateful woman you call a reporter and give someone who not only deserves the job, but will act appropriately outside of work. Someone who will represent their employer well and not shame them on national television. So my last question for you ESPN is where do I apply?

 

— Nick Ortiz

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