ESPN baseball analyst Jessica Mendoza called ‘Tits McGee’ by Atlanta radio
Midtown-based 92.9/The Game has suspended afternoon host Mike Bell because of an insult made to a female baseball analyst on Tuesday night. “I get it now”. She also replaced Curt Schilling, who led the show, after he appeared to compare Muslims to Nazis on Twitter. I will be more mindful and respectful in how I express my opinions and hope I become a better talk show host, but more importantly a better person. “This has been an eye-opening experience”.
It’s interesting that the statement mentions “sports teams that work with The Game”, as one of those teams may have helped to precipitate this action.
Now the host is suspended, the Atlanta Falcons feel shame by association and the lesson – as always – is to think before you tweet, children. Rather than admit fault, Bell only added fuel to the fire, calling out the “PC Twitter police”, and verbally sparring with users. However, the line was quickly deleted and Ho apologized on his own Twitter account.
It should be noted that despite spending much of the night telling people he wasn’t going to “hide from what he wrote”, on Wednesday he did precisely that – deleting all his tweets not only from last night, but trying to erase his disgusting long-standing history of being sexist. And while ESPN brass has been satisfied with Mendoza’s performance, Bell likens her to “Anchorman” beauty Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), who also fell victim to snide remarks from her male counterpart, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell).
A poll by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that 58 percent of respondents thought Bell ‘s “apology” was good enough and that he should not face any punishment.
Bell lashing out at Mendoza is a clear example of sexism.