ABC and ESPN refused to kowtow

[highplainsdem]

"ABC and ESPN refused to kowtow. While they didn’t linger on Trump when he was shown during the national anthem … they didn’t filter out the reaction to him, either. The jeers and catcalls, resounding in Arthur Ashe Stadium, were clearly audible."

www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-09-08T00:59:28.301Z

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2025/09/07/abc-espn-air-boos-donald-trump-us-open/86031530007/

Boos of Donald Trump heard on ABC's broadcast of US Open. Good | Opinion
Nancy Armour
USA TODAY
Sept. 7, 2025

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The U.S. Tennis Association’s request that broadcasters “refrain from showcasing any disruptions to the President's attendance in any capacity" was an embarrassment. This is not North Korea or Russia, and it is not ABC’s, ESPN’s or any other broadcaster’s job to stroke President Donald Trump’s ego. His vice president, Cabinet secretaries and Republican House leadership have that covered.

ABC and ESPN refused to kowtow. While they didn’t linger on Trump when he was shown during the national anthem ahead of the men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, they didn’t filter out the reaction to him, either. The jeers and catcalls, resounding in Arthur Ashe Stadium, were clearly audible.

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Trump’s most diehard supporters often get their news from outlets — Fox News and X, to name two — that consider facts to be an inconvenience. These people are fed a steady diet of lies about Trump and his most horrific policies and ideas, giving them a worldview that does not reflect reality.

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Anything that can pierce Trump supporters’ bubble of misinformation is a good thing. Hearing Trump get jeered — loudly — for a couple of seconds during the U.S. Open broadcast might not cause the fever to break. But it could make his supporters question why. Especially if they’re already feeling disillusioned about their growing grocery bills or Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Happy to read this!

Ty for sharing!

[highplainsdem]

19. I was, too!

[sheshe2]

2. Good!

[AllaN01Bear]

3. yay.

im glad. boy is he really stiffing up his ss detail with all that security. hem.

[spooky3]

4. What the crowd actually sounded like (video)

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[progressoid]

7. Rec

[ShazzieB]

14. Wow, that was amazing!

Thanks for posting this. I was dying to hear it for myself, and now I have!

[Karasu]

5. I give it 24 hours tops before he whines on Truth Social and calls for both channels to have their licenses revoked.

[OldBaldy1701E]

20. Hell, depending on how pissed he is, he may try to take over the organization that runs the Open. (n/t)

[Wiz Imp]

24. No need for that.

Check out the comments from the MAGA cult members. They swear there were only two people booing and the rest of the crowd was cheering. I'm sure Trump believes that too. It's truly scary how many people in this country are able to deny reality even when it's thrown in their face or in this case, shouted in their ears.

[EnergizedLib]

6. I'm not holding my breath

People and organizations don’t cave until they do.

I trust South Park won’t cave. Everybody else, I have my doubts.

[rubbersole]

9. South Park's latest episode is incredible!

Everybody thinks donnie is 🍆 👹. Hilarious 😂!

[rubbersole]

8. How could they hide it without turning all the sound off?

That's probably what the WH expected them to do. Whomp-whomp.

[DBoon]

11. dub it with a laugh track from a sitcom?

[KS Toronado]

22. Wonder which would have been funnier, Boos or laughter?

laughter would probably bother him more.

[llmart]

10. This does my heart good.

Glad to see that he and Couch Boy get booed every where they go. That's as it should be.

[AllyCat]

12. We need the media to break the fascism.

If we can get the media back with us, we can fight this!

[Pas-de-Calais]

13. I've hear Springsteen & his daughter were attending as well

When this was discovered Born in the USA began to play. The crowd went nuts with applause


Then

Danny Devito was spotted in the stadium & shown on the screen.
Again, the crowd went nuts applauding

Guess who didn’t applaud?

[Cha]

16. So Good to Know!

Mahalo, Pas-de-Calais!

[Wiz Imp]

25. Yep this is how the crowd treated a loved celebrity as opposed to an evil SOB.

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[Cha]

15. WOW Nancy Armour! Love her Very Candid

piece on the Traitor to the USA!

I didn't know the USTA "requested No broadcasting of Boos"... I'm guessing Traitor told them to make that happen?

TY! & Bravo to ESPN and ABC.. I'm shocked! Pleasantly. And George Conway!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Too bad Donny

Way past time for you to grow up and act like an adult.

[Blue Owl]

18. Suck it Tubby

[Kid Berwyn]

21. "Fuck you, Trump!"

I heard one woman say, expressing my exact sentiments on a clip shared by Meidelas.

[Bengus81]

23. Sound great! I wish they would have gone into a SHAME...SHAME chant too

[Hekate]

26. Actual good news