NY Post Columnist Phil Mushnick Uses N-Word in New York Post Sports Column, Blames Jay-Z

[marmar]

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from the NY Observer:


Phil Mushnick is a man that once garnered the nickname “Mr. Grumpy” from his boss at Fox Sports. That was in 1998, when it was known even then that Mr. Mushnick was a relic. “He’s a throwback,” David Hill, president of Fox Sports told The New York Observer at the time. “He sees himself as a knight in shining armor protecting sports fans from the slings and arrows hurled at them by cretinous, unfeeling network sports chiefs.”

But cretinous is a term that applies more to Mr. Mushnick more than sports chiefs, especially after today’s rant about Brooklyn Nets, during which he refers to the players as N——, which is certainly a novel way to say the N-word without saying the N-word, but otherwise is a pretty indefensible position all around. Even better is that Mr. Mushnick then tried to defend his statements by blaming the Nets’ part-owner, Jay-Z.

From this morning’s column:
As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment?

Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!

When called out by New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, and hilariously on Buzzfeed, Mr. Mushnick became super defensive, whining to Bob’s Blitz: ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.observer.com/2012/05/phil-mushnick-uses-n-word-in-new-york-post-sports-column-blames-jay-z/

[cali]

1. well, that's just vile. time for forced retirement for mushnick.

[GodlessBiker]

2. Holy crap. The true nature of a person shines through as senility takes hold.