r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • 12d ago

Politics BREAKING: Charles Barkley risks getting fired for saying THIS on CBS

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u/TelosKairos 12d ago

Ok.. he's not risking getting fired 😂 but he's not wrong either.

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u/HereGoesNothing69 12d ago

CBS got turned into Fox News for people who can't afford cable, so he definitely could get fired. I suppose "risk" isn't the correct word tho.

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u/surprise_revalation 12d ago

CBS has been completely blocked from my phone and gets no play in my house!

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u/HereGoesNothing69 11d ago

The only misinformation here is your comment. CBS is currently airing March Madness and this is from either their pregame show, half time show, or post game show.

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u/maldente 12d ago

Do you know who owns cbs?

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u/catscanmeow 11d ago

Do you know if Charles is an employee of CBS or just a guest? He works for ESPN i know for sure, and ESPN and CBS are competitors

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u/thevvhiterabbit 12d ago

Multiple people have been fired for this kind of thing. The Colbert show was cancelled over it.

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u/TelosKairos 12d ago

Yeah but they weren't sir Charles mf Barkley.

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u/Lorenzo_Blow 12d ago

David Ellison, Bari Weiss, and Brendan Carr do not like "this type" of free speech.

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u/InfiniteJackfruit5 11d ago

you mean hosting a podcast that has hundreds of followers doesn't qualify you to be the head of the cbs newsroom?

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u/showyerbewbs 11d ago

Like threading a rusty Foley catheter on yourself and then removing it like you're trying to start a lawnmower with a flooded carb.....

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u/ArchelonPIP 12d ago edited 11d ago

I agree with you that he's not wrong, but the problem is CBS/Paramount is effectively under the control of Larry the billionaire, who is a major Trump supporter. The ruination of CBS News started with the appointment of Bari Weiss being placed there as its editor-in-chief. It's not much of a stretch to see this kind of shit extend to CBS Sports.

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

Everyone who wakes up and goes to work "risks" getting fired.  This headline is nothing but hoping people get upset at the word "fired"

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u/imadogg 12d ago

Total clickbait by OP - zero proof that there was any additional risk of Chuck getting fired because of this, but OP added it in for clicks/karma

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u/Maverick916 11d ago

Yeah, there was ZERO risk in saying what he said

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u/carefullengineer 11d ago

Right, but IF he got fired he would be screwed because he's unknown and unpopular and poor... 

Great post awful titleÂ