ESPN creates controversy by reassigning announcer Robert Lee due to nameROBERT LEE/TWITTER ESPN said the decision on Robert Lee was made "as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name." In making the move, ESPN created an actual controversy, practically inviting conservatives to accuse the network of catering to "snowflakes". "The fact that his name is Robert Lee? "If you watched the game and you heard the announcer call himself Robert Lee, would you even think anything of it?" The irony is that it probably would not have become a topic of conversation had ESPN just left Lee on the game.

Source: Stuff August 23, 2017 17:37 UTC