{"id":2006263,"date":"2023-08-20T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-speaks-out-on-different-rules-for-me-than-everyone-else-at-espn\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:08:10","slug":"sage-steele-speaks-out-on-different-rules-for-me-than-everyone-else-at-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-speaks-out-on-different-rules-for-me-than-everyone-else-at-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Steele voices concern over ESPN&#8217;s &#8216;unequal treatment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsage-steele-speaks-out-on-different-rules-for-me-than-everyone-else-at-espn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Reveals Unequal \u200cTreatment Based on Politics<\/h2>\n<p>During \u2063an interview on SiriusXM&#8217;s The Megyn \u2064Kelly Show, former ESPN anchor Sage \u2062Steele opened up about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-the-inequality-of-equity\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: The Inequality of \u2018Equity\u2019\">differential treatment<\/a> she \u2063experienced at the network due to her \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">political views<\/a>. Steele expressed her disappointment and\u2063 heartbreak over\u200d being suspended from \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-hospitalized-after-abdominal-pain-cancels-mayoral-race-events\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Hospitalized After Abdominal Pain, Cancels Mayoral Race Events\">upcoming events<\/a>,\u200d while other ESPN anchors were \u200dallowed to make\u200b political statements on air without consequence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s just what breaks my heart is that there were different rules for me than everyone \u2064else,&#8221; Steele said. &#8220;When I lost the Rose \u200cParade, which\u2063 just was a\u2062 big deal, it was on ABC, and\u2062 it was \u2014 it&#8217;s iconic, and it&#8217;s special, I just didn&#8217;t know what I was\u2062 gonna \u200bdo with that. I knew that mentally \u200dI had checked out and was heartbroken again at the hypocrisy of the rules. Either the rule&#8217;s a rule for everybody or nobody. But you can&#8217;t \u2062pick and choose, \u2063but\u2062 especially \u200bif it&#8217;s just one person \u2014 it&#8217;s just me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Steele went on to apologize for her comments after\u200b a contentious \u2064battle with the network. However, she eventually decided to leave ESPN in August to exercise her\u2064 &#8220;first amendment rights more freely.&#8221; Before her\u2062 departure, Steele filed a\u2063 lawsuit against the company, alleging breach of\u2062 contract\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-speaks-out-on-different-rules-for-me-than-everyone-else-at-espn\/\" title=\"Sage Steele voices concern over ESPN's 'unequal treatment'\">seeking \u200dcompensatory damages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Steele was offered a settlement of $501,000, along with \u200bcoverage for &#8220;reasonable&#8221; \u2063attorney fees, according \u2062to Front Office Sports.<\/p>\n<h3>ESPN+ Faces Price Increase and Potential Changes<\/h3>\n<p>In other news, ESPN+ recently announced a one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/let-them-eat-cake-the-most-condescending-things-the-left-says-about-inflation\/\" title=\"\u2018Let Them Eat Cake\u2019: The Most Condescending Things The Left Says About Inflation\">-dollar increase<\/a> in its monthly \u2062price as part of \u2063a\u200c &#8220;cost savings&#8221; measure \u2064that includes laying off\u200d several commentators. This move may lead to some distancing\u2064 between \u200dESPN and its \u200bparent company Disney. \u200dCEO Bob\u2062 Iger has suggested\u2062 the\u2063 possibility of \u200ca joint\u2062 venture \u2063with another partner or even \u2063offloading Disney&#8217;s ownership stake. However, Disney still plans to\u200d launch an ESPN streaming service in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2062tuned for more updates on the evolving landscape of ESPN and its relationship\u200b with\u2064 Disney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read \u2063more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele revealed on The Megyn Kelly Show that she experienced unequal treatment at the network due to her political views. Steele expressed her disappointment at being suspended from future events. Kelly highlighted other ESPN anchors who freely made political statements, setting the stage for Steele&#8217;s revelations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}