{"id":825285,"date":"2021-09-28T19:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=825285"},"modified":"2021-09-28T19:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:59:19","slug":"espns-sage-steele-rips-companys-sick-vaccine-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-sage-steele-rips-companys-sick-vaccine-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN\u2019s Sage Steele Rips Company\u2019s \u2018Sick\u2019 Vaccine Policy \u00a0"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fespns-sage-steele-rips-companys-sick-vaccine-policy%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=825285&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1182968443.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>ESPN anchor Sage Steele publicly called her company\u2019s COVID vaccination requirement \u201csick\u201d during a recent podcast appearance with former NFL QB Jay Cutler.<\/p>\n<p>Steele said the Walt Disney Company, which owns ESPN, mandated all employees get the jab before September 30, lest they be fired.<\/p>\n<p>The ESPN personality told Cutler that she did get the vaccine, but she \u201cdidn\u2019t want to do it,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/28\/sage-steele-calls-espns-covid-vaccine-mandate-sick\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30th to get it done or I\u2019m out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect everyone\u2019s decision, I really do, but to mandate it is sick and it\u2019s scary to me in many ways,\u201d Steele continued. \u201cI just, I\u2019m not surprised it got to this point, especially with Disney, I mean a global company like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steele on Tuesday retweeted Orlando Magic star Jonathan Isaac, who wrote, \u201cMisrepresentation only allows for others to attack straw men, and not reason with the true ideas and heart of their fellow man. It helps no one! True journalism is dying! I believe it is your God given right to decide if taking the vaccine is right for you! Period!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.403614457831\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Misrepresentation only allows for others to attack straw men, and not reason with the true ideas and heart of their fellow man. It helps no one! True journalism is dying! I believe it is your God given right to decide if taking the vaccine is right for you! Period! More to follow<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Isaac (@JJudahIsaac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJudahIsaac\/status\/1442108051721531396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also posted Isaac\u2019s much-praised explanation to the press for not getting vaccinated against COVID. \u201cMuch respect,\u201d she captioned the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5245901639344\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And another. \u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<br \/>Much respect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJudahIsaac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JJudahIsaac<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2YrmDscqW\">https:\/\/t.co\/H2YrmDscqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sage Steele (@sagesteele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1442899190934167556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Steele has bucked far-left identify politics on numerous occasions. Last summer, for example, the sports anchor thanked former NBA star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/charles-barkley-dismisses-defund-police-movement-most-cops-do-a-fantastic-job\">Charles Barkley<\/a> for calling out people in the black community for expressing hate toward white and Jewish people, name-checking entertainer Nick Cannon, rapper Ice Cube, and NFL player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-sportscaster-on-desean-jackson-sharing-anti-semitic-quote-whites-never-have-to-disavow\">DeSean Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Charles,\u201d Steele captioned the video of Barkley condemning the hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteele grew up around the military,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sage-steele-believes-elle-duncan-and-michael-eaves-froze-her-out-of-undefeated-special\/\">Outkick the Coverage<\/a> noted of Steele. \u201cShe has come under fire for positions on social media over the years, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2017\/08\/24\/sage-steele-people-dont-watch-sportscenter-to-hear-about-charlottesville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking issue<\/a> with all the coverage Colin Kaepernick was receiving and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/early-lead\/wp\/2017\/01\/30\/espns-sage-steele-is-saddened-that-airport-protesters-are-disrupting-everyones-travel-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticizing<\/a> people who were protesting against Donald Trump\u2019s travel ban for disrupting others\u2019 airport travel logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, and this was after the special that she was allegedly frozen out of, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1281598913145962498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed frustration<\/a> about how little criticism DeSean Jackson received for sharing a Hitler quote on Instagram in comparison to what Drew Brees said about standing for the national anthem,\u201d the sports outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Steele seemed to <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\">confirm<\/a> a Wall Street Journal report in 2020 that claimed the anchor was iced out of a special for ESPN regarding race after two colleagues of Steele\u2019s, who are black, complained that the biracial anchor would not be accepted by the black community; or, as Steele herself described it, she was deemed not \u201cblack enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found it sad for all of us that any human being should be allowed to define someone\u2019s \u2018Blackness,\u2019\u201d the anchor told the Journal. \u201cGrowing up biracial in America with a Black father and a white mother, I have felt the inequities that many, if not all Black and biracial people have felt\u2014being called a monkey, the \u2018n\u2019 word, having ape sounds made as I walked by\u2014words and actions that all of us know sting forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, trying to define who is and isn\u2019t Black enough goes against everything we are fighting for in this country, and only creates more of a divide,\u201d Steele added.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-sage-steele-iced-out-of-race-special-after-espn-colleagues-complain-not-black-enough-heres-her-response\">REPORT: Sage Steele Iced Out Of Race Special After ESPN Colleagues Complain Not \u2018Black Enough.\u2019 Here\u2019s Her&nbsp;Response.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN anchor Sage Steele publicly called her company\u2019s COVID vaccination requirement \u201csick\u201d during a recent podcast appearance with former NFL QB Jay Cutler.Steele said the Walt Disney Company, which owns &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825285","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=825285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}