{"id":909699,"date":"2021-10-22T11:29:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=909699"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:29:48","slug":"breaking-daily-wire-signs-allison-williams-ousted-espn-sportscaster-who-resisted-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-daily-wire-signs-allison-williams-ousted-espn-sportscaster-who-resisted-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Daily Wire Signs Allison Williams, Ousted ESPN Sportscaster Who Resisted Vaccine Mandate"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbreaking-daily-wire-signs-allison-williams-ousted-espn-sportscaster-who-resisted-vaccine-mandate%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=909699&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--><p>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro announced on his show Friday that the company has signed former ESPN sports reporter Allison Williams to lead a special sports series that will be available exclusively for Daily Wire members.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/espn-reporter-leaving-network-over-vaccine-mandate-power-given-is-seldom-returned\">The Daily Wire previously reported<\/a>, Williams left her post as a college basketball and football reporter for ESPN earlier this week after being sidelined in September for refusing to abide by the network\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing media companies and I am thrilled and honored to join them. I am proud to be a part of a company that fights for our rights and I cannot wait to bring agenda-free sports reporting to the Daily Wire\u2019s members and millions of followers,\u201d Williams said in a statement. \u201cLeaving ESPN was one of the most difficult decisions of my career, but it was the right thing to do. I respect people who choose to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but it was not the appropriate medical decision for me at this time. No one should be forced to choose between their livelihood and the freedom to make their own health care choices\u2014it is simply un-American.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages all people, including women trying to become pregnant, to get vaccinated, Williams said that she chose to not receive it after consulting with her doctor and a fertility specialist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as a fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for our second child,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThis was a deeply difficult decision to make and it\u2019s not something I take lightly. I understand vaccines have been essential in the effort to end this pandemic; however, taking the vaccine at this time is not in my best interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been denied my request for accommodation by ESPN and the Walt Disney Company, and effective next week, I will be separated from the company,\u201d Williams added in a video statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want people to know who support these mandates that I fight for you,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause if this is the direction we take our country, there will come a time when the government or corporations mandate you to get something that does not align with your values. Power given is seldom returned. And when that day comes, I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro announced on his show Friday that the company has signed former ESPN sports reporter Allison Williams to lead a special sports series that will be available exclusively for Daily Wire members.As The Daily Wire previously reported, Williams left her post as a college basketball and football reporter for ESPN earlier this week after being sidelined in September for refusing to abide by the network\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.\u00a0\u201cThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing media companies and I am thrilled and honored to join them. I am proud to be a part of a company that fights for our rights and I cannot wait to bring agenda-free sports reporting to the Daily Wire\u2019s members and millions of followers,\u201d Williams said in a statement. \u201cLeaving ESPN was one of the most difficult decisions of my career, but it was the right thing to do. I respect people who choose to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but it was not the appropriate medical decision for me at this time. No one should be forced to choose between their livelihood and the freedom to make their own health care choices\u2014it is simply un-American.\u201d\u00a0While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages all people, including women trying to become pregnant, to get vaccinated, Williams said that she chose to not receive it after consulting with her doctor and a fertility specialist.\u201cThroughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as a fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for our second child,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThis was a deeply difficult decision to make and it\u2019s not something I take lightly. I understand vaccines have been essential in the effort to end this pandemic; however, taking the vaccine at this time is not in my best interest.\u201d\u201cI have been denied my request for accommodation by ESPN and the Walt Disney Company, and effective next week, I will be separated from the company,\u201d Williams added in a video statement.\u201cI also want people to know who support these mandates that I fight for you,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause if this is the direction we take our country, there will come a time when the government or corporations mandate you to get something that does not align with your values. Power given is seldom returned. And when that day comes, I want you to at least know that we fought, and we tried.\u201dWilliams was with ESPN since March 2011. At the network, she covered a wide variety of major sporting events, including multiple NCAA Final Fours, the 2021 CFB National Championship, the Rose Bowl, and the NBA Draft. She was previously with Fox Sports Florida where she covered the NHL\u2019s Florida Panthers and the MLB\u2019s Miami Marlins.Shapiro noted Williams\u2019 talent in his announcement this morning. \u201cAllison is a massive talent. ESPN\u2019s loss is our members\u2019 gain,\u201d he said.\u00a0Daily Wire co-founder and co-CEO Jeremy Boreing noted that The Daily Wire is leading the way in fighting the Biden administration\u2019s forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers.\u00a0\u201cThe Biden administration continues to pressure businesses into acting as the enforcement arm of the federal government\u2019s tyrannical vaccine regime. It\u2019s a shame so many businesses are going along with it. We won\u2019t,\u201d Boreing said, referencing the Daily Wire\u2019s plans to challenge the Biden administration\u2019s mandate once it is made public.When the Biden administration announced its mandate (which has yet to be implemented) that all companies with 100 or more employees must require their workers to be vaccinated or receive weekly COVID testing, the Daily Wire declared that it would not comply.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 member.<\/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-909699","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\/909699","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=909699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909699\/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=909699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}