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An unexpected lesson from ESPN’s Charlottesville controversy

By Emily Jashinsky
Published August 23, 2017 6:58pm ET
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An unexpected lesson from ESPN’s Charlottesville controversy
Nobody understood why ESPN pulled its own Robert Lee from the broadcast of a University of Virginia football game set for Sept. 2. When the news broke on Tuesday, people assumed reports were parodies. They were not. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File) | Ryan M. Kelly

Nobody understood why ESPN pulled its own Robert Lee from the broadcast of a University of Virginia football game set for Sept. 2.

When the news broke on Tuesday, people assumed reports were parodies.

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