NAACP To NFL: Don’t Fund Fox’s “Hatred And Bigotry”

USA Today reports:

The NAACP sent a blistering letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking the league not to allow Fox to use it as a bargaining tool during upcoming rights fees negotiations, and thus help fund Fox News, which the NAACP called “a uniquely destructive force” that “foments racism, undermines public health recovery from the pandemic, and repeatedly attacks the legitimacy of last year’s Presidential election.”

The letter, sent to Goodell from Derrick Johnson, the president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, on March 9, and obtained by USA TODAY Sports, also says in part that “the NFL’s programming should not be used as a bargaining tool for Rupert Murdoch to help fund Fox News’ hatred, bigotry, lies and racism.” The NFL and executives at ESPN, CBS, Fox and NBC have been in discussions for months about new long-term deals for broadcast rights.

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“The NFL should not be used as a bargaining tool to help fund Fox News’ racist and dangerous programming.” – President @DerrickNAACP https://t.co/hUcInpF8oH

— NAACP (@NAACP) March 18, 2021