ESPN avoids on-air coverage of Golden State Warriors owner's Uyghur comments, other networks also ignore

ESPN has largely turned blind eye to the growing controversy plaguing the Golden State Warriors over one of its owners' callous remarks about the imprisoned Uyghur Muslims in China.

The Disney-owned network has not drawn any attention to Warriors part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya, who went viral on Monday when he claimed that "nobody cares" about the Chinese Communist Party-sponsored (CCP) genocide that has been recognized as such by several national governments.

"Let’s be honest: nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs, Okay?" Palihapitiya said on the "All-In Podcast", which was released over the weekend. "You bring it up because you care, and I think that it’s nice that you care, the rest of us don’t care."

"I’m telling you a very hard ugly truth. Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below my line, OK?" Palihapitiya added.

The comments have sparked intense backlash on social media, but the media has largely avoided covering the controversy, including the most-watched sports network in America.

There has been no mention of the Warriors part-owner on ESPN. The sports brand's only acknowledgment of the story was an article published Tuesday afternoon about the NBA team's response to the comments on its website, which was regurgitated from the Associated Press.

"Embarrassing how @espn isn’t covering one of the Warriors owners saying he doesn’t care at all about Chinese genocide," Outkick founder Clay Travis tweeted Monday. "Clear and transparent protection of their TV partner. MSESPN gonna MSESPN, y’all."

"You often see agenda based "journalism" based not only on what is covered, but based on what isn’t covered as well. It’s not just @espn, however, watch how none of woke NBA media will ask players or coaches about it either. Total memory hole because it challenges SJW narrative," Travis added.

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