* So, ESPN suspends baseball analyst Curt Shilling for his Muslim/Nazi comment. For the record, this is what Shilling tweeted: “Only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?” What’s ironic is had that been, say, a Donald Trump tweet, it would have been just another day at the orifice.
But the baseball commentator is suspended, while the leading GOP presidential candidate would have received a societal pass because he’s channeling anti-establishment, politically incorrect anger. One is a regular, roundtable participant on Sunday Night Baseball with advertisers and viewers to be concerned about, while the other is merely auditioning for the most powerful position in the world with party officials and voters to be mindful of.
* It’s that time of year. Hurricane season means, among other things, a major media staple. Dangerous surfing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau? Could it become Hurricane Henri? Stay tuned. We know the routine.
Coverage, of course, will include the inevitable, unpredictable track forecast cone and accompanying spaghetti strands. Something else that is inevitable: Wherever you are, it’s not all bad to be in an early Cone of Armageddon cross hairs. Ultimately it will spiral elsewhere.