The Week - In another age, Williams might have survived: Less than a decade ago, Williams may have gotten away with an "asinine, border-line racist comment" like this, says Scott Patrick Valentine at The Calgary Herald. "That's because a little thing called social media had yet to be invented." These days, thanks to Twitter and Facebook, controversy spreads like wildfire. And as the news blows up, a network like ESPN risks corporations pulling their ad money, making it foolish not to just fire the offender. "Dear Hank Williams, Jr. — You don't know anything about football, politics or technology"
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