Denver Post Writer Terry Frei Fired After Racist Tweet

[RandySF]

The sportswriter who came under fire over the weekend for tweeting a racist comment about the Indianapolis 500 has been let go. “Terry Frei is no longer an employee of The Denver Post,” said a statement from the newspaper. “We apologize for the disrespectful and unacceptable tweet that was sent by one of our reporters.” Frei had tweeted that he was “very uncomfortable” with a Japanese driver, Takuma Sato, winning the Indianapolis 500 over Memorial Day weekend. Afterward, he issued an apology, writing: “I am sorry, I made a mistake, and I understand.”


http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/05/29/denver-post-writer-terry-frei-fired-after-racist-tweet?via=desktop&source=copyurl

[Leghorn21]

1. Good. It was inevitable. Good on the Denver Post for moving swiftly to curb this idiot's

"discomfort".

Now we just wait for the screaming trumpskies to (a) tweet heartily against the Post, and (b) call for a Post boycott. Trending topic by sundown...I'll be waiting...

[exboyfil]

2. Why would he even send it?

If he is a sports reporter, I would think he would like to see sports (especially those sports he covers) expand. Having a foreign national from a nation without a strong tradition in open car win a premiere race should be a great thing for the sport. I personally don't care for auto racing, but why would a Japanese man winning more than an Italian for example be a bad thing.

The nice thing about sport like auto racing is that it is a meritrocracy. So long as there is no cheating. then the best driver and team that day deserve to win.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. The tweet that got him fired. . .

Link to tweet

Deadspin also has good commentary on this story:

http://deadspin.com/denver-post-columnist-fired-after-racist-tweet-about-in-1795634687

ie. "Japanese guy wins a race and this guy clutches his Pearl Harbors."

[fishwax]

9. I don't think that's the tweet

I believe he deleted the offending tweet, which expressed discomfort over a Japanese driver winning the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. FIFY

someone else caught the tweet. . .heh heh.

[dalton99a]

4. Idiot. He made it into a racial issue.

[Different Drummer]

5. Watch for him to appear on Fox News soon to talk about...

how "unfair" it is that he was fired.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Good! A smart sports hack would have attacked Chevrolet....

for engineering a lousy engine that lost to a Japanese engine, and left all that racist crap to the knuckle draggers.

[miyazaki]

7. Sayonara asshole. n/t

[Blue_true]

8. He is sorry that he got caught. If he could be sorry for it, he would have never said it. nt

[monmouth4]

10. They just can't help themselves..n/t