Mark Cuban to Bleacher Report founder Dave Finochio on Twitter: "When are you going to take responsibility for the lazy, irresponsible columns that are a daily Bleacher Report occurrence?"
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Cuban is not one to back down to someone calling him names, especially a racist. The Mavs owner gave an interview to Inc Magazine, in which he discussed many issues, including Donald Sterling. Cuban, in a rather honest moment of 'I'll say what everyone is thinking' told Inc: "If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it’s late at night, I’m walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there’s a guy that has tattoos all over his face--white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere--I’m walking back to the other side of the street."
He added, "I know that I’m not perfect,” he adds. “While we all have our prejudices and bigotries..."
Any time a person in Cuban's position in life makes any comment regarding anything related to race, they run the risk of their words being twisted to look worse than intended... and that's just what a Bleacher Report 'writer' did tonight, and Cuban was NOT happy.
In an article (that we won't link) on Bleacher Report tonight, amateur sports blogger Jim Cavan took the above linked Inc interview and twisted Cuban's words and originally included the following headline (later changed):
"Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Says He's 'Bigoted' Against 'A Black Kid in a Hoodie"
Cavan tweeted the story URL from his personal account, with the following accompanying text: 'Mark Cuban said some dumb, pretty racist things recently.'
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In the story, which Bleacher editors went back and changed the headline on, Cavan says the following:
..."It also sounds, you know, pretty racist. And quite odd, given how jarringly it evokes Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen who was shot and killed in 2012 by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman, sparking one of the most polarizing murder trials in recent American history.
And that's before we even get to the "shaved head and tattoos" remark, which comes off as comparably insensitive.
Contrarian though he prides himself on being, Cuban clearly could've chosen his words more carefully here."
Cuban reacted on Twitter:
First he goes after Cavan:
Then he addressed Bleacher Report founder Dave Finochio:
Cuban is not the first person to publicaly attack Bleacher Report. For years, Deadspin has slammed Bleacher over and over, while a 2012 SF Weekly story on Bleacher Report took the website/app to town for lack of journalistic integrity.
This is not the first time Cuban has gone after Bleacher, as you can see below, he is NOT a fan of the Turner Sports-run website/app.
Dear @latimes having @BleacherReport "articles" under your nameplate online is not a positive for your brand. BR = Slideshows = no substance
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 17, 2013
Everyday it seems like there's a new sports site trying to give bleacher report competition for most worthless site online.#headlinepornpays
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) July 27, 2013
Have we heard the last from Cuban on this...? Only time will tell.
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