{"id":7274,"date":"2015-03-26T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2015-03-26T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T20:28:40","slug":"comcast-sportsnet-extracts-apology-for-scores-sexist-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/03\/26\/comcast-sportsnet-extracts-apology-for-scores-sexist-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast SportsNet extracts apology for Score\u2019s sexist tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Aiyana<\/a>

<\/a> Aiyana Cristal<\/p><\/div>\n

Two prominent personalities from CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670<\/a> have apologized for an exchange of tweets that many viewed as sexist and degrading toward a female sportscaster from Comcast SportsNet Chicago.<\/a><\/p>\n

Score midday co-host Matt Spiegel and afternoon co-host Dan Bernstein were widely criticized on social media for a series of crude comments Wednesday about the physical attributes of Comcast SportsNet anchor\/reporter Aiyana Cristal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is obviously a disappointing and unfortunate situation,\u201d Comcast SportNet said in a statement Thursday.\u00a0\u201cWe are hopeful Aiyana Cristal receives sincere and direct apologies, and that WSCR uses this occurrence and their influence to positively impact the level of respect paid to women in sports media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labeling the comments \"sexist,\" the\u00a0Association for Women in Sports Media<\/a> released this statement: \u201cThe Association for Women in Sports Media condemns any comments that address a person\u2019s appearance rather than her work, and there is no question that [Dan Bernstein's] comments did exactly that. We applaud his colleague Matt Spiegel for publicly apologizing for his role in the incident, and have reached out to The Score to express our concern and hope that Bernstein will do the same and learn from the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the initial exchange between Spiegel and Bernstein:<\/p>\n