"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."
Shapiro and Boreing could model something the broader conservative media space desperately needs right now: proof that you can disagree, go your separate ways, and still treat each other like adults.
The longtime ESPN personality tweeted that he would miss the rest of the week from his duties and thanked those "carrying the ball" for him while he was out.
"I don't look at it as a talent-based platform. I don't look at it as a results-based platform. I look at it as a platform that was built and sustained through the way I treat other people, through the work ethic that I believe that I have and through the passion that I know I have."
Many pointed out the conundrum that Watson couldn't show "signs of progress" if he hadn't done anything wrong, which he has maintained throughout the entire ordeal.
Shapiro and Boreing could model something the broader conservative media space desperately needs right now: proof that you can disagree, go your separate ways, and still treat each other like adults.
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