{"id":6728,"date":"2008-10-28T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T20:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2008-10-28T12:46:36","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T20:46:36","slug":"should-the-giants-tighten-the-noose-around-plaxicos-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6728","title":{"rendered":"Should The Giants Tighten The Noose Around Plaxico’s Neck?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the New York Daily News<\/a>: An outraged Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for the New York Post to take immediate action to address a column in Monday’s editions that he called "blatant racism" and a "media lynching." Post columnist Steve Serby began his column in Monday’s editions with "Good for Tom Coughlin. Good for Coughlin for tightening the noose around Plaxico Burress<\/a>." Burress has been fined and benched by the Giants<\/a> for infractions including tardiness and missing practices. On Saturday, the wide receiver skipped a treatment for his neck, and was benched during the first quarter of the Giants<\/a>‘ win in Pittsburgh Sunday. In criticizing Burress, Serby used a racially loaded and offensive term, Sharpton told the Daily News. "To make such a blatant racist statement about an African-American football player with a neck injury is completely unacceptable," Sharpton said. "Clearly, the racial connotation is very disturbing. … This is the verbal reflection of a hanging noose." Sharpton said he was willing to consider that Serby did not intend to make a racially loaded statement. But the impact of the columnist’s words troubled Sharpton regardless of the intent. "Intent certainly makes a difference," Sharpton said. "As long as they understand the effect."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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