Aiyana Cristal is a reporter and anchor for CSN Chicago.
Last night, during the Bulls telecast Matt Spiegel and Dan Bernstein — sports talk radio hosts on 670 The Score, had this Twitter conversation about her skills or lack thereof:
Who needs twitter trolls when women sports reporters have colleagues like this? pic.twitter.com/mh6J34Cv4M
— Jen LC (@RegressedPDO) March 26, 2015
Twitter and social media users were not impressed by the two men.
.@dan_bernstein @MattSpiegel670 way to keep it classy and professional, Dan, you fucking creep.
— CochJohnCalapfieri® (@Pile_of_Derp) March 26, 2015
@dan_bernstein @MattSpiegel670 this conversation is appalling.
— katiebakes (@katiebakes) March 26, 2015
@dan_bernstein welp, this is sexist as hell. @MattSpiegel670
— Toni McIntyre (@ToniMacAttack) March 26, 2015
Matt Spielgel quickly apologized for his role in the comments:
My initial tweet was about a reporter's on air presence & work. I stand by that; fair game. I regret the exchange thereafter as it devolved.
— Matt Spiegel (@MattSpiegel670) March 26, 2015
I missed an opportunity to keep the subject on point, & stay respectful. I'm sorry for that on many levels,& sad I offended Aiyana & others.
— Matt Spiegel (@MattSpiegel670) March 26, 2015
This is a violation of acceptable public decorum and should have been addressed by now.