
On Tuesday afternoon, embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA and fined $2.5 million. That’s 0.001 percent of his reported $1.9 billion net worth. Ask and you shall receive, Nieman Lab’s Joshua Benton.
Free news app idea: The Donald Sterling Fine Calculator. Enter your salary, see how tiny your fine would be to hit an equal share of wealth.
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) April 29, 2014
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