Bad Calls of '17: NFL Fumbles Reputation, Drives for Social Justice
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December 24th, 2017 2:00 PM
Editor's Note: This is the second of a three-part series on the most outrageous sports quotes of 2017.
This may be news to some, but the National Football League exists, in part, to influence legislative change. Lobbying Congress is now an important part of the league's mission, right up there with the administration of a professional football league. That's what we observed during the 2017 NFL…
ESPN Dismisses Sexism Charges, Points to Lots of Positives
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December 22nd, 2017 10:00 AM
A week after The Boston Globe reported a "deeply ingrained culture of sexism and hostile treatment of women” exists at ESPN, the liberal sports network engaged in a weak attempt at damage control today. Public Editor Jim Brady claimed ESPN is "making progress" with women in sports, but he made no reference to a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee.
'Triggered!' Not 'Cool' to Mock PC Culture Now Trump's in Office
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December 22nd, 2017 6:30 AM
As PC culture continues its march into the ridiculous, NBC sitcom Great News appears to be hurrying it along. Their December 21 episode "PC Culture" saw Carol and Chuck, two of the older members of staff, forced to attend sensitivity training because it is virtually impossible to keep up with what the rules are in order to maintain political correctness. Inititally, they fight back, and they make…
Christian Stephen Baldwin: Hollywood ‘Unwilling To Work With Me'
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December 21st, 2017 1:57 PM
There’s an unspoken rule in Hollywood: If someone is public about the Christian faith or conservative beliefs, they won’t be able to work as much.
Sarah Silverman Compares Conservative ‘Christian Fringe’ To ‘ISIS’
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December 21st, 2017 9:48 AM
How can someone claim to be interested in national unity when they think the Christian right is like ISIS?
Netflix Comedy Defends Pipelines: 'Safer Than Tankers'
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December 21st, 2017 2:46 AM
Netflix's The Ranch, which just released their fourth season, saw the Bennett family struggling to keep their family ranch afloat. Hope came from an unexpected source. Unexpected to see depicted on television, anyway: an oil and gas company. When the company comes in with the promise of a pipeline that will bring money into the ranch, it seems like the answer to their financial problems. Even…
Bad Calls of 2017 Sports: We're All White Supremacists!
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December 20th, 2017 7:25 PM
As America transitioned from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration nearly a year ago, conservatives found -- much to our surprise -- that we are racists! We are as stunned now as we were in 2009 when, after Obama's inauguration, a Newsweek headline declared, "We're all socialists now." Throughout 2017, liberal sports media figures informed us time and time again that we're all…
The Nation: Right-wingers Make Athletes Pay Price for Dissent
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December 20th, 2017 12:00 PM
A progressive writer whose been pushing for the collision of sports and politics for nearly a decade says President Trump focuses on black athletes as high-profile symbols of “people to hate,” and his right-wing echo chamber follows his lead.
Celebs to March Against ‘Pariah’ Trump ‘If Mueller Is Fired’
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December 19th, 2017 6:38 PM
Liberal Hollywood is ready to spring into action at the first whisper of a rumor that President Donald Trump might not get impeached. After The Hill reported Friday that Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier (Calif.) hinted that Trump might fire special counsel Robert Mueller, two Hollywood actresses called for a strong protest. Singer Cher announced the idea on Twitter.
AP Fears Global Warming Threatens Future of Winter Olympics
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December 18th, 2017 6:00 PM
The Associated Press is freaking out about global warming threatening the future of the Winter Olympics. AP Sports Writers Andrew Dampf and Eric Willemsen contributed to a doom-and-gloom story -- run by USA Today Sports -- stating that warming weather conditions are hampering U.S. and foreign Olympic ski team training opportunities. Despite the AP's agenda-driven panic attack, world competition…
Eminem Raps About Throwing Ivanka in The Trunk of His Car
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December 18th, 2017 2:24 PM
Will masquerading as “woke” and anti-Trump hide the fact that Eminem is a sexist entertainer hell bent on perpetuating the war on women? The rapper seems to think so. Even though Eminem may pretend to be woke by slamming Trump on his new album, Revival, he still falls into his routine of making violent and misogynist comments directed towards women.
Ohio Paper Whines National Christmas Concert Is Too Christmas-y
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December 18th, 2017 1:59 PM
Christmas concerts aren’t supposed to be all about Christmas. And if they are, well, they’re just too predictable -- at least according to one entertainment critic, who’s complaining that a concert was exactly what it said it would be.
Liberal ESPN President Resigns Because of Substance Abuse
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December 18th, 2017 1:28 PM
The scandal-plagued sports network ESPN is suffering another blow -- the resignation of its left-wing president. John Skipper, described in the Washington Post as a “gangly, Southern hippie,” announced his decision to resign as president of ESPN and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks on Monday, December 18. He cited a “substance addiction” as the main reason for his resignation.
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CBS Drama: 'Men’s Rights' Supporters Are 'Misogynist Zealot' Murderers
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December 18th, 2017 2:22 AM
It may only have one season, but CBS’s drama Wisdom of the Crowd has made every effort to put itself in the running as the top leftist agenda show on TV. The show seems to have a particular bent for feminist lectures, which is interesting considering it was canceled over sexual assault allegations against star Jeremy Piven. Sunday’s episode, “Alpha Test” was no exception.