ESPN Torpedoes Its Audience With 'WokeCenter' Programming
By force-feeding its viewers an unwanted diet of systemic racism and social justice, ESPN has thinned its viewership to an all-time low. The blundering miscalculation sank ESPN's audience this week to the lowest numbers in its 41-year history. Good luck defending this hair-brained strategy to your advertisers, ESPN.
LGBT Cancel Cops Demand NCAA Punish Idaho for 'Anti-Trans' Law
When the LGBT fascists say, "Jump!", the NCAA has a history of asking, "How high?'' LGBT activists are calling on the NCAA to leap again, this time by denying Boise, Idaho, an NCAA basketball tournament site next year. Earlier this year, Idaho's governor signed into law a ban on males competing in girls sports, angering the advocates of transgender athletes.
‘The Bold Type:’ Oil Companies Are Murderers ‘Ruining the World
Well, it was nice while it lasted. The break from Freeform’s liberal teen drama The Bold Type that is, along with their weekly lecturing and virtue signaling on just about every leftist topic you can imagine. After their three-month hiatus that started in March, the show is back with three episodes left in their fourth season. Thursday’s episode, “Leveling Up,” took on oil producers as main…
Natalie Portman Claims White Privilege Duped Her Into Liking Police
Natalie Portman is the latest famous person to bow before the false tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, going out of her way to renounce her former appreciation of policemen, because she’d rather give up some semblance of law and order than be called a racist.
White Celebs Release New Cringey PSA: ‘I Take Responsibility’
Celebrities are at it again, virtue signaling their little hearts out for whatever left-wing cause is currently trendy. This time, it’s white celebs specifically who have come together to collectively “take responsibility” for … I dunno, systemic racism, I guess?
Pro Sports Leagues Rushing to Support Social Justice, BLM
Last week's apology by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has opened the floodgates for other pro sports to plunge headlong into social justice mania. Declaring that systemic racism is real, the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and NASCAR are all sucking up to Black Lives Matter, protesters and minority athletes who are speaking out, with no shortage of supportive media coverage.
U.S. Soccer Repeals Ban on Kneeling for Flag Due to BLM
The U.S. Soccer Federation completely guzzled the field side kool-aid this week, bowing down to hyper left org Black Lives Matter in making it A-OK for its players to disrespect the American flag at every chance they see fit. According to NPR.com, the U.S. Soccer Federation “has repealed the league's three-year-old ban on kneeling during the national anthem, amid nationwide protests against…
Fox Sports Commentator Calls on NFL to Sack Anthem
With a major outbreak of kneeling during the national anthem forecast for the coming NFL season, Fox Sports 1's Rob Parker says the NFL ought to just abandon the pre-game tradition of playing the Star Spangled Banner. Writing on the Deadspin blog, Parker makes the outrageous claim that patriotism at sporting events is draped in racism.
F Minus: Lady Antebellum Kneels To Woke Mob, Changes Name to ‘Lady A’
The cultural revolution marches onward, encouraging weak-minded public figures to denounce themselves or change up their image because a vocal minority of their lefty fans might find something to be offended by. Country group Lady Antebellum recently announced that they would be changing their band name to Lady A to distance themselves from pre-civil war history.
Chelsea Handler: Whites Who Deny Privilege ‘Don’t Know Enough Yet’
Good news, white people! You’re not irredeemable. Maybe. It’s for you to decide. The big question is, will you take Chelsea Handler’s sage counsel? The sometime talk show host, who is rumored to be a comedian, is offering a hand to her fellow pale people who haven’t yet grasped the full extent of their complicity in, well, everything bad. In a magnanimous gesture, she gently explained in a…
33 Celebs Stoking Bigotry, Lawlessness Over George Floyd's Death
The current chaos in the United States following the murder of George Floyd is bringing much to light. At the very least, it’s showing normal folks just how anti-American and morally-fetid the Hollywood left really is. Though the country is reeling from racial upheaval, many of these millionaires have refused to try and de-escalate the rhetoric that has been driving anger.
Fox Sports Announcer Slams Cancel Culture, 'Social Media Outrage'
As he decided to exit the corporation of Fox Sports, former Speak For Yourself commentator, Jason Whitlock, provided Outkick the Coverage an exclusive interview to discuss his recent thoughts on all things current events. The following is a list of highlights of the conversation and brief analysis on each one.
NY Times: Crime Shows ‘Privilege Cops’ Ambiguities, Pathologies’
Things can’t be too bad out there, because the invaluable Titania McGrath is writing for the New York Times. At least, I think she is. If not, there’s a critic there named Anne Hess who’s doing a creditable imitation of Titania’s hilarious imitation of an excruciatingly woke, angry, self-regarding social justice drone.
'Gone With the Wind' CANCELLED for 'Racist Depictions'
Gone With the Wind is gone from HBO Max's video library after the classic film was effectively "cancelled" in today's racial climate. On Monday, 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times calling for HBO Max to remove Gone With the Wind from its library because it “glorifies the antebellum south,” “ignore[s] the horrors of slavery."
