Sports
CNN Analyst Calls Tennis Star as American (She's a Japanese Citizen)
Pro Tip for CNN contributor Cari Champion: If you're going to criticize people who "don't really understand tennis," avoid making a glaring mistake of your own about the sport! Appearing on Monday's CNN This Morning, former ESPN host Champion was discussing the ongoing U.S. Open and commenting on how, in her opinion, women players get treated more harshly when it comes to bad behavior…
Stick To Sports, Pablo! MSNBC Leans on Former ESPNer for Econ Analysis
On Morning Joe, Katty Kay invites former ESPN podcast host Pablo Torre to comment on President Trump's efforts to oust Lisa Cook as a member of the Federal Reserve, and his plans to send federal agents to Chicago to arrest more illegal immigrants. Torre's meandering, messy commentary is a combination of perplexity and pathos.
NYT Greets Extreme Riley Gaines: 'Offensiveness Is Part of Her Brand'
The New York Times devoted nearly 3,000 words Wednesday to a hostile profile of collegiate swimmer-turned-women’s sports activist Riley Gaines, painting her as rude and ruthless in her vengeance tour against transgender males competing in women’s sports. Reporter Ruth Graham declared off the top. This was the subhead: “The former college swimmer has used her race against Lia…
MSNBC Says US Unfit To Host World Cup and Olympics In Trump Era
In a sports-heavy Monday segment, Washington Post columnist, ESPN commentator, and professor Kevin Blackistone declared on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House that the state of human rights in the United States is so bad, we are unfit to host the World Cup and the Olympics. Additionally, liberal lawyer Marc Elias attacked Major League Baseball for returning its All-Star Game to…
‘Daily Show’ Owes Megyn Kelly a Huge Apology
Megyn Kelly isn’t ready to forgive and forget. The podcast superstar defied the Legacy Media last year by declaring Olympic boxer Imane Khelif a man. Now, we’re learning about a leaked test that shows that Khelif has male chromosomes. A just-…
Attorney Wins Gold Against CNN in Heated Transgender Athlete Debate
On Friday afternoon, CNN’s Brianna Keilar clashed with California attorney Julie Hamel on CNN News Central over the topic of boys in girls’ sports, a recent hot topic. At one point, Keilar began shouting over Hamel to get her to stop referring to thetrans athlete by his biological gender. Still Hamel schooled Keilar with the facts.
ESPN Analyst Cites RGIII's White Wife to Attack His Caitlin Clark Take
One sports rivalry that has managed to spill out into the broader political culture war is the one between the WNBA’s Caitlin Clark and Angela Reese. On a Monday episode of The Pivot podcast, ESPN talking head and former NFL safety Ryan Clark brought racial politics into the controversy by saying former colleague, NFL quarterback, and current Fox Sports analyst Robert Griffin…
CNN Claims Maine Has Only Two Trans Athletes, Omits One Won a Title
On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department is suing Maine for violations of Title IX because it refuses to protect the competitive integrity of women’s sports, but CNN’s chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid didn’t understand what the big deal was. According to her, the state only has two transgender high school athletes that compete in women’s…
Stewart Tries To Suggest Defunding NPR and PBS Is Authoritarian
Jon Stewart devoted his Monday monologue on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to accusing President Trump of being an authoritarian. However, some of Stewart’s examples of authoritarianism, such as protecting women’s sports and defunding public broadcasting, were woefully unimpressive. Additionally, Stewart alleged Trump had bungled “the authoritarian bargain” that requires competence…
Oliver Tries To Downplay Men Winning In Women's Sports
For his Sunday show, HBO’s John Oliver decided to take a deep dive into the world of transgender sports. The Last Week Tonight host tried to concede that the issue is maybe more complicated than bathroom preference, but what he ultimately ended up doing was missing the point as he argued that even in famous examples of transgender athletes winning competitions, the stories are more…
PBS Unmoved By Claim 'We Know' There's 'At Least Three Genders'
As PBS prepares to defend itself at a Wednesday Congressional hearing, the Monday edition of Amanpour and Company seemed oblivious to the stakes the network faces. Guest host Bianna Golodryga welcomed transgender Nashville city council member Olivia Hill to not only declare there are “at least three genders” but also that people who transition the other way acquire “male privilege,”…
Whoopi Defends Men in Women’s Sports: Men ‘Don't Know’ ‘Our Bodies’
Dylan Mulvaney, a man who thinks he’s woman and the social media influencer who got Bud Light boycotted, appeared on ABC’s The View during Monday’s episode to pitch his new book, Paper Doll. While conversing with him, ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg defended men competing in women’s sports and suggested the opposition came from men who “don't know anything about our bodies…
Capehart Laments Lack Of 'Nuanced' Discussion On Men In Women's Sports
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart lamented to PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett on Friday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast appearance with conservative Charlie Kirk, where he dissented from the party line, continued the nation’s alleged inability to have “nuanced and thoughtful” conversations about transgender people participating in women’s sports.
NY Times: 'G.O.P.’s Latest Move to Use Transgender People as Leverage'
New York Times House GOP-beat reporter (and frequent MSNBC presence) Annie Karni took the most cynical possible view of House Republicans attempt to protect women from men competing against them in sports in Wednesday’s edition, “Democrats Block Measure on Transgender Girls and Sports.” By contrast, the filibustering Democrats who apparently want biological males to invade female…
