"Shut up and dribble"

[sahlensguy]

"Must they run their mouths like that?" Ingraham said."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...s-kevin-durant-shut-up-and-dribble/344393002/

Thouroughly disgusting.

 

[Stoked]

Yeah I don't get it. Clearly they have a platform that amplifies their first amendment right. A right they are choosing to use.

Kudos to them for having an employer that willingly lets them use that platform.

Speak away LeBron, Durant and anyone else.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Laura Ingraham’s rant summarized:

“How dare a black boy speak out against a white man? Doesn’t this boy know his place, to serve and entertain us? Somebody needs a lashin!”

It’s hilarious to watch Fox News cream over any white celebrity or ceo who promotes their agenda. They’ll defend Trump’s tax cut handout to himself. After all, he’s a self made man. Earned every penny. And is worth it too!

Yet they’ll attack someone like Steph Curry or Lebron and diminish their accomplishments. As if “all” Lebron does is “dribble a ball.” And as if they’re grossly overpaid.

It’s unreal how in just two years Fox News has gone from being slanted towards the right to being indistinguishable from North Korean propaganda.

 

[YB85]

I'm sure they tell Curt Schilling to stick to talking about baseball and Mike Ditka to talk about football. For that matter, turmp to stick to talking about declaring bankruptcy and starring in reality shows.

 

[JazzGal]

Her argument is that only elected politicians should speak about politics? Umm, she just talked herself out of a job. What a ridiculous thing to say.

 

[Brsn]

Lebron, is my favorite basketball player. However, Lebron's politics are NOT my favorite. Everyone has to make everything about race. Are these comments appropriate? Probably not, but are half the comments about Trump? Probably not.

 

[franklin]

Yeah I don't get it. Clearly they have a platform that amplifies their first amendment right. A right they are choosing to use.

Kudos to them for having an employer that willingly lets them use that platform.

Speak away LeBron, Durant and anyone else.

This has nothing to do with using your First Amendment right; they obviously have that right. It's about using a position of power and influence to manipulate and indoctrinate highly impressionable children. I have co-workers who say their children come home from school and a teacher told them the GOP is evil and hates poor people. That should be grounds for immediate firing. People in those positions of power and influence need to shut the hell up when talking to children. You want to get into an adult sphere and try to influence adults then be my guest (and good luck with that), but to have a child audience you should exercise a little restraint. The only politics kids need to know have to do with separation of powers, history, and branch structure. Everything else needs to wait until they are adults.

 

[sahlensguy]

This has nothing to do with using your First Amendment right; they obviously have that right. It's about using a position of power and influence to manipulate and indoctrinate highly impressionable children. I have co-workers who say their children come home from school and a teacher told them the GOP is evil and hates poor people. That should be grounds for immediate firing. People in those positions of power and influence need to shut the hell up when talking to children. You want to get into an adult sphere and try to influence adults then be my guest (and good luck with that), but to have a child audience you should exercise a little restraint. The only politics kids need to know have to do with separation of powers, history, and branch structure. Everything else needs to wait until they are adults.

The issue is more about selling a story than it about the man who said it. ESPN sticks a mic in front of these guys to get some candid opinions. It is at their discretion to release the clip or not. Ingraham picks up on it up to her to make it into a bigger story than it already is. Your point that young minds can be influenced by these stories Is very real. These stories also get ratings. make no mistake this is propaganda put out by both sides but mostly from Fox News to their viewers.

Here is a video I recently watched where Paul McCartney makes an excellent point about when the BBC came knocking on his door and ask him if he used drugs. Video, that I encourage you to watch. Paul McCartney's opinion starts at about the 2-minute mark. His opinion is very relevant to news stories today.

 

[candrew]

I'm pretty sure Kevin Durant has more college credits than Rush Limbaugh.

 

[sahlensguy]

I'm pretty sure Kevin Durant has more college credits than Rush Limbaugh.

Sure. But that's not how propaganda works.

Fox sold this story to shape their image to their audience.

 

[fallenchicken]

Strange how White Resentment News doesn't go after Steve Kerr and Popovitch, when pop and kerr are much more overt and express political opinions that are more left wing than anything lebron has said. Hmm. I wonder what the difference between Lebron and Steve Kerr is?

 

[franklin]

The issue is more about selling a story than it about the man who said it. ESPN sticks a mic in front of these guys to get some candid opinions. It is at their discretion to release the clip or not. Ingraham picks up on it up to her to make it into a bigger story than it already is. Your point that young minds can be influenced by these stories Is very real. These stories also get ratings. make no mistake this is propaganda put out by both sides but mostly from Fox News to their viewers.

No disagreement here. Ingraham was distasteful and salty with her commentary but that's how she pays the bills. She's not PBS NewsHour or NPR. Fox News knows how to rattle the sabers better than any other single news organization (taking the shell game conglomerates apart anyway).