{"id":49888,"date":"2021-06-28T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=49888"},"modified":"2021-06-28T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T05:45:37","slug":"cancel-culture-fox-news-attacks-olympic-athlete-for-exercising-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=49888","title":{"rendered":"CANCEL CULTure: Fox News Attacks Olympic Athlete for Exercising Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The emergence of a new buzzword in Fox News is always a treasure trove of asininity. And as their embrace of their new and thoroughly contrived concept of “cancel culture”<\/em> has spread across their airwaves, Fox News has proven that they are the foremost abusers of it.<\/p>\n

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Fox News has courageously stood up in opposition to the injustices suffered by esteemed, albeit imaginary, Americans like Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. Because of Fox, they now represent the class of victims who have been “canceled”<\/em> by systemic intolerance of cartoon characters and plastic toys.<\/p>\n

However, no one is more guilty than Fox News of “canceling”<\/em> real people who dare to go against the grain of whatever narrative Fox News happens to be espousing. Just ask all of the Republicans censured and cast aside<\/a><\/strong> for their perceived disloyalty to Donald Trump. Or check with the American companies that Trump has targeted for boycotts<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now we can add to those casualties Olympic hopeful Gwen Barry. Upon winning a bronze medal in the recent Olympic trials, Berry took the opportunity to express her commitment to social injustice. That act of free speech earned her a mention at the White House daily press briefing. The Fox News White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, chose to use his privileged position to focus on an issue that he believes far outweighs the other petty concerns of the President of the United States, such as the resurgent COVID pandemic, or the Florida condo catastrophe, or how the pending infrastructure bill will impact the economy and jobs. Nope, Doocy wanted to know about this:<\/p>\n

Doocy:<\/strong> This weekend Gwen Berry, who represents the United States as an Olympian on the hammer-throwing events, won a bronze medal at the trials, and then she turned her back on the flag while the anthem played. Does President Biden think that is appropriate behavior for someone who hopes to represent Team USA?”
\nPsaki:<\/strong> I haven’t spoken to the President specifically about this. But I know he’s incredibly proud to be an American, and has great respect for the anthem, and all that it represents, especially for our men and women serving in uniform all around the world. He would also say, of course, that part of that pride in our country means recognizing there are moments where we as a country haven’t lived up to our highest ideals. And it means respecting the right of people, granted to them in the Constitution, to peacefully protest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jen Psaki says that Joe Biden "is incredibly proud to be an American and has great respect for the anthem and all that it represents," but that there "are moments where we as a country haven't lived up to our highest ideals." pic.twitter.com\/RN1QfxtxHj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n