On Monday’s episode of “Fearless with Jason Whitlock,” the former ESPN columnist took aim at Disney, saying that the company purchased ESPN in order to “feminize ESPN and the sports world.” (Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kids entertainment content.)
“For the last 20 years, and really starting with the purchase of ESPN in 1996, Disney has gone about the business of feminizing and wokefying sports,” Whitlock said on his weekly show. “This isn’t some overnight thing that just happened the last two or three years. This isn’t some Colin Kaepernick-coincidence that they took advantage of. This has been a plot and a strategy for nearly 30 years.”
“When Disney got a hold of ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, the goal was to Disney-fy ESPN and the sports world, and to feminize ESPN and the sports world,” Whitlock continued. “And that’s what’s gone on the last 25, 26 years. The sports world and ESPN have been feminized. They do it through their little key catchphrase, ‘diversity, inclusion, and equity.’ They call it diversity, equity, and inclusion, I call it diversity, inclusion, and equity. Cause it’s D – I – E. It’s the death of men. It’s the assassination of men. That’s what Disney and ESPN are about. Imposing the matriarchy on the rest of the world, particularly on American culture through sports.”
"For the last 20 years, and really starting with the purchase of ESPN in 1996, Disney has gone about the business of feminizing and wokeifying sports … It’s the assassination of men!" claimed @WhitlockJason. https://t.co/pAcB6KXN4R pic.twitter.com/21WfLSJzTZ
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 13, 2022
In the nearly one hour and thirty minute long podcast, Whitlock harkened back to his college days, where he played college football at Ball State, saying that he was built for the real world due to what sports taught him — that it wasn’t about diversity, inclusion, and equity; it was about who was best suited of the job. Whitlock claims that after Disney took over ESPN, the “best man for the job” mentality went out the window, and diversity, inclusion, and equity became the focus.
“When I entered the workforce and entered the real world, I was built for the real world because I could play,” Whitlock said. “I was going to put in the practice time and the work to learn how to play the journalism game at the highest level. The only thing that separated me from success in the journalism field was my willingness to work hard. And I was willing to work hard. So, I became successful.”
“Once Disney takes over the worldwide leader in sports, and starts imposing it’s culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity, being qualified — whether you can play or not — in the field of journalism and broadcasting, it did not matter,” Whitlock continued. “Oh, ‘let’s give Scoop Jackson a writing job even though he writes at a third-grade level. Let’s throw him out there as an ESPN columnist because that’s diverse.’”
The episode caught the attention of Never-Trumper Joe Walsh, who attacked Whitlock on Twitter.
“Disney is ‘the assassination of men,’” Walsh wrote on Twitter. “I remember saying s*** like that to get my right wing audience outraged. I’m glad I don’t do that anymore.”
Disney is “the assassination of men.”
I remember saying shit like that to get my right wing audience outraged. I’m glad I don’t do that anymore. https://t.co/SJtTPBHTJh
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 13, 2022
Whitlock responded by saying that it wasn’t “outrage” that he is seeking, but an “audience of responsible men.”
“Don’t project your motive onto me,” Whitlock wrote. “No interest in outrage. I’m trying to wake up men, particularly black men, to what’s happening to us and our dereliction of duty. I’m not seeking a ‘right wing audience.’ I’m seeking an audience of responsible men.”
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to [email protected].