Feminist, avid social justice activist, and NBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Good Place&#8221; actress Jameela Jamil came out as queer on Wednesday.
The timing of the announcement, however, has raised eyebrows.
The day before her queer declaration, Jamil, who is in a relationship with singer James Blake, was swarmed with criticism concerning LGBTQ representation and her new gig as a judge on a vogueing TV show.
According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/06/jameela-jamil-comes-out-as-queer-following-voguing-show-backlash">The Guardian</a>, the new contest show set for HBO, called &#8220;Legendary,&#8221; is &#8220;based around the predominately black and Latinx subculture of drag balls in the LGBT community.&#8221;
Jamil, who was known as a straight woman until Wednesday, took flak for &#8220;taking&#8221; a role from a deserving member of the community around which the show is based.
&#8220;The public response to Jamil’s appointment focused on her perceived lack of ties to its subject matter,&#8221; The Guardian explained.
One such example of this, as highlighted by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jameela-jamil-queer-jameela-jamil-comes-out-as-queer-twitter-today-2020-02-05/">CBS News</a>, came from comic artist Adam Ellis.
&#8220;Look I get that we&#8217;re all out here just trying to get a paycheck,&#8221; he posted via Twitter. &#8220;But [Jameela Jamil] how are you gonna work tirelessly on behalf of underrepresented people and then turn around and accept a job on a panel that should be populated with queer and trans people?&#8221;
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Look I get that we&#39;re all out here just trying to get a paycheck, but <a href="https://twitter.com/jameelajamil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jameelajamil</a> how are you gonna work tirelessly on behalf of underrepresented people and then turn around and accept a job on a panel that should be populated with queer and trans people? <a href="https://t.co/iiCriF5YBt">https://t.co/iiCriF5YBt</a>
&mdash; adam ellis (@moby_dickhead) <a href="https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/1224837706389303296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Jamil&#8217;s response, apparently, was to come out as queer.
According Jamil, she largely kept her queer identity a secret until Wednesday because she &#8220;was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping&#8221; and also noted that it&#8217;s hard for actresses, in particular, to be truthful about their sexuality.
&#8220;I added a rainbow to my name when I felt ready a few years ago,&#8221; her Twitter statement explained, &#8220;as it&#8217;s not easy within the south Asian community to be accepted, and I always answered honestly if ever straight-up asked about it on Twitter.&#8221;
&#8220;But I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping, over something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil when I was a kid,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;It&#8217;s also scary as an actor to openly admit your sexuality,&#8221; Jamil said, &#8220;especially when you&#8217;re already a brown female in your thirties. This is absolutely not how I wanted it to come out.&#8221;
The actress added that her announcement doesn&#8217;t &#8220;qualify&#8221; her for her new gig.
“I know that my being queer doesn’t qualify me as ballroom,&#8221; Jamil wrote. &#8220;But I have privilege and power and a large following to bring to this show … sometimes it takes those with more power to help a show get off the ground so we can elevate marginalised stars that deserve the limelight and give them a chance.&#8221;
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Along with her social justice activism, Jamil is an avid abortion promoter. In December, for example, the actress attacked pro-lifers as “clueless,” likened them to trolls, and instructed them to “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suck-on-that-abortion-loving-jameela-jamil-posts-expletive-laced-tweet-ripping-clueless-pro-lifers">suck on that</a>” if they disagree with her.
Jamil, who has called her own abortion the “best decision” of her life, posted an expletive-laced message after she was criticized for agreeing with fellow abortion-promoting feminist Gloria Steinem that democracy is impossible without on-demand abortion.
“To the people trolling me and (feminist) [Gloria Steinem] because we said there is no democracy without a woman’s right to choose … I SAID WHAT I F***ING SAID and you’re clueless if you think I’m going to take it back,” she wrote.

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NBC’s “The Good Place” actress Jameela Jamil continued her attacks on pro-lifers on Wednesday, claiming pro-life folks &#8220;don&#8217;t give a f***&#8221; about children and are merely &#8220;pro-birth.&#8221;
&#8220;You people are Pro birth. Not pro life,&#8221; Jamil posted to Twitter. &#8220;There are plenty of starving, homeless babies currently. Over 100k currently seeking foster care. You care about fetuses, Once they’re out the womb, you don’t give a f***.&#8221;
&#8220;Help the kids who are alive first, then call yourself &#8216;pro-life,'&#8221; the 33-year-old actress said.
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You people are Pro birth. Not pro life. There are plenty of starving, homeless babies currently. Over 100k currently seeking foster care. You care about fetuses, Once they’re out the womb, you don’t give a fuck. Help the kids who are alive first, then call yourself “pro-life” <a href="https://t.co/kuCaLaarEO">https://t.co/kuCaLaarEO</a>
&mdash; Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1202266096755040256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Jamil then posted a nasty political cartoon depicting pro-lifers as hateful bigots who don&#8217;t care about born children or mothers, despite <a href="https://www.hli.org/resources/pro-lifers-stop-caring-children-theyre-born/">loads of data</a> contradicting such nonsense.
&#8220;Literally. And this is how they speak to white mothers. ..,&#8221; Jamil posted, though it remains unclear why the TV star added race into the equation with her &#8220;white mothers&#8221; emphasis.
The cartoon shows &#8220;pro-lifers&#8221; saying, &#8220;We&#8217;ll do whatever we can to protect your life&#8221; to an unborn child. The second half of the cartoon shows the same &#8220;pro-lifers&#8221; viciously attacking the mother and the child, saying the following:
&#8220;Now you&#8217;re on your own.&#8221;
&#8220;Get a job, moocher.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope your tramp mom doesn&#8217;t want food stamps to feed you.&#8221;
&#8220;Or medical insurance.&#8221;
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Literally. And this is how they speak to white mothers&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/8AgMVp3p93">pic.twitter.com/8AgMVp3p93</a>
&mdash; Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1202268198109794305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Of course, Ms. Jamil&#8217;s claim that pro-lifers do not care about children or mothers once they are born has been shown to be false time and time again.
For example, <a href="https://www.hli.org/resources/pro-lifers-stop-caring-children-theyre-born/">Human Life International</a> (HLI) compiled nearly a dozen studies showing that conservatives are far more likely than liberals to give to charity and support those in need. For example, HLI explained:
<blockquote>&#8220;A 1996 study showed that conservatives gave an average of four times as much to charity as did liberals, and things have not changed since then. &#8230; In his 2006 book Who Really Cares, Syracuse University professor Arthur Brooks said: &#8216;[Conservatives] gave more to every type of cause and charity: health charities, education organizations, international aid groups, and human welfare agencies.  They even gave more to traditionally liberal causes, such as the environment and the arts.'&#8221;</blockquote>
This doesn&#8217;t seem to actually be why Ms. Jamil made this particular attack, however. The actress&#8217; tactic is a common one from those on the pro-abortion Left, used to distract from the reality that abortion is a moral evil.
Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins illustrated why the tact is mere obfuscation during a question-and-answer session on a college campus in May.
&#8220;Are you upset that the American Diabetes Association doesn’t fight cancer?” Hawkins asked a pro-abortion student who slammed pro-lifers for allegedly not caring about children after birth. When the student conceded that she wasn&#8217;t upset &#8220;because they are the diabetes foundation,&#8221; Hawkins replied, “Exactly!”
“I am anti-abortion,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;My organization, my mission, is very limited: it’s to abolish abortion; to make abortion illegal and unthinkable, because abortion is the greatest human rights tragedy our world faces. There’s no other act of violence that kills more people every single day in America and across the world than abortion.”
“There is nothing wrong with me fighting and spending 100% of my time doing it,” Hawkins continued. “Just like how there’s nothing wrong with the American Diabetes Association putting 100% of their money, their research, and time behind curing juvenile diabetes.”
“No one ever accuses the Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Association of not trying to cure every life-ending disease,” she highlighted.
The pro-life leader concluded her answer by noting that too often, those accusing pro-lifers of not caring for children post-birth “don’t really care” that <a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/katieyoder/2019/05/24/writer-dares-prolifers-to-say-they-personally-help-moms-in-need-n2546836">pro-lifers are often foster parents, lead adoption efforts, and give to charity</a>. “It’s just an argument to try to stop the actual discussion from happening, which is abortion is a moral wrong and it should be stopped,” she said.
Jamil, who has called her abortion the “best decision” of her life, started her crusade against pro-lifers on Monday, when she called them “clueless,” likened them to trolls, and instructed them to “suck on that.&#8221;
“To the people trolling me and (feminist) [Gloria Steinem] because we said there is no democracy without a woman’s right to choose…I SAID WHAT I F***ING SAID and you’re clueless if you think I’m going to take it back,” the actress posted. “My life *is* more important to me than an unborn fetus’ one. Suck on that.&#8221;
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To the people trolling me and <a href="https://twitter.com/GloriaSteinem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GloriaSteinem</a> because we said there is no democracy without a woman’s right to choose&#8230;I SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID and you’re clueless if you think I’m going to take it back. My life *is* more important to me than an unborn fetus’ one. Suck on that.
&mdash; Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1201604444305133568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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A federal judge in Kentucky ruled on Thursday that a $275 million lawsuit from Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann against NBCUniversal can proceed in court, the third lawsuit from Sandmann that the judge has allowed to proceed.
&#8220;U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman dismissed parts of the lawsuit while allowing discovery on allegations that the network’s coverage defamed the teen by reporting that he &#8216;blocked&#8217; Native American elder Nathan Phillips in a Jan. 18 encounter at the Lincoln Memorial,&#8221; The Washington Times reported.
“[T]he court finds that the statements that plaintiff ‘blocked’ Phillips or did not allow him to retreat, if false, meet the test of being libelous per se under the definition quoted above,” said Judge Bertelsman in his order.
Sandmann attorney Lin Wood wrote on Twitter: &#8220;As predicted, today Judge Bertelsman entered an order allowing the Nicholas Sandmann case against NBCUniversal to proceed to discovery just as he had earlier ruled with respect to WaPo &amp; CNN cases. Huge, huge win!&#8221;
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As predicted, today Judge Bertelsman entered an order allowing the Nicholas Sandmann case against NBCUniversal to proceed to discovery just as he had earlier ruled with respect to WaPo &amp; CNN cases. Huge, huge win!
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) <a href="https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1197603698224054273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
Late last month, Bertelsman reversed course on Sandmann&#8217;s $250 million lawsuit against The Washington Post after having initially blocked it from moving forward.
“After reviewing an amended complaint, Judge William Bertelsman ordered Monday that the case could enter the discovery phase and hence a portion of the lawsuit against the newspaper could continue,” the Cincinnati Enquirer <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/28/cov-cath-judge-rules-lawsuit-against-washington-post-can-continue/2489395001/">reported</a>. “The judge’s order that discovery can continue means Sandmann’s legal team can make requests for internal Washington Post documents concerning the events like emails and communications between editors and reporters.”
Bertelsman allowed the lawsuit to proceed after tossing out 30 of the 33 examples of what Sandmann&#8217;s legal team had tried to argue were libelous statements.
“The Court will adhere to its previous rulings as they pertain to these statements except Statements 10, 11, and 33, to the extent that these three statements state that plaintiff ‘blocked’ Nathan Phillips and ‘would not allow him to retreat,&#8217;” Bertelsman said, according to a separate report from <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/28/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-student-washingto/">The Washington Times</a>. “Suffice to say that the Court has given this matter careful review and concludes that ‘justice requires’ that discovery be had regarding these statements and their context. The Court will then consider them anew on summary judgment.”
Following the judge&#8217;s October ruling, Sandmann attorney Todd V. McMurty noted that the ruling was a good sign for the $275 million lawsuits against NBCUniveral and CNN.
McMurtry added on Twitter: “NEWSFLASH: Federal Judge William O. Bertelsman partially reversed his ruling to dismiss #nicksandmann’s claims against the @washingtonpost. Nick’s case may now proceed into discovery. The ruling bodes [well] for the NBC and CNN cases, as well.”
“This is a huge win,” McMurtry concluded. “Now #NickSandmann will be able to start discovery and find out exactly what the reporters were thinking when they attacked Nicholas and the #CovingtonCatholic kids.”
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This is a huge win. Now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NickSandmann?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NickSandmann</a> will be able to start discovery and find out exactly what the reporters were thinking when they attacked Nicholas and the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CovingtonCatholic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CovingtonCatholic</a> kids.
— Todd V. McMurtry (@ToddMcMurtry) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToddMcMurtry/status/1188878949268512773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
In March, Sandmann&#8217;s legal team <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nick-sandmanns-lawyers-release-video-ryan-saavedra">released a video</a> explaining the incident that led to their decision to file massive lawsuits against numerous media organizations.
“Last January, 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann was falsely targeted, attacked, vilified, and threatened,” the video begins. “The Washington Post, owned by the richest man in the world, led the print media’s false attacks against Nicholas’ reputation. CNN led the broadcast media’s charge against Nicholas. Both recklessly spread lies about a minor to advance their own financial and political agendas.”
“Despite raw video debunking the false narrative, the Post and CNN doubled down on their reckless lies,” the video continues. “Lies that will forever haunt and endanger the life of an innocent young man. Lies that further divided our nation.”
“How long will we allow these media giants to tear at the fabric of our lives to further their own agendas? Will they ever be held accountable? Yes, they will,” the video adds. “Nicholas Sandman has taken a stand for himself and for you by filing major lawsuits against CNN and the Washington Post. Nicholas and his legal team will not be stopped until these Goliath corporations are held accountable for their lack of journalistic integrity. Until then, no one’s reputation is safe.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Four Democratic 2020 candidates have signed a letter requesting an independent investigation in sexual abuse allegations against NBC. The presidential candidates signed the letter ahead of Wednesday night’s debate, which is co-sponsored by MSNBC. The candidates have so far given no indication that they will pull out of the debate if MSNBC and NBC’s parent company, Comcast, does not agree to their request.
Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) signed the letter earlier this week and addressed it to Tom Perez, the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Huffington Post first <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/warren-sanders-press-investigation-nbc-toxic-culture-democratic-debate_n_5dd35799e4b0263fbc99a8ea">reported</a> on the letter Tuesday morning, writing that the candidates expressed concern that a debate hosted by MSNBC would send the wrong message to victims of sexual abuse if its parent company didn’t agree to an outside investigation into NBC.
“We, the undersigned candidates, are very concerned about the message it would send to sexual assault survivors if our next debate is sponsored by MSNBC without clear commitments from Comcast, the parent company of NBC and MSNBC, to conduct an independent investigation into the toxic culture that enabled abusers and silenced survivors,” the candidates wrote in <a href="https://d2486uwqr5x79k.cloudfront.net/images/DNC_letter_NBC_candidates.pdf">the letter</a>.
The candidates go on to suggest that the five-month long internal investigation into the allegations was inadequate, since it determined that NBC News executives could not be faulted when formal complaints were not made.
“Yet, there is clearly something wrong with a work environment reluctant to hold management accountable. That&#8217;s what allowed the behavior of powerful abusers inside the company to go unchecked. The troubling reports about management’s role to cover up abuse demonstrate that Comcast should have and needs to do more to shift the work culture and pursue significant structural changes in order to prevent future harassment and abuse at NBC and MSNBC. Until that happens, employees are at risk,” the candidates wrote.
The senators suggest that President Donald Trump has been “credibly accused” (a term used these days for every allegation against someone right-leaning, whether the accusation is credible or not) of sexual assault, and therefore Democrats must “offer voters a clear and unquestionable difference come November when it comes to these important issues.”
“We can not do that when we prop up and support companies that have systematically covered up numerous indicents [sic] of sexual violence with no accountability or changes of leadership,” the senators continued.
“It is critical that the Democratic National Committee make clear that they support survivors of sexual harassment and abuse by ensuring that Comcast and NBC News take steps to clean up the toxic culture that exists across their networks,” the candidates concluded.
The  co-sponsorship of the debate has been known for some time, yet these candidates just released the letter this week. As NBC <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/4-democratic-candidates-call-independent-inquiry-nbc-over-alleged-sexual-n1086046">reported</a>, the letter was coordinated by UltraViolet, a women’s group that insists all allegations of sexual assault made by women must be believed. This is an organization that says it still believes Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers 30 years ago. No evidence exists that the two had ever even met, and Ford’s own friend from the time says that not only does she not remember Kavanaugh or any incident like the one Ford described, but that Ford’s attorneys pressured her to tell a different story. UltraViolet also says it still believes Anita Hill, who accused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment even as she followed him from job to job.
Nowhere in the letter do the Democratic candidates suggest they would avoid Wednesday’s debate if Comcast does not agree to an independent investigation.

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A former medical corespondent for an NBC News affiliate in Los Angeles has been charged with asking a nine-year-old girl with sexually suggestive photos.
Dr. Bruce Hensel, who was charged in Santa Monica on Wednesday, is 71 years old.
&#8220;The Los Angeles Police Department said detectives began a child sexual exploitation investigation involving a nine-year-old child after inappropriate messages and photographs were shared between the child and a man believed to be Hensel,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-tv-medical-correspondent-charged-with-asking-9-year-old-girl-for-racy-photos/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=77027356">CBS News</a> reported Thursday.
The nine-year-old child is the daughter of an acquaintance of Hensel&#8217;s, the report noted. Hensel allegedly requested the racy images from the girl, whose name will not be revealed, via a messaging app on August 4th, according the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.
The former correspondent faces one felony count of contact with a minor for sexual purposes, according to Deputy D.A. Angela Brunson.
The 71-year-old was being held on $5,000 bail after the Wednesday arrest but was later released, reported CBS.
If convicted, Hensel could serve out 18 months in state prison.
The former NBC employee maintains his innocence.
A lawyer for Hensel said his client &#8220;is completely innocent of the charge.&#8221;
&#8220;We are cooperating with the authorities and look forward to a speedy and complete exoneration,&#8221; the lawyer told reporters.
&#8220;Hensel is well known in the area as the former chief medical correspondent for KNBC-TV. He won 11 Emmys and two Golden Mike awards for his work in Los Angeles media,&#8221; CBS reported, noting that his &#8220;LinkedIn profile says he spent 29 years with NBC — much of that time at KNBC as its medical and science reporter but left the station in May of 2016.&#8221;
NBC has been plagued with controversy since journalist Ronan Farrow claimed his bombshell story exposing Hollywood producer and alleged serial sexual predator Harvey Weinstein was spiked by the network.
In Farrow’s new book, “Catch and Kill,&#8221; the journalist exposed another hit against NBC, a rape accusation against their former star morning host Matt Lauer. According to the accuser, Brooke Nevils, the accusation was known throughout the company before she filed a formal complaint.
Nevils, a former NBC News employee herself, claimed she was anally raped by Lauer in 2014 while covering the Sochi Olympics. 
Nevils told Farrow that she, then-“Today” anchor Meredith Vieira, and Lauer had drinks at the hotel bar where the NBC team was staying during the Olympics. After socializing, Nevils said she went to Lauer’s hotel room to get back her press credentials, which she said were taken by Lauer as a joke. She then returned to his room a second time upon invite, when the alleged rape took place. 
“Once she was in his hotel room, Nevils alleges, Lauer — who was wearing a T-shirt and boxers — pushed her against the door and kissed her. He then pushed her onto the bed, ‘flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex,’ Farrow writes. ‘She said that she declined several times,’” the <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/matt-lauer-rape-nbc-ronan-farrow-book-catch-kill-1203364485/">Variety</a> report detailed the alleged encounter per Farrow&#8217;s book.
Nevils claims she “was in the midst of telling him she wasn’t interested again when he ‘just did it,’” Farrow wrote in the book. “Lauer, she said, didn’t use lubricant. The encounter was excruciatingly painful. ‘It hurt so bad. I remember thinking, Is this normal?’ She told me she stopped saying no, but wept silently into a pillow.” 
It was suggested last month by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that former NBC employee Megyn Kelly was canned by the network for publicly asking for an outside investigation into the apparent mishandling of both the Weinstein story and accusations against Lauer. Kelly did not comment on Carlson&#8217;s accusation.

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On Wednesday, NBCUniversal announced that there will not be any additional investigations into sexual misconduct allegations surrounding former “Today” host Matt Lauer. 
&#8220;There is no additional investigation being launched,” NBCUniversal spokesperson Hilary Smith said, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcuniversal-wont-conduct-new-matt-lauer-investigation-1248592">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. &#8220;We are very confident in the report that was conducted.”
&#8220;We fired Matt Lauer within 24 hours of learning what he did, and promptly launched a corporate investigation,” Smith contended. “Based on our investigative findings, we have swiftly taken appropriate actions to address the situation and improve workplace culture. It is also worth noting that this was a corporate investigation that was conducted by an almost entirely female team, none of whom are part of the News division.&#8221;
Megyn Kelly, a former NBC employee who’s been vocal in her support for an outside investigation, blasted the network for their lack on transparency. 
“CBS, FOX, NPR, NFL &#8211; all hired outside investigators,” she posted to Twitter. “NBC again refuses to do so &#8230; as it claims it has ‘nothing to hide.’”
“RELEASE ALL LAUER ACCUSERS FROM THEIR NON-DISCLOSURES,” Kelly added, in all upper case letters.
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CBS, FOX, NPR, NFL &#8211; all hired outside investigators. NBC again refuses to do so &#8230; as it claims it has “nothing to hide.” RELEASE ALL LAUER ACCUSERS FROM THEIR NON-DISCLOSURES. <a href="https://t.co/cMoLMYCcE6">https://t.co/cMoLMYCcE6</a>
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While working for NBC, Kelly publicly called for an outside investigation into the network over internal claims of sexual misconduct regarding Lauer and the suspect handling of allegations into Democrat megadonor Harvey Weinstein.
“There is a question about whether or not there should be an outside investigator to take a hard look at this,” Kelly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-floats-real-reason-megyn-kelly-was-canned-from-nbc">said</a> on NBC airwaves on September 2, 2018, referring to the Lauer allegations and apparent stonewalling on Weinstein reporting from then-NBC journalist Ronan Farrow. “To me, as a lawyer, it’s just always better to just send it outside, and then people can have more faith in it, and if there’s nothing to hide, you have no worries about it,” she added.
While Kelly was ostensibly fired from NBC a month later for remarks about darkening one&#8217;s face for Halloween costumes, Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested Wednesday that Kelly was actually canned for calling for an outside investigation.
Kelly neither confirmed nor denied Carlson&#8217;s theory.
“There needs to be an outside investigation into this company,” she told Carlson. “They investigated themselves, that doesn’t work. Fox News had an outside investigator, CBS News had an outside investigator, NPR, the NFL, this is how it’s done. You get somebody on the outside who can be trusted.” 
As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-lauer-accused-of-rape-by-former-colleague-lauer-responds">The Daily Wire</a> last week, former NBC news employee Brooke Nevils claims she was raped by Lauer in 2014 while covering the Sochi Olympics, Farrow&#8217;s new book &#8220;Catch and Kill&#8221; reveals.
“Once she was in his hotel room, Nevils alleges, Lauer — who was wearing a T-shirt and boxers — pushed her against the door and kissed her. He then pushed her onto the bed, ‘flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex,’ Farrow writes. ‘She said that she declined several times,’” a report from Variety said.
Nevils claims she “was in the midst of telling him she wasn’t interested again when he ‘just did it,’” Farrow wrote in the book. “Lauer, she said, didn’t use lubricant. The encounter was excruciatingly painful. ‘It hurt so bad. I remember thinking, Is this normal?’ She told me she stopped saying no, but wept silently into a pillow.”
“It was nonconsensual in the sense that I was too drunk to consent,” the former NBC employee told Farrow. “It was nonconsensual in that I said, multiple times, that I didn’t want to have anal sex.”
Nevils admitted that she had consensual sexual encounters with Lauer following the alleged rape — some of which she initiated.
According to Farrow, Nevils says the alleged incident was an open secret at NBC before a formal complaint was filed and Lauer was canned.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-floats-real-reason-megyn-kelly-was-canned-from-nbc">Tucker Carlson Floats Real Reason Megyn Kelly Was Canned From NBC: Called For Independent Investigation</a>

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NBC Won’t Open New Investigation Into Matt Lauer; Megyn Kelly Responds

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On Wednesday night, Fox News&#8217; Tucker Carlson, citing published accounts, suggested the real reason Megyn Kelly was canned from her job at NBC last year was because she called for an outside investigation into the network over internal claims of sexual misconduct and the suspect handling of allegations into Democrat mega-donor Harvey Weinstein. 
&#8220;Last September, early September, you (Kelly) on your show, on the air on NBC, called for an independent investigation into these allegations,&#8221; Carlson said to Kelly, who appeared alongside the host on &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight.&#8221;
Carlson ran a clip of Kelly doing just that on September 2, 2018. &#8220;There is a question about whether or not there should be an outside investigator to take a hard look at this,&#8221; Kelly said, referring to allegations of sexual misconduct aimed at former “Today” host Matt Lauer and apparent stonewalling on Weinstein reporting of then-NBC journalist Ronan Farrow. “To me, as a lawyer, it&#8217;s just always better to just send it outside, and then people can have more faith in it and if there&#8217;s nothing to hide, you have no worries about it,” Kelly added. 
&#8220;People&#8217;s jaws hung open when you said that,&#8221; Carlson told Kelly. &#8220;There have been a couple of published accounts that say you were fired from NBC, a little more than a month later, for saying that.&#8221;
Kelly was ostensibly canned from NBC in October for discussing whether it’s “racist” or not for people to darken their faces for Halloween costumes. 
Carlson then pointed out that MSNBC host Chris Hayes similarly questioned NBC&#8217;s handling of such allegations and reporting. 
&#8220;He (Hayes) is saying essentially what you said, which is he doesn&#8217;t trust the management at NBC News,&#8221; Carlson said to Kelly. &#8220;Given your experience, do you think he&#8217;s in jeopardy of being fired?”
&#8220;No comment on that,&#8221; Kelly tellingly responded. “I will say, the question is open as to whether [NBC] put dollars ahead of decency.” 
“There needs to be an outside investigation into this company,” she continued. “They investigated themselves, that doesn&#8217;t work. Fox News had an outside investigator, CBS News had an outside investigator, NPR, the NFL, this is how it’s done. You get somebody on the outside who can be trusted.” 
As outlined by Tiana Lowe earlier this week, it’s become increasingly clear that Kelly was likely fired for questioning NBC management, rather than the “blackface” comments, in light of reporting from Farrow&#8217;s new book &#8220;Catch and Kill.&#8221;
“Ronan Farrow&#8217;s explosive reporting on the lengths NBC went to shut down his investigation into Harvey Weinstein grants further credence to an unpalatable, sexist, and abhorrent rationale for Kelly&#8217;s firing: NBC wanted to silence Kelly&#8217;s coverage of their former anchor, Matt Lauer,” Lowe posted at <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/nbc-probably-fired-megyn-kelly-for-her-matt-lauer-coverage">The Washington Examiner</a>. 
“In the weeks before the blackface nothingburger, Kelly spent ample amounts of time on her talk show reporting on the numerous sexual assault and harassment allegations plaguing Lauer. Unlike many of her fellow daytime hosts, Kelly had covered the #MeToo beat in scrupulous and, at times, necessarily unsavory detail: conducting explosive interviews with multiple Weinstein victims, and when the Lauer story broke and his termination from NBC came shortly thereafter, Kelly covered it with the same righteous indignation,” she continued. “On live television, Kelly called on her own employers to allow an external team to investigate the network&#8217;s handling of the entire Lauer affair, and she went so far as to interview one of Lauer&#8217;s accuser on air.”
“It&#8217;s a massive gamble to criticize the ethics of your own employer on national television, but Kelly rightly made that bet. And NBC fired her for it,&#8221; Lowe claimed. &#8220;We can be more confident thanks to new reporting by Farrow.&#8221;
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Tucker Carlson Floats Real Reason Megyn Kelly Was Canned From NBC: Called For Independent Investigation

Harvey Weinstein

Tucker Carlson

NBC News President Noah Oppenheim is attempting to get ahead of the scandal included in former MSNBC host Ronan Farrow’s new book, “Catch and Kill,” which releases on Tuesday.
On Monday morning, Oppenheim sent a lengthy email to NBC News staffers laying out what he alleges are factual inaccuracies in Farrow’s book. The content of the email was shared on Twitter by journalist Yashar Ali. Oppenheim objects to Farrow’s characterization of NBC as having covered up former “Today” show host Matt Lauer’s sexual misconduct in part through payouts to “silence” his accusers who came forward.
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4. NBC News President Noah Oppenheim just sent this long email to NBC News staffers in advance of <a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonanFarrow</a>’s book which comes out tomorrow <a href="https://t.co/i62JjZlDit">pic.twitter.com/i62JjZlDit</a>
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1183727516462321670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Matt Lauer&#8217;s actions were abhorrent, and the anger and sadness he caused continue to this day,&#8221; Oppenheim began the email. &#8220;As we&#8217;ve said since the moment he was fired, his abuses should never have happened.&#8221;
&#8220;Ronan Farrow&#8217;s book takes that undeniable fact and twists it into a lie – alleging we were a &#8216;company with a lot of secrets.&#8217; We have no secrets and nothing to hide,&#8221; he continued.
Oppenheim wrote to employees that NBC employees have read Farrow’s book and determined that “it’s clear &#8212; his smear rests on the allegation that NBC’s management knew about and took steps to hide Matt Lauer’s misconduct before his firing in November of 2017.  Without that, he has no basis on which to rest his second conspiracy theory &#8212; that his Harvey Weinstein reporting was squashed to protect Lauer.&#8221;
Oppenheim claims that “the so-called evidence Farrow uses in his book to support the charge collapses under the slightest scrutiny.” The NBC president then laid out the company’s alleged counter evidence – an analysis from “Kim Harris and the [NBC Universal] Legal Team.”
This analysis claims that the “only three examples we can find that Farrow alleges are Lauer-related before 2017, with even minimal detail, involve employees who by their own admission made no complaint to management, and whose departure agreements were unrelated to Lauer and completely routine.”
The first example involves a named woman in Farrow’s books who, according to Oppenheim, told former NBC host Ann Curry about Lauer’s behavior. Curry, Oppenheim claims, merely told two NBC executives that Lauer “had a problem with women.” One of the executives allegedly denied having heard any such claim. This accuser apparently left the company three years after her allegations and “made no complaint about Lauer.” At the time of her departure, she “was paid 22 weeks of severance based on her years of service, and was asked to sign a separation agreement that was standard for departing employees at the time.”
That contract, according to NBC, was not designed to prevent employees from reporting misconduct.
The second example was an “on-air personality” who also “signed a completely standard separation agreement, including a routine confidentiality provision that was in her original employment contract.” This employee also, according to NBC, did not make any report to management but did show inappropriate messages from Lauer to “colleagues.” The third example involved a “senior member of the Today show team” who received a severance NBC claims, “was commensurate with her salary.” Farrow in his book says the woman received a “seven-figure payout.”
Oppenheim claims the agreements were about protecting “proprietary company information.” It will be hard for regular Americans to understand how much money was given to these three women as “severance” without it looking like a payoff.
Oppenheim also failed to address audio recorded by Ambra Gutierrez showing Harvey Weinstein trying to get her into his hotel room despite her repeated refusals. As Farrow writes in his book, NBC squashed his story about Weinstein’s sexual assault and says that Oppenheim dismissed the audio by saying “Eh … I mean, I don’t know what it proves.”

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NBC Staff Memo Claims Ronan Farrow’s New Book Takes A Fact ‘And Twists It Into A Lie’

The current president of MSNBC waved around a zoomed-in photo of the vagina of popular TV personality Maria Menounos at a staff meeting, a new book from journalist Ronan Farrow reveals.
According to sources in Farrow&#8217;s new book, &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Kill-Conspiracy-Protect-Predators/dp/0316486639/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QLCI8OR8XIPI&amp;keywords=ronan+farrow&amp;qid=1570061809&amp;sprefix=Ronan+Farrow,aps,125&amp;sr=8-1">Catch and Kill</a>,&#8221; MSNBC head Phil Griffin was known for his crass remarks. At a staff meeting, a source detailed that a &#8220;smirking&#8221; Griffin once &#8220;waved around a printed page bearing a zoomed-in image&#8221; of Menounos&#8217; vagina &#8212; the former &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8221; host apparently suffered a wardrobe malfunction while wearing a bikini in public.
&#8220;Would you look at that?&#8221; Griffin reportedly said of the photo, as he &#8220;exhaled hard.&#8221;
&#8220;Not bad, not bad,&#8221; he added.
Journalist <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/10/13/msnbc-exec-showed-off-revealing-pic-of-maria-menounos-reports-on-book/">Yashar Ali</a> obtained the troubling excerpt from &#8220;Catch and Kill&#8221; and posted it to social media on Saturday.
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1. One particularly disturbing scene in <a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonanFarrow</a>’s book&#8230;
Phil Griffin, the current president of MSNBC, waving around a zoomed in photo of Maria Menounos’s vagina in a staff meeting. 
Order Ronan’s book here: <a href="https://t.co/eLcNiasfdB">https://t.co/eLcNiasfdB</a> <a href="https://t.co/rZmD5vZRAh">pic.twitter.com/rZmD5vZRAh</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1183187544252530688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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According to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/10/13/msnbc-exec-showed-off-revealing-pic-of-maria-menounos-reports-on-book/">Page Six</a>, &#8220;Farrow also claimed that coworkers described Griffin as a crude boss and that while he was still a senior producer at &#8216;Nightly News&#8217; in the 1990s, once pressured female colleagues to go to a peep show in Times Square, New York magazine said.&#8221;
&#8220;Catch and Kill&#8221; details a slew of trouble for NBC Universal News Group outside of Griffin&#8217;s alleged unsavory actions.
According to another excerpt obtained by Ali, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim shrugged off audio captured by model Ambra Gutierrez of Harvey Weinstein admitting to sexual assault and pressuring the model. 
&#8220;Ambra Gutierrez captured Harvey Weinstein on tape admitting to sexual assault. According to [Ronan Farrow]&#8216;s new book, when he played this audio for NBC News president Noah Oppenheim, Noah reacted by saying: &#8216;Eh&#8230;I mean, I don&#8217;t know what it proves,'&#8221; Ali posted. 
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2. Ambra Gutierrez captured Harvey Weinstein on tape admitting to sexual assault. 
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonanFarrow</a>&#39;s new book, when he played this audio for NBC News president Noah Oppenheim, Noah reacted by saying: &quot;Eh&#8230;I mean, I don&#39;t know what it proves.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/X2jJRCtjS2">https://t.co/X2jJRCtjS2</a> <a href="https://t.co/c0qmzt7fWj">pic.twitter.com/c0qmzt7fWj</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1183492093601341446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Ali added, &#8220;Another thing NBC News president Noah Oppenheim said to [Ronan Farrow] (according to Ronan&#8217;s book) after listening to this audio was: &#8216;He&#8217;s trying to get rid of her. People say a lot of things when they&#8217;re trying to get rid of a girl like that.’”
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3. Another thing NBC News president Noah Oppenheim said to <a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonanFarrow</a> (according to Ronan&#39;s book) after listening to this audio was:
&quot;He&#39;s trying to get rid of her. People say a lot of things when they&#39;re trying to get rid of a girl like that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/X2jJRCtjS2">https://t.co/X2jJRCtjS2</a> <a href="https://t.co/cAZxxNVWgw">pic.twitter.com/cAZxxNVWgw</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1183492098957422597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Moreover, Farrow uncovered a rape allegation against former NBC &#8220;Today&#8221; host Matt Lauer.
Brooke Nevils, a former NBC News employee, said she was anally raped by Lauer in 2014 while covering the Sochi Olympics, as accusation Lauer has fiercely denied.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-lauers-rape-accuser-rips-his-defense-as-victim-shaming">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>After socializing at a hotel bar with Lauer and then-“Today” anchor Meredith Vieira, Nevils said she went to Lauer’s room to get back her press credentials, which she said were taken by Lauer as a joke. She then returned to his room a second time upon his invite, when the alleged rape took place.
“Once she was in his hotel room, Nevils alleges, Lauer — who was wearing a T-shirt and boxers — pushed her against the door and kissed her. He then pushed her onto the bed, ‘flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex,’ Farrow writes. ‘She said that she declined several times,&#8217;” the <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/matt-lauer-rape-nbc-ronan-farrow-book-catch-kill-1203364485/">Variety</a> report said.
Nevils claims she “was in the midst of telling him she wasn’t interested again when he ‘just did it,&#8217;” Farrow wrote in his book “Catch and Kill.”
“Lauer, she said, didn’t use lubricant. The encounter was excruciatingly painful. ‘It hurt so bad. I remember thinking, Is this normal?’ She told me she stopped saying no, but wept silently into a pillow,” the book claimed.
“It was nonconsensual in the sense that I was too drunk to consent,” the former NBC employee told Farrow. “It was nonconsensual in that I said, multiple times, that I didn’t want to have anal sex.”</blockquote>
Nevils said she had sexual interactions with Lauer after the alleged rape, some of which she initiated.
Farrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist best know for his reporting into the alleged rampant sexual misconduct from Democrat megadonor and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

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MSNBC President Waved Zoomed-In Photo Of Maria Menounos’ Vagina At Staff Meeting: Report

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Herring Networks, Inc., which owns One America News Network, a &#8220;conservative alternative&#8221; to the news, filed a $10,000,000 defamation lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in California on Monday against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Comcast, NBC Universal Media, and MSNBC Cable for defamation and censorship.
As detailed in a <a href="https://www.oann.com/rachel-maddow-lawsuit/">press release</a> Monday, One America News (OAN) is suing Maddow and her employer for making the false claim on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Rachel Maddow Show&#8221; that OAN &#8220;really literally is paid Russian propaganda&#8221; — an assertion OAN says was made &#8220;maliciously and recklessly&#8221; and despite the left-leaning host knowing it was false. The defamatory claim, OAN says, was made shortly after OAN President Charles Herring condemned NBC&#8217;s parent company, Comcast, for engaging in &#8220;anti-competitive censorship.&#8221;
&#8220;The Complaint alleges that Comcast refused to carry OAN as part of its cable programming because OAN counters the liberal politics of its own channel, MSNBC,&#8221; OAN announced Monday (full release below). &#8220;The Complaint further alleges that one week after OAN&#8217;s President, Charles Herring, called out and objected to Comcast&#8217;s anti-competitive censorship in an email to Comcast&#8217;s President of Content Acquisition, MSNBC&#8217;s most popular show — The Rachel Maddow Show — opened with the show’s host, Rachel Maddow, telling her audience that OAN &#8216;really literally is paid Russian propaganda.'&#8221;
The defendents, OAN maintains, &#8220;knew this statement was false and that they acted maliciously and recklessly in making it.&#8221; Maddow and MSNBC promoted the false claim, the lawsuit asserts, specifically to damage the reputation and business of OAN because of the network&#8217;s conservative viewpoint and to retaliate against the network for Herring&#8217;s complaint about Comcast&#8217;s alleged censorship.
The lawsuit follows OAN&#8217;s demand for retraction issued to Maddow and The Daily Beast&#8217;s Kevin Poulsen in July after both pushed the Russian claim. As outlined by <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/29/one-america-maddow-daily-beast/">The Daily Caller </a>at the time, Poulsen wrote that OAN&#8217;s Kristian Rouz is a &#8220;Russian national on the payroll of the Kremlin’s official propaganda outlet, Sputnik.&#8221; Maddow said on her show the same day that OAN &#8220;really, literally is Russian propaganda.&#8221;
Maddow has repeatedly promoted conspiracy theories about Russian influence on her show, particularly alleged &#8220;collusion&#8221; between Russia and Trump and his associates.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/45418/watch-rachel-maddow-collusion-delusion-video-greg-james-barrett">WATCH: Rachel Maddow &#8216;Collusion Delusion&#8217; Video By Greg Gutfeld Goes Viral</a>
Below is the full <a href="https://www.oann.com/rachel-maddow-lawsuit/">press release</a> from OAN (formatting adjusted):
<blockquote>Los Angeles, CA—September 9, 2019 – Herring Networks, Inc., an independent, family owned national cable television programming company based in San Diego, California, filed a defamation lawsuit today in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, against Defendants Rachel Maddow, Comcast Corporation, NBC Universal Media, LLC, and MSNBC Cable LLC. The Complaint seeks damages in excess of $10,000,000.
Herring Networks owns and operates One America News Network (“OAN”), a prominent and popular independent television news channel providing Americans with a conservative alternative to the major liberal news outlets. The Complaint alleges that Comcast refused to carry OAN as part of its cable programming because OAN counters the liberal politics of its own channel, MSNBC.
The Complaint further alleges that one week after OAN’s President, Charles Herring, called out and objected to Comcast’s anti-competitive censorship in an email to Comcast’s President of Content Acquisition, MSNBC’s most popular show—The Rachel Maddow Show—opened with the show’s host, Rachel Maddow, telling her audience that OAN “really literally is paid Russian propaganda.”
OAN asserts that, in fact, Defendants knew this statement was false and that they acted maliciously and recklessly in making it. The Complaint alleges that the statement was meant to damage OAN’s business and reputation because OAN, unlike MSNBC, presents a conservative viewpoint; and that OAN was targeted in retaliation for calling out Defendants for their anti-competitive censorship in refusing to carry OAN on its cable system.
OAN is represented by Skip Miller, a partner at Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles. Per Miller, “One America is wholly owned, operated and financed by the Herring family in San Diego. They are as American as apple pie. They are not paid by Russia and have nothing to do with the Russian government. This is a false and malicious libel, and they’re going to answer for it in a court of law.”</blockquote>

Rachel Maddow

Conservative Network Sues Rachel Maddow, MSNBC For Defamation

Russia

Despite the fact that the film “The Hunt” reportedly depicts liberal elites hunting “deplorables” for sport, NBC Universal is remaining adamant in the face of recent mass shootings that it is still planning to release the satiric film, which has a release date of September 27. An NBC Universal source <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbc-universal-pictures-the-hunt-release-backlash">told Fox News</a>, “There are no plans to not release the movie. No plans to move the release.”
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7339149/NBC-Universal-Pictures-plans-release-Hunt-liberal-elites-kidnapping-deplorables.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported, “The violent, gun-toting film revolves around a group people from predominately Republican states being kidnapped and hunted for sport by liberal elites.” <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ads-pulled-hunt-wake-mass-shootings-1229829">The Hollywood Reporter</a> (THR) echoed that the “violent, R-rated film from producer Jason Blum&#8217;s Blumhouse follows a dozen MAGA types who wake up in a clearing and realize they are being stalked for sport by elite liberals.”
The original title of the film was “Red State Vs. Blue State.”
THR pointed out that the screenplay for the movie features the red-state characters wearing trucker hats and cowboy shirts, one of whom boasts about owning numerous firearms, while the blue-state characters opine that the deplorables were targeted for their anti-choice positions or using the N-word on Twitter. One blue-stater reportedly is supposed to push her stiletto heel into the eye of a red-stater, claiming, “War is war.”
A Universal executive reportedly told Fox News that the film “is meant to show what a stupid, crazy world we live in. It might even be more powerful now.” THR noted that the screenplay, written by “Lost” producer Damon Lindelof along with Nick Cuse, includes this exchange: “Did anyone see what our ratf***er-in-chief just did?” “At least The Hunt&#8217;s coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables.”
THR reported, “A high-level insider says top executives want to stand by Blum, one of the studio&#8217;s most prolific and successful producers, as well as filmmaker Craig Zobel, and see the project as a satire addressing an issue of great social importance.”
Political satirist Tim Young told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-hunt-movie-deplorables">Fox News</a>, “Why would anyone think it&#8217;s a great idea to have a movie about hunting down someone who doesn&#8217;t agree with them politically? It&#8217;s remarkable to me that the left blames Donald Trump&#8217;s rhetoric for violence, then literally spends millions to normalize the killing of people based on politics.”
Young added, “We&#8217;re told over and over again by the Left, especially in Hollywood, that this country is more divided than ever and we need to come together&#8230; is this what they mean by it? Come together to murder your neighbors that you don&#8217;t agree with? This film is sick and shows just how hateful the left has become.” He concluded, “The executives at Universal and those even willing to promote this or run ads for it should know better than to promote political violence.”
In April 2017, Lindelof <a href="https://mashable.com/2017/04/17/leftovers-co-creator-talks-donald-trump/">said</a> of the election of President Trump in 2016, “With all apocalyptic thinking, if it’s not happening fast enough we are going to bring it about, which I think explains the election in America. If you are unhappy with the way things are going, you may want to elect an agent of destruction.”

Jason Blum

NBC Universal: We’re Not Canceling Release Of Film Where Liberals Hunt ‘Deplorables,’ Report Says

Hollywood

President Trump is going off the rails on this &#8220;crazy train&#8221; that is the emerging cycle of 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate debates.
After hilariously trolling the debate from the comforts of his Twitter account last night when the moderators had to cut to commercial due to a mic glitch, the president resumed his troll routine on Thursday morning when he tweeted a doctored video of the whole incident with a little Ozzy Osborne thrown in for good measure. Take a look:
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Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>, real professionals! <a href="https://twitter.com/chucktodd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chucktodd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/maddow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@maddow</a> <a href="https://t.co/7ZCkcUQ4yA">pic.twitter.com/7ZCkcUQ4yA</a>
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People on social media had a good time with it. But as always, the president had his share of hecklers.
&#8220;S**t happens! Just like you! Your administration is lights out too!&#8221; said Canadian talk show host Frank D&#8217;Angelo. &#8220;You are a colossal power failure! You Delusional treasonous pathological liar f***ing moron conman rancid fishlips incompetent corrupt clueless A***OLE!&#8221;
&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe that Donald Trump pays somebody to create these juvenile, pathetic little videos. It&#8217;s the definition of fake news because he wants people to believe that this really happened. The man has absolutely no class or scruples,&#8221; said another Twitter user.
&#8220;You make fun of a technical difficulty? At least they didn&#8217;t lose $130 million drone,&#8221; said another user.
As The Daily Wire&#8217;s Amanda Prestigiacomo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/48910/mic-breakdown-mid-democratic-primary-debate-trump-amanda-prestigiacomo">reported</a>, the incident began halfway through the debate when moderator Chuck Todd fielded the candidates questions about gun control. Before anyone could answer, they were interrupted by the echoes of chatter reverberating throughout the chamber. After first believing the sounds emanated from the audience, to moderators&#8217; horror, they discovered the source to be backstage where their colleagues had not yet powered their mics off.
&#8220;I think we had a little mic issue in the back,&#8221; Todd said as he looked around the room. &#8220;We have the audience on.&#8221;
Todd persisted in questioning the candidates about gun control but the sounds persisted with him, prompting laughs from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
&#8220;What is happening?&#8221; Maddow puzzlingly asked.
&#8220;We are hearing our colleagues&#8217; audio,&#8221; Todd exclaimed. &#8220;If the control room can turn off the mics &#8230; if the control room can turn off the mics of our previous moderators &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;You know, we prepared for everything,&#8221; Maddow said. &#8220;We did not prepare for this.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to take a quick break, we&#8217;re gonna get this technical situation fixed,&#8221; Todd declared as the broadcast cut to commercial.
Immediately, President Trump seized the opportunity to trash NBC for allowing the difficulty to happen during a live broadcast as an indication of the network&#8217;s ineptitude.
&#8220;@NBCNews and @MSNBC should be ashamed of themselves for having such a horrible technical breakdown in the middle of the debate,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Truly unprofessional and only worthy of a FAKE NEWS Organization, which they are!&#8221;

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Democratic Party

Donald Trump

Halfway through the first Democrat primary debate on Wednesday night, there were noticeable mic issues, which forced moderator Chuck Todd to cut to commercial break. The disruption was quickly pounced on by President Donald Trump, who blasted NBC and MSNBC for their &#8220;unprofessional&#8221; snafu.
The issues started when NBC&#8217;s Todd asked the Democrat candidates about their position and plans regarding gun control. Hearing voices in the background, the candidates remarked about their mics being on, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/democratic-debate-june-26-2019/index.html">according</a> to CNN.
&#8220;Yeah, everybody&#8217;s mics are on,&#8221; Todd told the candidates, later adding, &#8220;I think we had a little mic issue.&#8221;
The NBC host then went forward with his question, but the technical issues continued. Apparently, according to Todd, his colleagues backstage had not yet turned off their mics, CNN reported. He quickly threw to commercial so the error could be fixed.
Within moments, President Trump took to Twitter to blast the &#8220;fake news&#8221; networks.
&#8220;[NBC News] and [MSNBC] should be ashamed of themselves for having such a horrible technical breakdown in the middle of the debate,&#8221; the president posted. &#8220;Truly unprofessional and only worthy of a FAKE NEWS Organization, which they are!&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a> should be ashamed of themselves for having such a horrible technical breakdown in the middle of the debate. Truly unprofessional and only worthy of a FAKE NEWS Organization, which they are!
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1144064520152739840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Trump said he planned on live-tweeting the first round of 2020 Democratic primary debates, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/campaign-wire-election-2020/card/1560859018">according</a> to The Wall Street Journal. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/48537/president-trump-plans-live-tweeting-democratic-emily-zanotti">noted</a> by The Daily Wire, the move was considered &#8220;controversial among Trump&#8217;s aides, with some strategists claiming that it would be better for the president if the Democrats, who will debate in two shifts over two nights, were allowed to attack each other without the president as a distraction.&#8221;
Trump has seemingly found some middle ground, blasting the &#8220;fake news&#8221; networks and calling the entire debate &#8220;boring,&#8221; while generally backing off calling out any individual candidates.
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BORING!
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1144056731653169152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Wednesday, attorneys for Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student who was targeted by the media after his encounter with Native American activist Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, announced they are filing a $275 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal, alleging &#8220;NBCUniversal created a false narrative by portraying the &#8216;confrontation&#8217; as a &#8216;hate crime&#8217; committed by Nicholas.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/1/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-teen-sues-nbc-275/">The Washington Times</a>, the suit states that NBCUniversal was motivated by its &#8220;anti-Trump agenda,&#8221; adding that Sandmann was &#8220;an easy target for NBCUniversal to advance its anti-Trump agenda because he was a 16-year-old white, Catholic student who had attended the Right to Life March that day and was wearing a MAGA cap at the time of the incident which he had purchased earlier in the day as a souvenir.&#8221; The suit also states that NBCUniversal, by means of NBC and MSNBC, &#8220;unleashed its vast corporate wealth, influence, and power against Nicholas to falsely attack him despite the fact that at the time, he was a 16-year-old high school student.&#8221;
The lawsuit asserts, &#8220;Headlines run online by NBCUniversal outlets about the incident included, &#8216;Nathan Phillips, Native American man harassed by high schoolers, tells his story,&#8217; and &#8216;Video of teens taunting man at Indigenous Peoples March sparks outrage.&#8217;&#8221;
Sandmann&#8217;s attorneys have already filed a $250 million suit against the Washington Post and another suit against CNN for $275 million. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43694/breaking-nick-sandmanns-lawyers-file-massive-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire reported</a> in mid-February, Sandmann&#8217;s lawyers warned when they sued The Washington Post that more suits would be forthcoming. They said in a <a href="http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/">statement</a>:
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Today, Lin Wood and Todd McMurtry filed their first lawsuit on behalf of Nicholas Sandmann against The Washington Post. The lawsuit filed is included below. The suit seeks $250 million in both compensatory and punitive damages. Lin and Todd will continue to bring wrongdoers before the court to seek damages in compensation for the harm so many have done to the Sandmann family. This is only the beginning.
</blockquote>
The lawsuit against the Post stated: &#8220;In targeting and bullying Nicholas by falsely accusing him of instigating the January 18 incident, the Post conveyed that Nicholas engaged in acts of racism by &#8220;swarming&#8221; Phillips, &#8220;blocking&#8221; his exit away from the students, and otherwise engaging in racist misconduct. The Post ignored basic journalist standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump (&#8216;the President&#8217;) by impugning individuals perceived to be supporters of the President.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44586/watch-nick-sandmanns-lawyer-reveals-massive-275-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire reported</a> in mid-March that Sandmann&#8217;s attorneys announced they were suing CNN, with one saying, &#8220;Well, what CNN&#8217;s tagline is facts first. And what we believe their reporting was in this circumstance was lies first; cover up second, and facts not yet determined by that organization. So the difference between this lawsuit and the other lawsuit that we have filed is that CNN is a very significant media organization with a much broader reach than say The Washington Post. It has a Twitter followers of 41 million people. It published four videos. Nine online articles that were tweeted out. So that&#8217;s millions and millions and millions of repetitions of the lies and falsehoods that CNN spread.&#8221;

Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann Files Major Lawsuit Against NBC and MSNBC

Covington Catholic High School

Warning: Lewd content.
On Friday, <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/saturday-night-live-accused-plagiarizing-1203163172/">Variety</a> reported accusations of plagiarism against &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; by a comedic group who says the iconic show blatantly stole their ideas &#8212; and they&#8217;ve got evidence.
Two video sketches released by SNL over the last six months are eerily similar to sketches produced and published on YouTube years earlier by comedic group Temple Horses. One sketch aired by SNL last October titled &#8220;The Pumpkin Patch&#8221; features an owner of a pumpkin patch questioning his employees about an accusation that they had intercourse with some of the pumpkins. Another SNL sketch, &#8220;Pound Puppy,&#8221; released in mid-February, is a fake infomercial about a new product that allows couples to have sex without worrying about offending their dogs.
Both of the videos, Temple Horses co-founders Nick Ruggia and Ryan Hoffman said in a letter sent to NBC in February and obtained by Variety, were lifted from sketches their troupe published on YouTube back in 2014 and 2011: &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=219&amp;v=DwuDCcOnveA">F*** A Pumpkin</a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&amp;v=UAyVo7u5_0I">Pet Blinders</a>&#8221; (videos linked rather than embedded due to NSFW content).
In the Temple Horses&#8217; pumpkin sketch (uploaded Oct. 2014), an owner of a pumpkin patch is appalled by the lewd acts customers suggest performing on a pumpkin. &#8220;Pet Blinders&#8221; (uploaded Sep. 2011) is an infomercial advertising blinders for dogs so they don&#8217;t have to be traumatized by watching their owners getting intimate. The &#8220;Pound Puppy&#8221;/&#8221;Pet Blinders&#8221; videos are particularly similar. Variety explains:
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In the Temple Horses&#8217; &#8220;Pet Blinders&#8221; and the &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; sketch &#8220;Pound Puppy,&#8221; a fictional product is being sold that prevents pets from watching their owners perform sex acts. In the former, the product is a blind that goes over the pets&#8217; eyes. In the latter it is a large, dog-shaped blinder that the owners climb inside in order to have sex while obscured from their pets&#8217; field of vision. Each sketch, as the letter points out, uses &#8220;[three] separate settings for pet-interruption, introducing the pet owners&#8217; dilemma.&#8221; Each sketch uses a dog&#8217;s-eye-view and reverse shot. In each, a labrador retriever, a mid-size dog, and a custom-breed dog is used.
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&#8220;Imagine, one day you come home and it looks like somebody&#8217;s robbed your house,&#8221; Hoffman told Variety in an exclusive interview. &#8220;What do you want from that situation? We feel like somebody took our stuff, and this isn&#8217;t the kind of thing where you can just get it back or call your insurance company to have it replaced, so at this point we&#8217;re just speaking out about it.&#8221;
Ruggio and Hoffman told Variety that they received a verbal response to their letter from an NBC attorney about a week after they sent it and were told that an internal investigation found that the writers of both sketches &#8220;had independently developed the ideas for those sketches and found no similarities to the Temple Horses sketches that would be protected by copyright law,&#8221; Variety reports.
Variety&#8217;s SNL source confirmed Ruggio and Hoffman&#8217;s claim and said NBC is currently working on a more official response.
Below are the two videos produced by SNL followed by links to the Temple Horses&#8217; previously released sketches.
SNL&#8217;s &#8220;The Pumpkin Patch&#8221;:
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And here&#8217;s the link to Temple Horses&#8217; &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=219&amp;v=DwuDCcOnveA">F*** A Pumpkin</a>.&#8221;
SNL&#8217;s &#8220;Pound Puppy&#8221;:
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Here&#8217;s the link to Temple Horses&#8217; &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&amp;v=UAyVo7u5_0I">Pet Blinders</a>.&#8221;
<a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/saturday-night-live-accused-plagiarizing-1203163172/">Read Variety&#8217;s full report here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43592/alec-baldwin-says-trumps-snl-collusion-tweet-may-james-barrett">Alec Baldwin Says Trump&#8217;s SNL &#8216;Collusion&#8217; Tweet May Be Threat To His Family</a>

WATCH: Here Are The Sketches SNL Is Accused Of Plagiarizing

Saturday Night Live

Special Counsel Robert Mueller hasn&#8217;t found any collusion (yet). The House Intelligence Committee found no collusion. The Senate Intelligence committee found no collusion. No reporter has been able to find collusion (though they&#8217;ve tried and failed many times). But Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who now chairs the House Intel committee, is convinced that he will find collusion by hiring prosecutor-turned-pundit Daniel Goldman.
Goldman <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/05/house-intelligence-daniel-goldman-1204140">was described</a> by Politico as &#8220;a seasoned former Southern District of New York federal prosecutor with experience going after Russian organized crime.&#8221; Schiff hired Goldman to lead all of his committee&#8217;s investigations into President Donald Trump (because Schiff is convinced he&#8217;ll find it if he leaves no stone unturned).
Goldman&#8217;s credentials are impressive, having taken down Russian mobsters and some in the Genovese crime family. But he has since become a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC, and clearly believes in Trump&#8217;s wrongdoing. Asking him to lead a &#8220;professional investigation&#8221; when he clearly already has a particular outcome in mind is anything but professional.
&#8220;Under Chairman Schiff&#8217;s leadership, we intend to run a professional investigation designed to uncover the facts and the truth,&#8221; Goldman said of his hiring.
Schiff and other House Democrats are determined to investigate anything he can involving Trump. Politico notes that Schiff&#8217;s investigations are among other &#8220;probes targeting the president, his administration, his presidential campaign and his business empire.&#8221;
Democrats are still so upset they lost in 2016 they are willing to dig through Trump&#8217;s life to find something they can use against him. Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, led by chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44153/democrats-really-are-going-subpoena-trumps-taxes-ashe-schow">will subpoena Trump&#8217;s personal tax returns</a>, hoping to find quick ammo against him. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, led by chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), will investigate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44221/house-democrats-will-investigate-trump-obstruction-ashe-schow">whether Trump obstructed justice</a>.
Newsflash: The special counsel&#8217;s investigation is a counter-intelligence investigation that has found some criminal wrongdoing by former Trump officials. It is not actually a criminal investigation. Counter intelligence investigations <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-c-mccarthy-would-mueller-indict-trump-for-attempting-to-fire-mueller">are done for the president</a> (or, they&#8217;re supposed to be), so by definition he can&#8217;t obstruct them, as National Review&#8217;s Andy McCarthy has repeatedly written.
As The Daily Caller&#8217;s Chuck Ross <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/05/schiff-hires-msnbc-analyst/">reported</a>, Goldman&#8217;s prosecutorial chops have been diminished by his antipathy for Trump. Last December, Goldman whole-heartedly endorsed a McClatchy story that contained no evidence for its claims outside of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44319/mcclatchy-still-standing-its-evidence-free-thinly-ashe-schow">&#8220;two sources familiar with the matter</a>.&#8221;
Schiff himself has lost all credibility when it comes to leading a &#8220;professional investigation.&#8221; Schiff, reportedly, routinely leaves closed-door hearings. Minutes after he leaves, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44200/nagging-ethics-questions-regarding-democrat-house-ashe-schow">CNN breaks a story using leaks from the testimony</a>. It happened during Benghazi hearings and it happened when Donald Trump, Jr. testified behind closed doors. During former Trump attorney Michael Cohen&#8217;s testimony last week, Schiff left, and lo and behold, CNN had a scoop that Cohen provided documents that showed Trump&#8217;s lawyers changed his testimony, which Cohen gave in 2017 and which was false. CNN later had to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/06/cnn-update-michael-cohen-story/">issue a major correction</a> to the report. Last year, one of these leaks led to another major error for CNN, when it claimed Don Jr. received early access to Wikileaks documents. The media outlet reported the email with the links was sent on Sept. 4, 2016, when it was clearly sent on Sep. 14, after the documents had already been released.

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Adam Schiff

The Daily Caller

When Nick Sandmann, the 16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student, spoke to NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie, she asked: &#8220;Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology?&#8221; and &#8220;Do you see your own fault in any way?&#8221;
This question came days after video footage showed Sandmann and his fellow students were not acting in the harassing manner they were first accused of over the weekend, and they had not gone up to a Native American protester and harassed him, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42563/now-nathan-phillips-wants-meet-covington-teens-he-ashe-schow">as he originally claimed</a>.
No one in the left-wing media has asked Nathan Phillips, the Native American protester, if he owes anybody an apology or sees his own fault in any way, even after he initially lied about the encounter and called the teenagers &#8220;beasts&#8221; and a &#8220;lynch mob.&#8221;
So, I did.
I had received a press release from the Lakota People&#8217;s Law Project for an article earlier today, and decided to ask their press director, Jesse Phelps, if Phillips believed he owed anyone an apology &#8220;for his behavior and statements throughout this entire episode.&#8221;
Phelps responded, saying he loves &#8220;easy questions.&#8221;
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&#8220;Um&#8230;the answer is no. He&#8217;s an elder who was attempting to diffuse what he perceived as a dangerous situation &#8212; an objectively brave move given history both recent and past. He has nothing to apologize for. The kids who performed the tomahawk chop and greeted him with war whoops, on the other hand, most certainly do.&#8221;
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I followed up by asking if Phelps was sure, considering what Phillips had called the students in print over the past few days. Again, Phelps said &#8220;no&#8221;:
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&#8220;From his perspective, they apparently resembled a lynch mob, etc. That is his valid perspective &#8212; Native people are confronted with blatant racism, mostly from the right, every day. Given the sad history of this nation&#8212;built as it on colonialism, racism, slavery and the ongoing repression of people of color&#8212;the behavior of the students, and the gear they chose to wear, it&#8217;s not hard to understand&#8212;is it? Nevertheless, he went in to make peace.&#8221;
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Phelps added that Phillips never defended the Black Israelite&#8217;s offensive statements and that &#8220;no mistake, the things they said to those kids were terrible. Awful.&#8221;
Phillips may very well believe &#8212; now, after his initial claim that he was just trying to get out of what looked a bad situation &#8212; that he was trying to &#8220;diffuse&#8221; the tension between the Covington Catholic teenagers who were singing school spirit songs and the Black Hebrew Israelites who were hurling racial and other slurs. Sandmann seems to believe he was trying to diffuse an awkward situation by remaining &#8220;motionless and calm.&#8221;
Both may be correct in their perceptions, and both appear to be wrong about their perceptions of the incident, at least in regard to each other.
Nathan Phillips now wants to meet the students. Nick Sandmann had already said he would be willing to meet. If Sandmann is asked if he should apologize, it&#8217;s only fair that Phillips is asked as well.

I Asked If Nathan Phillips Believes He Owes Anyone An Apology. Here’s The Response I Received.

Media Bias

Race

Rumors surrounding a possible reboot of the beloved NBC mockumentary &#8220;The Office&#8221; have resurfaced over the last few months. Showrunner, actor, and executive producer Paul Lieberstein <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/paul-lieberstein-is-so-much-more-than-toby-from-the-office?via=twitter_page">floated</a> a &#8220;one-off special&#8221; on Friday and a recent &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBoaVkaWQy8">cold open</a> featuring lead actor Steve Carell which had &#8220;Office&#8221; fans salivating.
But &#8220;The Office&#8221; as we knew it will never, ever come back. At least not until the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/39864/2019-year-wokescolds-ben-shapiro">Wokescolds</a>, as Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro has aptly dubbed them, have been defeated.
&#8220;The Office&#8221; was treasured by so many for a multitude of reasons &#8212; not the least of which was the off-beat, politically incorrect humor. Michael Scott, played by Carell to perfection, routinely spilled anti-PC lines that would have grievance bloggers rifling off screeds about the &#8220;problematic&#8221; show in no time.
Michael&#8217;s reoccurring &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk352i0FUeQ">Ping</a>&#8221; character would get the show canned in the current year. SJWs would lose their minds over the boss&#8217; interactions with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Witch_Hunt">gay accountant Oscar Martinez</a>. Michael almost killing himself while trying to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sBC3YCTn_o">fake kill himself</a> would spark endless blogs about the brutal insensitivity toward mental illness. The entirety of the &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLp8pjqwlsc">Diversity Day</a>&#8221; episode would make heads explode.
These reactions would, of course, completely miss the point of the bits&#8217; importance, but nonetheless, they would exist. And as we all know too well: the squeaky hysterical liberal gets the grease.
There is already evidence of such an outrageous reaction, too. Expressing retroactive outrage, a 2017 <a href="http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/02/03/unpopular-opinion-the-office-is-very-problematic/">blog post</a> from Affinity Magazine lamented the &#8220;problematic&#8221; nature of &#8220;The Office.&#8221; The outrage blog <a href="http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/02/03/unpopular-opinion-the-office-is-very-problematic/">whines</a> in part:
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All of the POC and the one LGBT+ character on the show are constantly harassed and teased about their race/sexuality. The female characters are written passively and blandly, and for most of them, male characters are their main motivation. A serious abusive relationship between two characters, Jan and Michael, is glossed over because Jan is the abusive one, and when men are abused, it&#8217;s comedy, apparently. But the biggest problem with The Office is the main character himself, Michael Scott. &#8230; Michael Scott is racist. He repeatedly makes racist comments towards his coworkers, for which he is rarely reprimanded. He is sexist, and he verbally and sometimes physically harasses his female coworkers. He is incredibly homophobic; in fact, he even outed one of his employees, Oscar Martinez (who is also the only gay character on the show).
</blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/39874/move-over-friends-millennials-now-find-seinfeld-ashe-schow">highlighted</a> by The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ashe Schow on Wednesday, millennial Wokescolds have already come for beloved sitcoms &#8220;Friends&#8221; and &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; for their, yes, &#8220;problematic&#8221; nature.
Even Carell himself has admitted that &#8220;The Office&#8221; would never work in today&#8217;s climate.
It &#8220;might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted 10 years ago. The climate&#8217;s different,&#8221; Carell <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23695483/steve-carell-beautiful-boy-interview-2018/">told</a> Esquire, adding, &#8220;I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior. &#8230; A lot of what is depicted on that show is completely wrong-minded. That&#8217;s the point, you know? But I just don&#8217;t know how that would fly now. There&#8217;s a very high awareness of offensive things today&#8212;which is good, for sure. But at the same time, when you take a character like that too literally, it doesn&#8217;t really work.&#8221;
Now, this is not to say that an &#8220;Office&#8221;-style show is not exactly what is needed at the moment. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/39899/mcallister-ricky-gervais-right-his-unapologetic-dc-mcallister">noted</a> by Daily Wire columnist DC McAllister, allowing only policed Woke humor does us more harm than good. Politically incorrect humor, on the other hand, helps to heal our wounds and closes our divides:
<blockquote>
Accusations and realities of racism, sexism and bigotry are like pitchforks in our hands. We can&#8217;t laugh anymore when faced with these sacred cows of the PC culture. Hence, the divide widens. The isolation intensifies. The sickness worsens. We need medicine. We need humor, even when it&#8217;s offensive &#8212; especially when it&#8217;s offensive. Let&#8217;s, therefore, try to laugh more in 2019. Then we might be able to love more.
</blockquote>
As a hardcore fan of the show, &#8220;The Office&#8221; coming back is a bad idea because why mess with perfection? But my impeccable opinion aside, the real reason it won&#8217;t get a reboot is because we&#8217;re still in the Age of the Wokescolds.

Rumors Heat Up Over Potential Reboot Of ‘The Office.’ Here’s Why It Won’t Happen.

Political Correctness

&#8220;We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: Making you afraid of it, and telling you who&#8217;s to blame for it.&#8221; &#8212; President Andrew Shephard, The American President
That quote perfectly sums up the Democrats&#8217; fixation on Russia, and the alleged collusion committed by President Trump&#8217;s campaign during the 2016 presidential campaign. The canard was first floated by two-time loser Hillary Clinton as an excuse for her loss to a TV reality show star. But Democrats have kept the bogus story alive for (now) more than two years &#8212; with nary an ort of evidence.
But the Democrats have spent the last two years trying to make Americans afraid of it, and, of course, blaming Trump himself for it.
And you know who cares? Virtually no one.
As part of the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, several news organizations conducted exit polls, asking voters why they voted as they did and what issues they cared about most. Some 41% of voters said health care was their top issue, followed by 23% favoring immigration reform, 21% citing the economy and 11% saying gun policy, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls">CNN</a> reported.
That&#8217;s 96%. After that, more than a dozen issues pulled 1%. But Russia/collusion wasn&#8217;t even one of those! The amount voters cared about alleged collusion was literally immeasurable.
The CNN poll was able to measure how voters feel about the probe being run by special counsel Robert Mueller. A majority (54%) viewed the Russia investigation as &#8220;politically motivated.&#8221; Just 41% disagreed. And a plurality (46%) disapproved of Mueller&#8217;s handling of it, while 42% approved.
In other recent polls, NBC News found only 42% of voters approve of Mueller&#8217;s handling, while 45% disapprove. What&#8217;s more, only 61 percent of Democrats approve of Mueller. And a CBS News poll found that 53% think the Russia investigation is politically motivated, with only 44% saying it is justified.
With Democrats taking control of the House, the numbers stand as a clear warning. Democrats have vowed to launch numerous investigations into Trump, but the exit poll findings show Americans care little about Russia and the Mueller probe.

EXIT POLLS: Voters Don’t Care About Russia ‘Collusion,’ Mueller Probe

Robert Mueller

The backlash against President Trump&#8217;s anti-illegal immigration ad linking the approaching caravan with a cop killer has become so severe that CNN refused to air it, later prompting both Fox News and NBC to pull it after airing.
The controversial ad contrasts video of <a data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="5" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:4;elm:context_link;itc:0" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/02/trumps-new-immigration-ad-was-panned-racist-turns-out-it-was-also-based-falsehood/?utm_term=.0c95093b621e">Luis Bracamontes</a>, an illegal immigrant who gunned down two police officers in 2014, with the approaching migrant caravan from Honduras and quotes from someone within that caravan saying they have prior felonies.
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It is outrageous what the Democrats are doing to our Country. Vote Republican now! <a href="https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh">https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh</a> <a href="https://t.co/2crea9HF7G">pic.twitter.com/2crea9HF7G</a>
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1057728445386539008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/37861/trump-releases-controversial-ad-connecting-killer-ben-shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a>, the ad makes a broad point about not properly vetting people who enter the country illegally, a message that critics are overlooking:
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Trump&#8217;s broader argument in the ad is obvious: we don&#8217;t know who is coming into our country. Democrats don&#8217;t want to bother to find out; they want to retain catch-and-release policies that allow people to approach our border and then stay in the country illegally. We don&#8217;t know who is in the caravan, and that&#8217;s the point &#8211; there could be criminals in that caravan. Yet some Democrats seem intent on allowing nearly everyone from the caravan in without serious vetting.
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President Trump is also not the only person to cite Bracamontes as a cautionary tale about illegal immigration. Here&#8217;s what <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/us/mexican-held-in-shootings-was-deported-after-arrests.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=U.S.&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=EndOfArticle&amp;pgtype=article">The New York Times</a> said of the story back in 2014:
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The case could create a new problem for the Obama administration, as officials weigh steps the president could take after the Nov. 4 elections to expand protections from deportation for immigrants here illegally. Emerging details of the suspect&#8217;s history &#8212; he gave his second last name in court in Sacramento on Tuesday as Bracamontes, not Bracamonte &#8212; show that he crossed the southwest border at least twice in a wave of illegal immigration more than a decade ago, then used several aliases and stayed out of trouble just enough to elude detection as the Obama administration ramped up deportations in recent years and expanded systems to identify foreigners who committed crimes.
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The context of the video has been overlooked and has instead been denounced as racist. While CNN refused to give the ad air time, both Fox News and NBC allowed it before eventually pulling it.
According to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-racist-ad-airs-nbc_us_5bdfd222e4b09d43e3204de5">HuffPo</a>, &#8220;NBC on Sunday aired a controversial political ad paid for by President <a data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="1" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump&#8217;s</a> campaign during the prime-time commercial breaks for Sunday Night Football.&#8221;
&#8220;The company was widely lambasted for airing it,&#8221; HuffPo continued. &#8220;On Monday morning, an NBC Universal spokesperson said the company recognizes &#8216;the insensitive nature of the ad and have decided to cease airing it across our properties as soon as possible.'&#8221;
Fox News quickly followed in NBC&#8217;s footsteps.
&#8220;Upon further review, Fox News pulled the ad yesterday and it will not appear on either Fox News Channel or Fox Business Network,&#8221; Marianne Gambelli, Fox News&#8217; president of advertisement sales, told CNN in a statement.
The ad was not submitted to either ABC or CBS, according to sources close with CNN.
On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr. blasted CNN for refusing to run the ad, which prompted the network to respond on Twitter, saying it was &#8220;abundantly clear&#8221; the ad was racist.
&#8220;CNN has made it abundantly clear in its editorial coverage that this ad is racist,&#8221; the network said. &#8220;When presented with an opportunity to be paid to take a version of this ad, we declined. Those are the facts.&#8221;

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