President Trump supported the NFL’s decision to change its rules to prohibit players from kneeling during the national anthem, so the mainstream media opposed it – often stretching or appearing to misrepresent the truth in the process. The NFL announced Wednesday that league owners voted unanimously to require all personnel on the field to “stand […]
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Eric Reid, an NFL safety, joined former teammate Colin Kaepernick in suing the league for collusion. Reid, and Kaepernick in his own lawsuit, allege that NFL owners colluded not to hire Reid or Kaepernick because they knelt in protest during the national anthem on the grounds that it would be “bad business” for the league and […]
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As NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk tackles NFL news, it has, like many sports journalists, taken the side of national-anthem-protesting athletes such as Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. Both athletes kneeled during the playing of the U.S. national anthem and were teammates in San Francisco, Calif. Both athletes remain unsigned by professional teams. Pro Football […]
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CNN’s latest article, headlined, “Donald Trump’s unrelenting war with the NFL,” went all-in on the friction between the two. Trump has been critical of professional football players and their protest during the playing of the American national anthem during his first year in office, and right before this year’s Super Bowl game in a social media […]
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The media covered the National Football League’s rejection of a veterans group advertisement, which is a direct criticism of the league’s national anthem protests by its players. The veterans group, AMVETS, or American Veterans, applied to run an advertisement asking people to stand for the American national anthem. The league denied the application, and the […]
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A Harris poll found that 60% of fans of the National Football League (NFL) disapproved of how the league office handled the protests during the playing of the national anthem. Only Townhall, a conservative media website, Mediate and The Hill covered the poll’s findings. Major media outlets did not cover the news on their websites, such […]
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An owner of a professional football league franchise in the National Football League (NFL) criticized President Donald Trump for interfering in the league’s affairs regarding their handling of player protests during the playing of the American national anthem. But, the owner remained anonymous and would not agree to be named: At least one National Football […]
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Papa John’s Pizza owner John Schnatter blamed the NFL national anthem controversy this week for a $70 million decline in sales during the last quarter, but the mainstream media was having none of it. Slate’s story, headlined, “Papa John’s Blames Falling Sales on NFL Players Kneeling During the National Anthem (Seriously),” conceded “there is a […]
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NBC News disregarded the role of NFL cheerleaders, asking why they don’t take a knee during the national anthem in solidarity with the players’ protests. NFL cheerleaders are not compensated much for their work on the field and sidelines during games. While they serve as the teams’ public relations ambassadors, they may take home just $100 per […]
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TickPick, an online ticket sales vendor, reported that there was a 17.9 percent drop in ticket sales this past week compared to the previous week. The vendor could not confirm whether the NFL athletes’ protests during the playing of the American national anthem were the leading factor in the decline ticket sales. Compared to last […]
Continue Reading5/24/2018 - Media Implies It Was Trump Himself Who Changed NFL Protest Rules
5/4/2018 - Another Player Files Suit Against NFL for Unemployment Following National Anthem Protests
4/25/2018 - NBC Laments NFL’s Unofficial Ban on Kaepernick, Reid Over National Anthem Protests
2/5/2018 - CNN Goes All-In on Trump’s ‘Unrelenting War’ on the NFL
1/24/2018 - Media Covers NFL’s Rejection of Veterans Group Ad on Standing for the National Anthem
1/14/2018 - Anonymous NFL Owner Blasts President Trump for Allegedly Dividing Fans over Anthem Protests
11/3/2017 - Papa John’s Blames NFL Protests For Sales Decline – But Media Won’t Have It
10/15/2017 - NBC News Asks Why NFL Cheerleaders Don’t Protest
9/30/2017 - NFL Protest Backlash? 17% Drop in NFL Ticket Sales for Online Vendor
9/30/2017 - Colin Kaepernick Donated $25,000 to Organization Named after Cop Killer
9/29/2017 - Media Bashes Trump Over ‘Unpopular’ NFL Tweets
9/28/2017 - NFL Running Out of Time to Address Protests
9/27/2017 - Sportswriter Peter King Hands Political Commentary to Sports Fans
9/27/2017 - Reporter Laments NFL Protests Losing Sight of Kaepernick’s Original Goal
9/26/2017 - NFL Players Protest National Anthem on Gold Star Mother’s Day
9/13/2017 - All Sports Journalists Talk about is Colin Kaepernick
7/31/2017 - Media Disputes Notion that More NFL Viewers Turned Off Games due to National Anthem Protest
6/22/2017 - NFL Puts Pressure on Texas over Transgender Bathroom Bill
5/3/2017 - NFL Athlete Thinks Colin Kaepernick is being Blackballed for Anthem Protest
4/3/2017 - Former NFL Executive: Colin Kaepernick is Unemployed because He’s a Bad Quarterback, Not the Protest
4/3/2017 - NFL Coach: No, Kaepernick hasn’t been ‘Blackballed’ over Anthem Protest
3/19/2017 - Colin Kaepernick, of National Anthem Protest Fame, Still Unsigned by NFL Teams
3/3/2017 - NFL QB Colin Kaepernick Ends National Anthem Protest after becoming a Free Agent
2/13/2017 - Dear Liberal Media, Athletes have Skipped White House Meeting Before
11/24/2016 - Thanksgiving Edition of the Bias Buzz Podcast!
10/20/2016 - Bias Buzz Podcast: Who Won the Last Debate, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
9/16/2016 - Descendant of National Anthem Writer Blasts NFL QB Kaepernick for Protest Method
9/1/2016 - Liberal Media Bias in Covering NFL QB Kaepernick’s Remarks about Hillary Clinton
8/31/2016 - Fox News Doesn’t Cover Some Veterans’ Support of Embattled NFL QB Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest
8/29/2016 - Sports Illustrated Writer Defends Colin Kaepernick’s Decision to Sit During the National Anthem
8/29/2016 - Liberal News Media Praise NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s Decision to Sit During the National Anthem
8/17/2016 - Controversial DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier Retires, to Join NFL Security
6/20/2016 - Private School Bans Redskins Name and Logo from Campus
5/23/2016 - Activist: Poll on Washington Redskins Name “is Absurd…Trivializes” Native Americans
5/20/2016 - Poll: 9 in 10 Native Americans Not Offended by Washington Redskins Name
5/20/2016 - NFL to Pay Back Federal Gov’t some $723,734 for Military Recognition Ceremonies at Games
4/15/2016 - Tim Tebow for Congress? Retirement Leads to Some Grumblings
3/7/2016 - Peyton Manning Retires
2/8/2016 - At Super Bowl Halftime Show, Beyonce Paid Homage to Black Panthers
2/8/2016 - NFL Announces Hall of Fame Entrants: Brett Favre, Kenny Stabler among Entrants
2/7/2016 - Super Bowl 50 Pits Broncos vs. Panthers
1/13/2016 - NFL’s Rams to Relocate to Los Angeles, Chargers could Join Them
1/12/2016 - The Liberal Media’s ‘Heroic’ Stand on the Washington Redskins’ Name
12/28/2015 - Key Source in Al Jazeera’s HGH Report Recants Story
12/28/2015 - Peyton Manning, NFL QB, Critical of Al Jazeera HGH Report that Named Him
12/23/2015 - Washington Redskins, NFL team, Wins Appeal Case in Trademark
11/5/2015 - Defense Dept Slammed for Paying for Patriotic Events at Sports Games
9/21/2015 - INFOGRAPHIC: 3 Ways the Government Wastes Your Taxpayer Dollars
9/7/2015 - INFOGRAPHIC: American Taxpayers Subsidize NFL Stadiums
6/12/2015 - NFL Player Moonlights as an Uber Driver
5/12/2015 - NFL Suspends Tom Brady for 4 Games, Docks Patriots 2 Draft Picks and $1 Million
5/7/2015 - DeflateGate Investigation Ends, finds Patriots Probably Deflated Footballs
5/5/2015 - Former Green Beret signs NFL Contract
4/29/2015 - NFL is No Longer Tax-Exempt
3/17/2015 - NFL Player Retires after 1 Season due to Fears of Head Injuries
2/1/2015 - Aaron Rodgers named NFL MVP, not JJ Watt
1/29/2015 - Hosting the Super Bowl isn’t a Good Thing
1/21/2015 - Deflate-Gate: New England Patriots used Under-Inflated Game Balls
6/19/2014 - U.S. Patent Office Revokes Trademarks for Washington Redskins Franchise
10/15/2013 - Take That Bob Costas: Anti-Redskins Leader isn’t a Tribe Leader, says report
6/20/2013 - Putin steals Super Bowl ring
