Bob Costas once said that the NBAâs social justice messaging was alienating its fans, and Bob Costas is a very smart man. Ratings numbers for the NBAâs Western Conference Finals are coming in and though theyâre way up from last yearâs pandemic-plagued season, they are way down from 2019. As Sports Media Watch reports: Tuesdayâs…
NYT: Black Lives Matter Support Has Dropped Back to 2019 Levels
May 24, 2021 by
Adrian Kraus / Associated Press Support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), the movement that alleges âsystemic racismâ in policing in the United States (and in general), soared after the death of George Floyd but has fallen back to levels last seen in 2019, the New York Times reports. According to an essay by academics Jennifer Chudy and…
MSNBC Members Use Photo from 2019 to Shame Miami Spring Breakers over Coronavirus
March 23, 2021 by
Reporters and contributors from MSNBC attempted to shame Floridaâs spring break tourism boom â with a photograph from a year before the coronavirus pandemic began. âTodayâs center of the #COVIDIOTS universe is Miami Beach, Florida,â MSNBC analyst and University of Miami professor Fernand R. Amandi tweeted Sunday morning. Accompanying the message was a picture of…
American Airlines Flies Passengers on Boeing 737 Max for First Time Since March 2019
January 3, 2021 by
This week, the Boeing 737 Max returned to the commercial airways with a three-hour American Airlines flight between Miami and New York City. Tuesdayâs flight marked the first time that a Boeing 737 Max transported commercial passengers since the plane was grounded in 2019 following two fatal crashes. According to a report by Business Insider,…