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Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy Exposes Washington Post's Cancel Activism
Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports exposed a Washington Post effort to pressure sponsors to abandon a food festival he organized for Sep. 23.
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Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy Exposes Washington Post’s Cancel Activism
Dave Portnoy, the founder and owner of the Barstool Sports media empire, took to Twitter on Wednesday to expose a Washington Post effort to pressure sponsors to abandon a food festival he has organized for Sep. 23.
View: https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1704574353415823411
Portnoy called Washington Post food reporter Emily Heil, and — after telling her he was recording the call — to confronted her about the fact that she had referred to him as a misogynist in contacting festival sponsors.
When Heil denied that she had done so, Portnoy read her an e-mail that she had sent to one of the sponsors. She then admitted using more pointed language in the email, she said, to ensure that she would receive a response.
Portnoy accused Heil of preparing a “hit piece” on him, whereupon she said she had planned to contact him the following morning (Thursday). He asked if he could see the article before providing comment; she refused.
Later, Portnoy took to Twitter to note that the Washington Post had canceled the original Thursday morning call.
View: https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1704642573975839018
The tactic Portnoy exposed — censorship via media queries — is not uncommon. It has been used in recent years by a variety of center-left outlets, in an effort to pressure advertisers to drop rival media publications.
As shown in Portnoy’s case, the journalist typically includes a hostile claim about the target company or individual in a media query to an advertiser, asking if that advertiser intends to continue supporting the target, then reports — as news — that advertisers are dropping the target.
It is, critics argue, a form of censorship under the cover of journalism.