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Matching Media Memorandum – VARIOUS OUTLETS
Hey, everyone is raging about this, no need to look into whether it is a sane idea!
So the uproar over Sydney Sweeney becoming a spokeswoman continues, as if at no other time in our nation’s history has a company employed a comely female to sell products. Many leftists are losing their ever-loving minds on social media, accusing Sweeney and American Eagle Outfitters of pushing eugenics, Nazism, racism, and sexism. It has all been remarkably stupid.
Which means, of course, the press felt the need to get in on the act.
The Washington Post declared how the ad went wrong for the company, as it realized hundreds of millions in new market capitalization in a matter of days.
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USA Today saw fit to pile on with the coverage, listing off the accusations of the outrage, and “Good Morning America” also piggybacked on the hysteria. NBC News also brought up the eugenics charge.
MSNBC went the furthest, declaring the ads “an unbridled cultural shift towards whiteness.” That this was written by a distinctly white female was noticed by some.
According to MSNBC whiteness is ugly and startling. Sounds kinda racist… pic.twitter.com/z5hlx0BKCk
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) July 29, 2025
DNC PR Firm – WASHINGTON POST
Hopefully, the neutral news outlet will solve this problem…for the Dems.
The Democratic Party has numerous issues to contend with, and one of those is the gulf of support with men. Recall the Harris campaign tried to manipulate male voters into the K-Hive by coming up with asinine promotions like “White Dudes For Harris.”
Now, WaPo is digging up the metrics from a study that shows most male voters regard the Democrats as lacking in anyone they would consider a masculine role model. The lone exception was Barack Obama, former President Mom-Jeans himself.
As humorous as all that is, the other component is in trying to imagine the Washington Post doing a similarly serious dive into how the GOP could recover a voting sector.
ICYMI: Democrats have lost young men. We talked to them about why they've moved right and how Dems can win them back. Read more from the @washingtonpost: https://t.co/hAnI3pCG5g
— Third Way (@ThirdWayTweet) July 30, 2025
News Avoidance Syndrome – Minnesota Star-Tribune
It seems you left off a few niggling details there…
So we have moved from “Maryland father” to “Wisconsin driver?"
In the latest example of the press adjusting the impression of ICE activity, the Minnesota outlet looked at a case of a woman being deported, and seemingly tried to drum up sympathy, after she killed two in a drunk driving incident. That alone defies common sense, but there was clearly an effort to obfuscate, describing her merely as a “driver.” Omitted was that she is an illegal from Honduras, had a revoked license (how she obtained one in the first place is a question), and previously was charged with a DWI.
We don't know, but those seem kind of like pertinent details.
ICE wants to deport Wisconsin driver charged with being drunk, causing crash that killed 2 Minnesota teens https://t.co/DlhAxNj9bY
— The Minnesota Star Tribune (@StarTribune) July 28, 2025
Anti-Social Media – THE BULWARK
How dare those people notice the content that was put out there.
The unhinged gang at The Bulwark is showing its desperation. In an effort to demonize the religious right over the immigration issue, the notable antagonistic-toward-the-devout journalists played the tired card of invoking the Bible they despise to demean the Christian whom they despise. They found a case of immigration agents arresting an individual who was a day laborer with the Lord's name, and used him to make a point.
His Name Is Jesus.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 30, 2025
He’s a Carpenter.
ICE Arrested Him.https://t.co/iLhL6ACvz4
It then became amusing when Sam Stein became intemperate for being called out on this display, and looked pathetic when complaining about it.
they need to come up with a different format for media criticism the whole "you may think you hate..." thing feels tired. https://t.co/Yj3xdBoJmk
— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 30, 2025
Reporting on the Mirror – CBS NEWS
This really is not going to help, guys.
As CBS continues to roil internally in the wake of the settlement with Donald Trump, the network does not seem intent on learning a lesson. Recently, we covered how the entire staff of anchors at “60 Minutes” declared in a petulant snit that they might walk if the network did not hire their choice of replacement for the departed Executive Producer Bill Owens, who quit with the settlement fallout.
Well, CBS hired its choice of replacement. Tanya Simon was named as the Owens replacement, indicating there may be little in the form of actual change on the news program.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tanya Simon has been named executive producer of @60Minutes, America's #1 news program. Simon is the 4th executive producer in the broadcast’s 57-year history, and the first woman to helm the storied CBS newsmagazine.
— CBS News PR (@CBSNewsPress) July 24, 2025
⏱️⏱️⏱️https://t.co/A30xkVH1In pic.twitter.com/6RU4D8fzvF
Reporting on the Mirror – E!
Less a loss for journalism than a harbinger of change for the new entity.
It was not exactly jarring news to hear of another show’s demise, lost amid the outrage over Stephen Colbert’s non-cancellation. But it is an indicator of what lies ahead for others, such as MSNBC.
On the cable network E!, it was announced that they would cease broadcasting the signature info-tainment program, “E! News," after a 32-year run, remaining only as a digital portal on the channel’s website. The reason why the loss of the gossipy Hollywood show might be significant is that E! is part of the new spun-off entity, Versant – the collection of cable channels that NBC-Universal cut loose from its portfolio, which includes MSNBC.
Considering that a relatively inexpensive production like this was axed could be a sign of the new financial structure the channels in Versant’s stable might have to contend with going forward.
‘E! News’ has been cancelled after over three decades on the air. pic.twitter.com/K1NHJeTJsS
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 24, 2025