Pick and Troll

“Fox News’ fixation on the league dawned on me slowly, especially since I don’t consume Fox News myself. The first clue came at a family gathering. A conservative relative started name-dropping WNBA players, praising superstar Caitlin Clark while parroting right-wing conspiracy theories about Black players. This person has never seen a WNBA game in their life. But they do mainline Fox News on cable TV.” A very interesting analysis about how the pathetic jerks at Fox News can spoil anything, even something as awesome and uplifting as the WNBA. Melanie Walsh with Jan Diehm in The Pudding: Why is Fox News obsessed with the WNBA? This is about one sport, but it’s really about the way Fox News covers everything, and it will help explain where your crazy uncle got the ideas he’ll be sharing over Thanksgiving dinner.