Assaulting someone is unacceptable, but that doesn’t make tasteless jokes tasteful — TRIGGER WARNING: This story is about, and contains video of, an act of assault. Reader discretion is advised. At last night’s Academy Awards (colloquially called the Oscars), actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face after Rock made an offensive joke mocking Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia, a medical…

Multiple music artists have pulled their music from Spotify in response to podcast host Joe Rogan’s dangerous anti-public health views — You may have heard about multiple prominent music artists, most notably Neil Young, pulling their music from Spotify. Spotify is a music and podcast streaming service that is best-known for hosting The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by anti-public health zealot Joe Rogan.

Business Insider political reporter’s work cuts through the noise when the noise is strongest — Since the start of the previous calendar year, America has witnessed an attempted overthrow of an incoming Administration and contentious political moments over issues like voting rights, the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic future of America. I’ll be the first to admit that watching or reading political journalism typically…

Not all local television markets are created equal. That’s because of various influences predating cable, satellite, and streaming… — SERIES NOTE: This story is the first story in a multiple-part series titled Gerrymandered Television. When most people think of gerrymandering, you probably think of partisan efforts to draw congressional or state legislative districts to give one political party an unfair advantage over another political party.

On January 6, 2021, far-right extremists, incited by Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mo Brooks, and others on the far right of the political… — On January 6, 2021, far-right extremists, incited by Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mo Brooks, and others on the far right of the political spectrum violently attempted to overthrow the incoming Administration before it could take office by disrupting the official preceding to certify the Electoral College vote from the 2020…

During Sunday’s NFL game between the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the hosting New York Jets, Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown… — During Sunday’s NFL game between the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the hosting New York Jets, Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown got into an argument on the sideline, took his helmet, jersey, and upper body pads off, and walked off the field during the third quarter of the game while…

Welcome to my brand-new publication on Medium, HexHive! I’m Aaron Apollo Camp, the author of this new and exciting Medium publication. — Welcome to my brand-new publication on Medium, HexHive! I’m Aaron Apollo Camp, the author of this new and exciting Medium publication. Every couple of years or so, I’ve felt the urge to completely rebrand my online presence for one reason or another. …

The GEICO High School Football Kickoff featured a lopsided game featuring a team from a possibly non-existent high school — It’s not an everyday occurrence for an athlete or team to straight-up con and/or defraud themselves into a televised sporting event, although it has happened in the past. Perhaps the most infamous example of an athlete or team conning and/or defrauding prior to this year occurred in the 1982 Winston…

Nassib, a defensive end for the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, is the first active-roster NFL player to come out as gay. — Carl Nassib is not the first NFL player to come out as gay. There have been numerous football players at various levels of the sport to come out as gay. Michael Sam was the first NFL player to be drafted, and play a preseason game, after coming out as gay…