{"id":2028515,"date":"2023-09-11T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ultimate-espn-smackdown-look-who-they-had-to-feature-on-its-moderna-shot-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T19:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:37:45","slug":"ultimate-espn-smackdown-look-who-they-had-to-feature-on-its-moderna-shot-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ultimate-espn-smackdown-look-who-they-had-to-feature-on-its-moderna-shot-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s &#8216;Moderna Shot of the Day&#8217; features top contenders in an epic showdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fultimate-espn-smackdown-look-who-they-had-to-feature-on-its-moderna-shot-of-the-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The 143rd U.S. Open: ESPN&#8217;s \u200cControversial Coverage<\/h2>\n<p>The 143rd U.S. Open has come \u200bto a close,\u2062 and it&#8217;s safe to \u200csay that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-fox-news-snub-white-house-pulls-biden-out-of-traditional-pregame-super-bowl-interview\/\" title=\"In Fox News Snub, White House Pulls Biden Out Of Traditional Pregame Super Bowl Interview\">network airing<\/a> it,\u2064 ESPN, is probably relieved\u2063 it&#8217;s\u200d over.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN broadcasted the \u20632023 U.S. Open, but unfortunately, it faced \u200ctwo major controversies due to the winners: American\u200d Coco Gauff and\u200c Serbian \u2062tennis\u2063 star Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Gauff was largely ESPN&#8217;s fault. The network attempted to downplay her public display of faith after she won the women&#8217;s crown.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Djokovic\u200b controversy was out of ESPN&#8217;s control, and surprisingly, it turned out \u200dto\u2062 be quite glorious.<\/p>\n<h3>The Djokovic Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>Before we delve \u200cinto the controversy, let&#8217;s cover \u200ca few key points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Djokovic vehemently opposes \u200dtaking the COVID-19 vaccine and has managed to\u2064 avoid it so far.<\/li>\n<li>ESPN has fired employees in the past for not getting vaccinated.<\/li>\n<li>Moderna, \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ultimate-espn-smackdown-look-who-they-had-to-feature-on-its-moderna-shot-of-the-day\/\" title=\"ESPN's 'Moderna Shot of the Day' features top contenders in an epic showdown.\">prominent pharmaceutical company<\/a> \u200cand advocate for\u200d vaccine mandates, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-china-co-opted-the-olympics\/\" title=\"How China Co-Opted the Olympics\">major sponsor<\/a>\u200d of the U.S. Open.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now,\u200c watch the clip below to understand the controversy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Moderna Shot Of The Day<br \/>\n  \u2062 Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic wins the \u200dUS\u200d Open<br \/>\n  \u2064  \u201cThere were a lot \u200cof shots that were highly impactful.\u201d<br \/>\n  \u2062Brought\u200d to you by Moderna <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X6E0WgPZCH\">pic.twitter.com\/X6E0WgPZCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FreeThinkerFitness (@FreeThinkerFit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeThinkerFit\/status\/1701022951779520684?\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Djokovic defeated defending champion Carlos Alcaraz \u200din the Men&#8217;s Finals, and ESPN, as usual, showed the clinching shot \u200din\u200c a replay. Interestingly, that replay was sponsored by Moderna.<\/p>\n<p>While ESPN avoided discussing Djokovic&#8217;s vaccination status, others\u2062 immediately noticed the incredible irony of \u2063the reigning U.S. Open champion refusing to take the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>OutKick&#8217;s Clay Travis tweeted, &#8220;The\u200d Moderna Shot of\u200d the \u200bDay:\u2063 Novak Djokovic, who refused to get the worthless covid \u2062shot, winning the championship. This\u2063 just aired on @espn. Incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While this writer may not go as far as calling the\u200d vaccine \u200b&#8221;worthless,&#8221;\u200c it\u2063 is fair to question\u200d its efficacy given the limited data available.<\/p>\n<p>What can be condemned,\u2062 however, are the individuals who believed it \u200bwas \u2064necessary to \u2064inject an unknown cocktail\u2064 of drugs into people&#8217;s bodies under the threat \u2064of consequences.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN and Moderna\u2064 are not the only ones guilty of promoting this mandate.\u2062 Hospitals, businesses, and government employers also\u2062 forced their\u200c workers to comply, which is far from the principles America was built upon.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s quite amusing to see ESPN and Moderna highlighting a\u200c Serbian tennis star who embodies more American values than these\u2062 two\u2063 entities combined.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it couldn&#8217;t have happened to a more deserving pair.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ultimate-espn-smackdown-look-feature-moderna-shot-day\/\">Ultimate ESPN Smackdown: Look Who They Had to Feature on Its &#8216;Moderna Shot of the Day&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and Djokovic victories at the 143rd U.S. Open dealt a blow to ESPN, who may be relieved that the tournament has concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2028516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}