{"id":2115506,"date":"2023-12-04T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-young-chiefs-fan-threatens-to-make-media-outlet-pay-for-racism-smear-report\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:23:21","slug":"family-of-young-chiefs-fan-threatens-to-make-media-outlet-pay-for-racism-smear-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-young-chiefs-fan-threatens-to-make-media-outlet-pay-for-racism-smear-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Chiefs Fan&#8217;s Family Threatens Media Outlet Over Racism Allegations: Report"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ffamily-of-young-chiefs-fan-threatens-to-make-media-outlet-pay-for-racism-smear-report%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=2115506&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>In the early makings of a situation eerily similar \u2064to the one that took down \u200cits former parent \u200ccompany, \u2063leftist sports\u200b site Deadspin is staring down quite a litigious \u2064future.<\/h2>\n<p>Deadspin found itself at the center of a raging controversy when it became the leading voice in a bizarre \u200bcrusade against\u2063 a young Kansas City Chiefs fan.<\/p>\n<p>The young boy, eventually revealed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/young-chiefs-fan-attacked-left-speaks-refuses-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holden Armenta<\/a>, was labeled and blasted as some sort of horrific racist\u200d when this image began going viral:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mahomes-mother-sends-mocking-message-to-brady-wife-gisele-bundchen\/\" title=\"Mahomes\u2019 Mother Sends Mocking Message To Brady Wife Gisele Bundchen\">chiefs fan<\/a>\u2062 is\u200d totally having a normal one <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cYEkIkAtPa\">pic.twitter.com\/cYEkIkAtPa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 charles (\u201cyou look good\u201d \u2013 andy reid) mcdonald (@FourVerts)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FourVerts\/status\/1728921923063791678?\">November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deadspin, which\u200b often likes to howl about \u2064intersectionality in sports,\u2064 lunged at the chance to throw the young Armenta under the proverbial bus, publishing \u2063a scathing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/roger-goodell-kansas-city-chiefs-fan-black-face-native-1851048905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> titled, \u200c\u201cThe NFL needs to \u200bspeak out\u200b against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in \u200cBlack face, Native headdress (UPDATE).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(And oh, what a petty update it is, but more on that \u2063shortly.)<\/p>\n<p>The issue arose, however, when it \u2063was revealed that all of these cries about \u201cblackface\u201d \u2064and racism were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-outlets-smear-young-kansas-city-chiefs-fan-racist-showing-part-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much ado about nothing<\/a> because the young Armenta was simply donning classic football \u201cwarpaint\u201d \u200bin the colors of the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick?\">@Outkick<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vBBlatB95a\">pic.twitter.com\/vBBlatB95a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burackbobby_\/status\/1729243515392262220?\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, if Armenta is racist, so too is pretty much any Pittsburgh Steelers or Las Vegas Raiders (two teams that prominently feature black as part of their respective color schemes) \u2064fan who has\u2063 ever worn \u201cwarpaint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Armenta, mother\u200c of the young Chiefs fan, further piled on Deadspin when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-young-chiefs-fan-crushes-racism-narrative-big-revelation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she revealed<\/a> that her son was actually part Native American.<\/p>\n<p>Some reporters, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports-journalist-admits-falling-smear-young-nfl-fan-apologizes-idiot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually had shame<\/a>,\u2063 apologized for the overly-emotional response.<\/p>\n<p>Deadspin? Oh no, those buffoons had doubled down on their \u200bstance with that inane aforementioned \u201cUpdate,\u201d which only sought to point out how \u200bthe \u200btribe who Armenta can trace some\u200b lineage to denounced the use of traditional garments \u200bfor celebration.<\/p>\n<p>And that \u2062petty response seems to \u200bhave paved the way for Shannon Armenta to sue Deadspin, according\u200b to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-attacks-project-veritas-james-okeefe-for-using-lawyers\/\" title=\"New York Times Attacks Project Veritas, James O'Keefe for Using Lawyers\">legal documents obtained<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/race-in-america\/kansas-city-chiefs-fan-deadspin-defamation-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That outlet is reporting \u2063that Armenta\u2019s parents, Shannon and Raul \u201cBubba\u201d Armenta,\u200b have hired legal representation to demand \u200bthat Deadspin retract \u2064the article \u2014 and have threatened further legal action \u200din the event that the outlet refuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Articles, posts \u200don X, and photos about Holden \u2063and his parents must be retracted immediately,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIt is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients\u200c with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So \u2064this leftist \u200dwebsite, that resembles a gossip rag more than an actual outlet, jumped all over a cultural flashpoint to drive\u2062 clicks and virality, and are now staring down the barrel of a potential lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re at all \u2063familiar with how Deadspin\u2019s former parent company Gawker went down, that should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whose-children-are-they\/\" title=\"Whose Children Are They?\">sound eerily familiar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gawker \u200dgot into a world of trouble when it\u2019s self-named \u2064site published a sex tape of professional wrestling legend\u200b Terry \u201cHulk Hogan\u201d Bollea.<\/p>\n<p>That publication led\u2064 to Bollea suing the site and several key employees effectively into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>Gawker went bankrupt after a 2016 verdict that found \u200bthe\u200b site and employees liable for damages. That verdict literally bankrupted the company,\u2064 forcing \u200bit to sell off a number of its sites, including Deadspin.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason that \u201cthose who fail to\u200d learn from \u2064history are doomed to repeat it\u201d is a phrase that has endured.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s also a phrase that Deadspin\u200d may become intimately familiar with, if they don\u2019t retract \u2062that article.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>The \u2064post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-young-chiefs-fan-threatens-make-media-outlet-pay-racism-smear-report\/\">Family of Young Chiefs Fan Threatens to \u200bMake\u2064 Media \u200cOutlet Pay for Racism Smear: Report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What was the young \u2062Chiefs fan accused of and why?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In the \u2063early makings of a situation eerily similar to the one that\u200c took down its former parent company, leftist\u2063 sports site Deadspin \u2064is staring down quite a litigious future.<\/p>\n<p>Deadspin found\u2064 itself at the center \u2062of a raging controversy when it became the \u200bleading voice in a \u2062bizarre crusade against a young\u2063 Kansas City Chiefs\u200c fan.<\/p>\n<p>The young boy,\u200c eventually\u2063 revealed to be Holden\u200d Armenta, \u200dwas labeled and blasted as some\u200b sort of horrific racist\u2062 when this image began going viral:<\/p>\n<p>this chiefs \u200bfan is totally having a normal one pic.twitter.com\/cYEkIkAtPa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 charles (\u201cyou look good\u201d\u200c \u2013\u200b andy reid) \u2062mcdonald (@FourVerts)\u2063 November \u200c26, \u20642023<\/p>\n<p>Deadspin, which often likes to howl about intersectionality in sports, lunged at\u200b the chance to throw the\u2062 young Armenta under the proverbial\u2062 bus, publishing\u2064 a\u200d scathing article \u200btitled, &#8220;The NFL needs \u200dto speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs \u200dfan in Black face, Native headdress \u200b(UPDATE).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(And oh, what a petty update\u2063 it\u2063 is,\u2062 but more on \u200cthat shortly.)<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 issue arose, however, when \u200dit was\u200b revealed \u200bthat all of these cries about \u201cblackface\u201d and racism\u200b were much ado about nothing because the\u2064 young Armenta was simply donning \u2062classic\u200d football \u201cwarpaint\u201d in the colors of \u200cthe Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Outkick pic.twitter.com\/vBBlatB95a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Bobby \u2063Burack (@burackbobby_)\u2064 November\u200d 27, 2023<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if \u2064Armenta is racist, so too is pretty much any Pittsburgh Steelers or Las Vegas Raiders \u2064(two teams that prominently \u2063feature black as part of their respective color schemes)\u2062 fan who has ever worn \u201cwarpaint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Armenta, mother of the young Chiefs fan,\u200b further piled \u2064on \u2062Deadspin when she revealed \u2062that her \u200dson was actually part Native \u200cAmerican.<\/p>\n<p>Some \u2062reporters, who actually had \u200bshame, apologized for the overly-emotional response.<\/p>\n<p>Deadspin? \u200cOh no, those buffoons had\u200d doubled down on their stance\u200c with that\u2063 inane\u2064 aforementioned &#8220;Update,&#8221;\u200b which only sought to point \u200bout\u200d how\u2062 the tribe who Armenta can \u2063trace some lineage\u2062 to denounced \u200dthe use of traditional \u200dgarments for celebration.<\/p>\n<p>And that petty response seems to have\u200c paved the way for \u200cShannon Armenta to sue Deadspin, according to\u2064 legal documents obtained by \u200cNewsNation.<\/p>\n<p>That outlet is reporting that Armenta\u2019s parents,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist sports site Deadspin faces a familiar situation, reminiscent of its former parent company&#8217;s downfall. 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