{"id":2259012,"date":"2024-06-03T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pat-mcafee-torches-wnba-media-for-going-after-white-caitlin-clark-call-it-for-what-it-is\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:43:51","slug":"watch-pat-mcafee-torches-wnba-media-for-going-after-white-caitlin-clark-call-it-for-what-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pat-mcafee-torches-wnba-media-for-going-after-white-caitlin-clark-call-it-for-what-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Pat McAfee Criticizes WNBA Media for Targeting Caitlin Clark Based on Race &#8211; Speak the Truth!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fwatch-pat-mcafee-torches-wnba-media-for-going-after-white-caitlin-clark-call-it-for-what-it-is%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=2259012&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--><p>Sports host Pat McAfee initially supported Caitlin Clark \u200bbut ended up defending himself. McAfee \u200bpassionately discussed Clark&#8217;s challenging WNBA debut, notably highlighting an incident involving Chennedy Carter. McAfee rejected the \u200cnotion that Clark&#8217;s popularity was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">solely based<\/a> on\u2063 race, advocating\u2062 for fair \u2064treatment from the WNBA and its referees. McAfee later issued an apology \u2064for his choice of words.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 3, 2024 at 4:41pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Sports host Pat McAfee started out defending Caitlin Clark, but he ended up defending himself.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee was on a tirade Monday about Clark, whose entry into the WNBA has been rough, physically. That was typified by an incident Saturday in which Chicago Sky player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-wrist-slaps-player-cheap-shot-caitlin-clark-punishes-angel-reese-instead-wasnt-expecting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chennedy Carter<\/a> whacked Clark of the Indiana Fever to the court, bringing Sky player Angel Reese off the bench to cheer.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee pushed back on the notion that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-player-throws-caitlin-clark-tantrum-backlash-dirty-foul-bring-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark<\/a> is a fan favorite solely on the grounds of race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think what we\u2019re trying to say is, what the WNBA currently has is what we might describe as a cash cow,\u201d he said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fawfulannouncing%2Fstatus%2F1797669440785649746&#038;widget=Tweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Monday\u2019s Pat McAfee Show opened with a Caitlin Clark PowerPoint:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like the media people that continue to say, \u2018This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class\u2019. Nah, just call it for what it is \u2014 there\u2019s one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/psGNQXts5O\">pic.twitter.com\/psGNQXts5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1797669440785649746?\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is a superstar,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re not saying that the players on the court need act any differently. That\u2019s \u2026 the athletes are going to do what the athletes are going to do in any sport, and I think we\u2019re all learning that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-wnba-player-rages-wont-answer-caitlin-clark-questions-hitting-cheap-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a>  \u2014 that\u2019s old-school football, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I would like the media people that continue to say, \u2018This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.\u2019 Nah, just call it for what it is: There\u2019s one white b**** for the Indiana team who is a superstar. And is it because she stayed in Iowa and put an entire state on her back and took a program from nothing to a multiple-year success story?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you agree with McAfee?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIs it because she would go on to break the entire points records in the entire history of the NCAA?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there a chance that people just enjoy watching her play basketball because how electrifying she is, what she did, what she stood for, how she went about going for what she went for? Maybe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut instead, we have to hear people say that we only like her \u2018cause she\u2019s white. And she\u2019s only popular because the rest of the rookie class is doing what they\u2019re doing. Well that\u2019s a bunch of bulls***, and we think the WNBA, more specifically their refs, need to stop trying to screw her over at every single turn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you have is somebody special, and we\u2019re lucky she\u2019s here, in Indiana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But saying \u201cb****\u201d made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rat-pat-mcafee-calls-espn-boss-live-air-attempting-sabotage-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McAfee<\/a> the focus of attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just completely unacceptable,\u201d ESPN analyst Kim Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_kimadams\/status\/1797675658166096274?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cInterested to see how ESPN handles it. And his entire argument is not conducive to anything going on in the WNBA right now. Just let the women hoop.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is just completely unacceptable. Interested to see how ESPN handles it.<\/p>\n<p>And his entire argument is not conducive to anything going on in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> right now.<\/p>\n<p>Just let the women hoop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0AFHFMegY\">https:\/\/t.co\/n0AFHFMegY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kim Adams (@_kimadams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_kimadams\/status\/1797675658166096274?\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An apology was forthcoming<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shouldn\u2019t have used \u2018white b****\u2019 as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,\u201d McAfee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/patmcafeeshow\/status\/1797723349931438568?s=46&#038;t=OYStdAf9bOmyx_nj_5DcZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter the context.. even if we\u2019re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following post contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I shouldn\u2019t have used \u201cwhite bitch\u201d as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if we\u2019re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe.<\/p>\n<p>My intentions when saying\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F6OHB4gvYh\">pic.twitter.com\/F6OHB4gvYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1797723349931438568?\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn\u2019t at all. That\u2019s 100% on me and for that I apologize\u2026 I have sent an apology to Caitlin as well. Everything else I said\u2026 still alllllll facts,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports commentator Pat McAfee initially supported Caitlin Clark but found himself defending his own stance. 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