{"id":2662430,"date":"2026-09-16T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsports-media-find-arch-mannings-ai-humor-more-offensive-than-players-beating-women\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:44:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsports-media-find-arch-mannings-ai-humor-more-offensive-than-players-beating-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsports-media-find-arch-mannings-ai-humor-more-offensive-than-players-beating-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Angrier At Manning&#8217;s AI Joke Than Players Beating Women"},"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\">20<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsports-media-find-arch-mannings-ai-humor-more-offensive-than-players-beating-women%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=2662430&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>The article criticizes the overblown media reaction to Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning laughing at a fake AI-generated video during a press conference, which many media outlets have wrongly interpreted as a serious incident. Rather of viewing it as harmless humor, some sports journalists and pundits have launched harsh attacks, including profanity-laden rants and moral outrage, accusing Manning of being inappropriate or promoting violence. The piece emphasizes that this intense outrage is disproportionate, especially considering how much coverage real issues like domestic violence and abuse in sports receive minimal reaction. The author argues that the media&#8217;s focus on Manning\u2019s harmless joke exemplifies a broader trend of fake outrage, and suggests Manning\u2019s mistake was apologizing, advising that resisting such mob mentality is better. the article condemns the media\u2019s tendency to blow trivial moments out of proportion while ignoring serious matters.  <\/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<div>\n<p>If you thought the state of American sports media could not become anymore of a joke than it already is, think again.<\/p>\n<p>The latest act of stupidity among these cosplay journalists comes in the form of a bullying campaign against Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning. His crime? Having the audacity to laugh at an AI-generated video of something that never even happened. <\/p>\n<p>The media-wide meltdown started earlier this week when Manning participated in a routine press conference to discuss the Longhorns\u2019 ongoing season. That included answering questions about his team\u2019s fourth-quarter comeback against then-No.1 Ohio State (24-23) on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>After the game, ESPN sideline reporter and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsiren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-professed<\/a> \u201canti-racist\u201d Holly Rowe attempted to grab an interview with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. Clearly excited by the Longhorns\u2019 near improbable comeback, Sarkisian shouted \u201cTexas fight\u201d and flashed the \u201cHook \u2019em Horns\u201d gesture to the camera before running off to celebrate with his team. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pick6PackFB\/status\/2098974627070394711?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video footage<\/a> of the exchange shows a visibly frustrated Rowe storming off camera. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, social media users have created a plethora of funny memes and AI edits of the incident. When asked by a reporter at Monday\u2019s press conference on if he\u2019s seen any fun posts about the game, Manning <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EvanVieth\/status\/2099566731630928332?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replied<\/a> that he\u2019d \u201cseen a few AI edits\u201d \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hookem\/status\/2099641483930271872?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one<\/a> showing Sarkisian slapping Rowe and running off like crazy person. The humorous response prompted laughter from the room. <\/p>\n<p>And why, you may ask, did his reply cause everyone to laugh? Because it was clearly a fake video meant to turn a benign moment into something so outlandish and ridiculous that you can\u2019t help but chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than laugh it off as the joke it was, the self-proclaimed holier-than-thou sports media losers leapt into action to attack the 22-year-old quarterback. <\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Katy Duffy went on a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katyduffy_\/status\/2099686750834594231?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profanity-laden rant<\/a> against Manning and the reporter who asked him the question. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously f-ck Arch Manning \u2013 get her name out of your mouth. But hey Evan, f-ck you too. Weird ass question. Weird to be proud of asking a question resulting in this answer. And disgusting to be hyping up the answer,\u201d wrote Duffy, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/2100042098296951201?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously called<\/a> for Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown to be \u201cslap[ped] \u2026 again\u201d for doing the Trump dance after scoring a touchdown. <\/p>\n<p>USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cbrennansports\/status\/2099682722385903909?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Manning\u2019s comments and the responding laughter \u201crevealing and disgusting.\u201d NBC sports reporter Nicole Auerbach also took time to give her <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicoleAuerbach\/status\/2099650656676032915?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">irrelevant opinion<\/a> on the \u201cso, so gross\u201d \u201claughter from all the men in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With responses like these and many others, you\u2019d think that Manning had actually hit Rowe, was advocating for violence against her, or made the AI video himself. It\u2019s all completely absurd. <\/p>\n<p>The amount of coverage devoted to this non-story is embarrassing. Not only because of how ridiculous the whole thing is, but because <em>real<\/em> sports-related stories about <em>actual<\/em> violence against women don\u2019t prompt the same level of pushback. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no shortage of professional athletes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/josh-jacobs-ex-girlfriend-files-motion-permanently-seal-evidence-domestic-violence-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2014\/09\/11\/nfl-players-arrested-domestic-violence-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a> for allegedly hitting their female partners or others. Young female athletes are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/17\/us-news\/female-athlete-permanently-hurt-by-trans-athlete-speaks-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regularly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/03\/male-on-womens-field-hockey-team-hospitalizes-opponent-with-significant-facial-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harmed<\/a> by trans-identifying men <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/03\/us-news\/trans-athlete-scandals-that-rocked-high-school-sports-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">competing<\/a> in their sports. There\u2019s also the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/the-nba-is-enabling-the-wnbas-anti-white-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated violence<\/a> waged against WNBA players Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark by their fellow competitors. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, none of those topics have received nearly the amount of performative outrage that the Arch Manning saga has garnered. (One can only imagine how angry they\u2019d be if they found out Arch\u2019s uncle and NFL legend Peyton Manning did an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uEEYbXVCoT0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SNL skit<\/a> where he pelted kids with footballs.)<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arch Manning was criticized more for LAUGHING at an Internet meme than Josh Jacobs was for allegedly hitting a woman. Here we go again, fake violence intended to be funny is worse than actual domestic violence.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uF1hFzlom5\">pic.twitter.com\/uF1hFzlom5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2099974991714341016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The only mistake Arch Manning made in this entire situation was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IngrahamAngle\/status\/2099957067221995718?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apologizing<\/a>. The No. 1 rule when dealing with the fake outrage mob is you never, ever, ever, ever, ever apologize to these clowns for anything. <\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t deserve it, and chances are, they\u2019ll keep on hating you even after you do. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports media&#8217;s latest: bullying Arch Manning over AI meme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2662431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arch-Manning.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51738,50410,15299,4188],"class_list":["post-2662430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ai-2","tag-controversy-2","tag-manning","tag-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arch-Manning.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662430","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662433,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662430\/revisions\/2662433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}