Dan Abrams Calls Out the Media for Obsessing Over Chiefs’ Harrison Butker While Ignoring NFL Kicker Accused of Sexual Assault
Dan Abrams called out the “partisan media outrage machine” for focusing more on Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker than Washington Commanders kicker Brandon McManus — who has been accused of sexual assault.
Butker has been at the center of a media frenzy for his comments at the commencement speech of Benedictine College. The controversy even made its way to the White House, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fielding questions about Butker joining the Chiefs for the team’s championship visit.
McManus, on the other hand, hasn’t received anywhere near the same kind of coverage. The kicker is accused of assaulting two flight attendants on a team flight to London last September. McManus was on the Jacksonville Jaguars at the time.
“But is anyone on cable even talking about this?” Abrams said on Dan Abrams Live. “It seems not. An analysis of recent coverage on the major cable networks shows that within the two-and-a-half weeks since Butker gave that speech, he’s been mentioned more than seven dozen times. It would appear McManus has not been mentioned once.
“Within a week of his commencement address, parts of Butker’s speech are being played and replayed on every major channel,” Abrams continued. “Crickets for the allegations against McManus in the week since news of the lawsuit against him broke.”
Abrams added that some may say it’s not as newsworthy due to the allegations being “unproven.” Even if McManus were charged, Abrams said, it still wouldn’t get as much coverage at Butker.
“Maybe — just maybe — to many in the left-leaning media, there’s no greater outrage than going after a liberal narrative,” Abrams continued, “while on the right, there’s nothing more worthy of endless hours of praise or bashing the left-leaning media. But allegations of sexual assault? Doesn’t fit easily into the political narrative. I don’t know, maybe it’s not even worth discussing.”
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