--- slug: fn-src-email-165a73d0656a5949 title: "Re: Conservative article and headlines" kind: source_email status: published hash: 302c3e50aaf00353ceff456cbe89b4d270571d107a5be7f195da668de6bdb0dd created: 2026-10-11T06:57:32.561Z updated: 2026-10-11T06:57:32.561Z summary: "" tags: [] above: ["[[fn-index-emails]]"] below: [] adjacent: [] nested: [] --- # Re: Conservative article and headlines # Email ## Attachments No attachments. ## Message From: Eric Pzena To: Cyrus Massoumi Subject: Re: Conservative article and headlines Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:58:32 -0700 Sent (UTC): 2018-09-05T00:58:32.000Z Sent (America/Los_Angeles): 2018-09-04T17:58:32.000-07:00 Account: 62ca724fdabf40deba435e42eb88ef18 Gmail message: 165a73d0656a5949 Thread: 165a6f520a26d5f9 Message-ID: 8C92049A-5860-4B67-A386-E3F0539C5942@gmail.com References: 6B6E1451-7331-4B7E-9B35-F37666603091@gmail.com Body coverage: full Body format: markdown ## Body FOX NEWS FUED: Army Veteran Slams “Scummy” “Lousy” “Rotten” Kaepernick For New Nike Ad  The clothing and shoe brand Nike recently announced that Colin Kaepernick would be the new face of their “Just Do It” 30th anniversary campaign. Kaepernick rose to fame not through his football skills, but by kneeling during the National Anthem. Kurt Schlichter, who had been in the army for 27 years, slammed both Kaepernick and Nike for this move.  “This disingenuous idea this is just ‘Oh, Colin Kaepernick is just trying to make a statement’… baloney!  He is targeting us. He knows what this means to us. He knows how insulting it is,” explained Schlichter on in interview with Fox & Friends.   “He knows how disrespectful it is and Nike is empowering it. I don’t buy it. This is scummy, this is lousy, this is rotten, and I’m never buying another Nike product again and I think millions of Americans are going to agree,” said Schlichter.   Democratic strategist David Brown defended Kaepernick for his “vivid and powerful” form of protest that is protected by the First Amendment. Fox political analyst Gianno Caldwell argued that although racial justice does exist, and that Kaepernick has the legal right to kneel during the National Anthem, that it doesn’t mean that he should.   “If he is really, really serious about it, and I’ve said this about other NFL players as well, take it beyond a protest. Go meet with members on Capitol Hill. These are very rich and influential people who can actually make a change in this country and bring about some real reforms,” argued Caldwell. “So I find it very difficult when it comes to this issue to see what they are really looking to do beyond protest because you’re not taking a real action outside of what I feel to be a dividing of the country by disrespecting the flag,” said Caldwell.  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOA3RHuEBvo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOA3RHuEBvo) > On Sep 4, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Eric Pzena <[eric.pzena@gmail.com](mailto:eric.pzena@gmail.com)> wrote: > Here’s an example of a conservative leaning article, that could probably be more neutral as well. I also filled in some articles and headlines on the google doc you sent. > **Gov. Christie Exposes How ABC’s Martha Raddatz Reporting Is A Huge Insult To McCain** > Gov. Christie Scolds ABC’s ‘Disrespect’ of McCain With Focus on Trump > [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas\-fondacaro/2018/09/02/gov\-christie\-scolds\-abcs\-disrespect\-mccain\-focus\-trump](https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/09/02/gov-christie-scolds-abcs-disrespect-mccain-focus-trump) > Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a very intense exchange with ABC’s Martha Raddatz over the media’s treatment of McCain and his funeral. Christie pointed out how ABC and much of the mainstream media is making McCain’s death into a political attack against President Trump instead of doing what they should be doing; honoring McCain and his memories. ABC will often point out that McCain believed we should be attacking each other less and trying to have more respect, but at the same time they are using McCain’s death to disrespect Trump. > " Sure, I think he understands the significance of the passing of John McCain, and quite frankly, I think that's what we should all be focused on. This is part of the problem with Washington, D.C. It's the commentary we have been hearing for the last 24 hours or so since then, is all about the rebukes supposedly of President Trump rather than the life of John McCain,” said Christie to ABC’s Martha Raddatz. > "Extraordinary things that were said by President Bush 43, by President Obama, by Joe Lieberman who didn't rebuke President Trump at all yesterday in his remarks and focused on his friend, John McCain and the extraordinary man that he was, the extraordinary sense of humor he had. And his toughness, and his temper, and I can tell you as a friend of John McCain's this is a guy who when he was your friend, he was your friend,” explained Christie. > Christie went on to say that we should save the political ramifications of McCain’s death for later. Raddatz responded by pointing out that Meghan McCain insulted President Trump. > "Governor Christie, we’ve been talking about it all week, and we have been certainly talking about the heroism of John McCain and carried that live on Saturday. But it was Meghan McCain who got the most attention yesterday, and you have to know that Donald Trump was the elephant in the room at that memorial service. So do you think he has handled this well?” said Raddatz. > "The president of the United States no matter who that person is, is always the elephant in the room when they are not there. The fact is that the president of the United States, no matter who they are, is always the biggest figure in American public political life,” responded Christie. Check out the video below. > ## Facts ```json { "platform": "Gmail", "source_id": "165a73d0656a5949", "date_as_recorded": "Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:58:32 -0700", "from": "Eric Pzena ", "to": "Cyrus Massoumi ", "subject": "Re: Conservative article and headlines", "category": null, "body_status": "full text (agent capture)", "account": "massoumi.cyrus@gmail.com", "retrieval": "/home/hatch/workspace/email/gmail/949a7a2ef9d6a162a49cfcf0b81998233a00e06094452648ac42d019d15afe5e.md" } ``` --- **above:** [[fn-index-emails]]