The Tortured Poets Department Controversy, Creepy Caitlin Clark Scandal, Columbia University Fallout

The Philip DeFranco Show

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0	So you beautiful bastards. I hope you have a fantastic Thursday evening, Friday morning. You're
0:05.3	watching the Philip DeFranco show. You daily dive into the news and there is a lot to talk about
0:09.5	today. So let's just jump into it. Starting with a lot of people are arguing right now whether
0:13.0	this Caitlin Clark situation that just went down is sexual harassment, misogyny, creepy
0:18.5	behavior or just someone being awkward.
0:24.3	Right, because yesterday, she did an introductory press conference after being drafted by the Indiana fever and the WNBA as number one pick overall.
0:27.1	And there, indie star reporter Greg Doyle decided to give her a heart sign.
0:30.3	Which for some context there, Caitlin's become known to give heart signs to her family during games.
0:34.0	But at the press conference, it led to this very, very uncomfortable moment.
0:37.4	Real quick, I'll Let me do this.
0:40.5	You like, you like that?
0:42.8	I like that you're here. I like that you're here.
0:45.8	I do that at my family after every game, so.
0:48.1	Okay, well, let's start doing it to me and we'll be on get along just fine.
0:52.0	And the backlash from this was fast.
0:54.5	With the likes of Dave Portnoy calling him a sexist pervert and adding that his actions were nauseating.
0:59.2	Some calling it sexual harassment or straight up misogyny.
1:01.8	With Jamel Hill writing, obviously something that never would have been said to a male athlete.
1:05.4	I said this some time ago, but another upside of Caitlin Clark's popularity is that it's going to finally force the sports media to grow up.
1:11.2	Sports media has been extremely complicit in marginalizing and infantilizing women's sports.
1:15.7	And this is others in the sports media space added.
1:17.7	This is disgusting and unethical and not something that Caitlin should have to worry about.
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