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A lot has happened since Dylan Mulvaney pranced around his yard in a Nike sports bra last April. Days after his face appeared on Bud Light cans—the controversy that launched a thousand boycotts—the sight of him doing jumping jacks in women’s workout gear was almost worst. And a stock chart that looks like a downhill ski slope proves it. Months after the country protested with a bonfire of bra burning‚ the only swoosh Nike hears now is the sound of profits gushing.  While Bud Light hogged most of the spotlight with its historic collapse‚ the devastation of Nike’s trans advocacy is real. By August of last year‚ the brand of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods was experiencing what experts called “its biggest losing streak since 1980.” With catastrophic losses—upward of $13 billion in market value—consumer outrage was packing a serious punch. Angry women led the charge‚ lashing out at the company as an insult to females everywhere. “The ad feels like a parody of what women are. … That Nike would do this feels like a kick in the teeth‚” one posted. Others blasted the brand for making a “mockery out of women‚” vowing never to buy another thing from a company that chose a man “over all the hardworking women who workout regularly in your activewear.” It’s “absolutely disgusting.” Most people just couldn’t understand the marketing logic. “Why doesn’t Nike pay a real women to promote a product that is solely for women&;#63;” they wanted to know. Almost a year later‚ the pressure hasn’t let up. Market analysts have been shocked by the company’s inability to rebound‚ a nosedive they wrongly assumed was temporary. According to Yahoo Finance‚ Nike’s stock is down 11.3% since the beginning of the year‚ and it’s trading “26.1% below its 52-week high.” And while experts are blaming everything from weak overseas demand to slowing sales and pricing challenges‚ their theories miss the most important reality: Shoppers won’t put up with social extremism anymore. LGBT activism‚ the kind flaunted by Mulvaney and embraced by tone-deaf board rooms‚ continues to be the kiss of death to corporate profitability.  A long line of woke CEOs can testify to that—including Anheuser-Busch‚ Target‚ Disney‚ Planet Fitness‚ Rip Curl‚ and Doritos (although the latter two took the bold step of apologizing and course-correcting). Nike‚ on the other hand‚ only dug in—a decision that forced it to lay off 1‚600 people in February‚ with a second round of cuts expected in May. Nike boss John Donahoe has called the company’s downturn “a painful reality and not one that I take lightly.” “We are currently not performing at our best‚ and I ultimately hold myself and my leadership team accountable‚” he said‚ leaving out any mention of the poor decisions that put Nike in this position in the first place.  Unfortunately‚ the company has a long and frustrating history of political activism. Millions of customers called it quits on Nike after its endorsement of anti-American quarterback Colin Kaepernick‚ who‚ along with disrespecting our national anthem‚ persuaded the company to shelve its patriotic shoes. It was the first sports retailer to fan the flames of racial tension during the George Floyd riots‚ voicing support for controversial groups like Black Lives Matter. It’s fought against religious freedom in adoption bills‚ girls sports and privacy‚ and even launched a special trans line of clothing called Be True. Most egregiously‚ Nike was one of the few brands openly using slave labor to stitch its iconic shoes together. A 2020 expose from The Washington Post talked about the Uyghurs who were spared China’s concentration camps only to hunch over tables sewing Nike’s logo on an endless line of shoes—up to 7 million pairs a year.  “Everyone knows they didn’t come here of their own free will‚” a Chinese woman told reporter Anna Fifield at the time. “They were brought here … because they didn’t have an option. The government sent them here.” It’s how the Chinese government is “exporting the punitive culture and ethos of Xinjiang’s ‘reeducation camps’ to factories across China‚” one expert told the Post.  Incredibly‚ when a bipartisan bill threatened to outlaw the use of slave labor for American companies‚ ending our country’s role in these human rights atrocities‚ Nike fought to kill it. Company spokesmen denied that‚ responding to The New York Times allegations that they were only in “constructive conversations” with lawmakers. But even today‚ three years after Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act‚ the Canadian government is investigating complaints that Nike is still using slave laborers in Xinjiang‚ which they consider a “crime against humanity.” Now‚ a year into its Dylan Mulvaney fiasco‚ the Oregon-based headquarters is reaping the whirlwind. Instead of taking its foot off the gas of an agenda Americans have so clearly rejected‚ Nike is stubbornly leaning into the radicalism that’s bankrupting other brands. At a time when almost 300 companies are backing off their LGBT advocacy‚ Nike scored a perfect 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Index this year (quite a feat considering HRC’s steep transgender benchmarks). If Nike wants to enrage consumers at a time of record pushback‚ that’s its business. But better advice might come from its peers‚ who believe a smarter company slogan would be: Just don’t. Originally published by The Washington Stand The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. The post Nike Stocks Still Tanking a Year After Mulvaney Partnership appeared first on The Daily Signal.

National Public Radio senior editor Uri Berliner has been suspended for his unauthorized critique of the insular liberal bias of his network. NPR star and “Morning Edition” host Steve Inskeep took to his Substack blog to slam Berliner’s article as “filled with errors and omissions.” (Editor’s note: Berliner on Wednesday submitted his resignation from the publicly funded network.) “His colleagues have had a rich dialogue about his mistakes‚” Inskeep crowed‚ and dropped the bomb that it was “an article that discredited itself.” For example‚ Inskeep declared an error in that Berliner found in Washington‚ D.C.‚ voter records that NPR had 87 registered Democrats and no registered Republicans. When he was asked about Berliner at the San Antonio Book Festival‚ he says he told them‚ “I am a prominent member of the newsroom in Washington. If Uri told the truth‚ then I could only be a registered Democrat. I held up my voter registration showing I am registered with ‘no party.’ Some in the crowd gasped. Uri had misled them.” Berliner didn’t address whether anyone was registered as “no party.” He did write there were zero Republicans. Did Inskeep refute that&;#63; No. Several NPR veterans harrumphed they registered as “no party‚” just as left-wing journalists will tell pollsters they are “independents.” Seen here in happier times‚ then-NPR editor Uri Berliner (center) and others attend the 76th annual Peabody Awards ceremony on May 20‚ 2017‚ in New York City. On Wednesday‚ Berliner submitted his resignation‚ ending a 25-year career at National Public Radio. (Photo: J.P. Yim/Wire Image/Getty Images) Inskeep wrote‚ “While it’s widely believed that most mainstream journalists are Democrats‚ I’ve had colleagues that I was pretty sure were conservative. (I don’t ask).” That rebuts Berliner how&;#63; When Inskeep challenged Berliner personally on his claim that the editing process was “frictionless‚” he said Berliner acknowledged they have newsroom debates‚ but “the real test is what we broadcast or publish.” Inskeep leaves out what Berliner wrote about—that it puts out a lot of stories on “supposed racism‚ transphobia‚ signs of the climate apocalypse‚ Israel doing something bad‚ and the dire threat of Republican policies.” Anyone who listens to NPR programs gets an earful of those. You have to laugh when Inskeep’s best defense is “everybody else did it‚ too.” He admits NPR did not report on the Hunter Biden laptop‚ but Berliner “leaves out the context: Other organizations also held off on the story because of doubts about the laptop’s authenticity. It wasn’t confirmed until much later.” Now who’s engaged in “omissions”&;#63; NPR not only refused to report on the laptop but their top news executive Terence Samuel openly boasted‚ “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories‚ and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.” That implies they weren’t going to touch this story‚ like it was a decaying rat corpse in the gutter. Samuel signaled the same contempt on the horribly named evening newscast “All Things Considered” in June 2021‚ suggesting to anchor Mary Louise Kelly they should seek the “whole truth‚” but exclude the liars: “It’s not a matter of representing just opposite voices‚ but more voices and excluding the voices that are just pure disinformation.” After those “other organizations” confirmed the laptop contents were real‚ nothing changed. Kelly brought on Samuel in 2023 to proclaim former President Donald Trump would not be allowed to speak on NPR live as he was indicted because he was such a liar‚ but Kelly (as in 2021) didn’t bring up Hunter Biden’s laptop. But the most ridiculous line in Inskeep’s critique is claiming Berliner advocates “viewpoint diversity‚” but he didn’t embrace it in his article‚ which spurred all his “errors and omissions.” If NPR is so committed to viewpoint diversity‚ would Inskeep agree to debate Berliner on air at NPR for an hour or two&;#63; Probably not. NPR hasn’t said one word on air about Berliner’s complaint. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM The post NPR Host Swings at Network’s Dissident—but Misses Badly appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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