FROM scolding Tampa Bay fans for celebrating a long-sought championship to slamming Dolly Parton over her anthem “9 to 5,” liberal reporters, writers and pundits did their best to make others not enjoy Super Bowl LV.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the second Super Bowl in franchise history on Sunday with a blowout, 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Quarterback Tom Brady won his record seventh championship, and with the game being held in Tampa, the Bucs became the first team to ever win a Super Bowl on their home field.
But distressed by Bucs supporters reveling before the game by drinking and not wearing masks, double-masked CNN reporter Randi Kaye told viewers she had asked Tampa police what they could do about the situation and quoted police as “very disappointed.”
The New York Times also expressed concern about the possible “superspreader” event when Buccaneers fans celebrated the win, in contrast to their headline about street celebrations following President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
While the latter crowd wore more masks, the difference in tone was noticed by media watchdogs.
Others like former President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump and left-wing pundit Molly Jong-Fast scolded Florida and its Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, over the crowds, with the former calling for him to be prosecuted for “crimes against humanity.”
During the game itself, country music icon Dolly Parton cut an ad for website builder Squarespace, where she reimagined her popular song “9 to 5” as “5 to 9.” Her new rendition encouraged people to work hard and be their own boss, but Kim Kelly wrote for the NBC News “Think” section that it was a “tone-deaf misstep” that paid unfortunate tribute to the “side hustle.”
“It’s a perfect storm of gig economy propaganda,” Kelly chided. “It’s not ‘fun’ or ’empowering’ to juggle multiple jobs; it’s an indictment of a system in which people aren’t paid fairly and workers are squeezed down to the last drop of energy.”
(Source: FoxNews)
