Eliana Johnson

Yeah, I think it goes back to our initial conversation that they decided that paying $15 million was less painful than the protracted embarrassment and potential humiliation of what would come out in those documents. You know, then the PR cost to them. And as we saw, it's actually interesting to contrast that with Fox News, where basically they did go through discovery.

They were going to go through trial. They ended up suffering the PR costs and paying the money. It's like, you know, they might as well just paid the money and avoided all the discovery and the depositions, which seems to be what ABC News did here.

They were going to go through trial. They ended up suffering the PR costs and paying the money. It's like, you know, they might as well just paid the money and avoided all the discovery and the depositions, which seems to be what ABC News did here.

They were going to go through trial. They ended up suffering the PR costs and paying the money. It's like, you know, they might as well just paid the money and avoided all the discovery and the depositions, which seems to be what ABC News did here.

Well, I think you're exactly right. It'd be one conversation if we were going to talk about, look, she made the decision to go along to get along, and this is the way to silence her critics. And OK, you know, one could understand that. But the reality is that accepting this award and then saying what she said is not going to silence any critics. It's not going to help her go along to get along.

Well, I think you're exactly right. It'd be one conversation if we were going to talk about, look, she made the decision to go along to get along, and this is the way to silence her critics. And OK, you know, one could understand that. But the reality is that accepting this award and then saying what she said is not going to silence any critics. It's not going to help her go along to get along.

Well, I think you're exactly right. It'd be one conversation if we were going to talk about, look, she made the decision to go along to get along, and this is the way to silence her critics. And OK, you know, one could understand that. But the reality is that accepting this award and then saying what she said is not going to silence any critics. It's not going to help her go along to get along.

And you see that from the reaction of the Mystics owner saying, And which is why it's clear she's young and and stupid and unsophisticated and doesn't realize this. But the thing that really struck me, Megan, is I grew up a fan of the NBA in the era of Michael Jordan.

And you see that from the reaction of the Mystics owner saying, And which is why it's clear she's young and and stupid and unsophisticated and doesn't realize this. But the thing that really struck me, Megan, is I grew up a fan of the NBA in the era of Michael Jordan.

And you see that from the reaction of the Mystics owner saying, And which is why it's clear she's young and and stupid and unsophisticated and doesn't realize this. But the thing that really struck me, Megan, is I grew up a fan of the NBA in the era of Michael Jordan.

And since then, as I followed less closely, the major NBA stars have been since Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, all African-American men. And is the stipulation that female basketball fans are somehow uniquely racist? You know, Caitlin Clark is really talented, but we haven't seen race be a barrier to major, major stardom in the male basketball league and riches.

And since then, as I followed less closely, the major NBA stars have been since Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, all African-American men. And is the stipulation that female basketball fans are somehow uniquely racist? You know, Caitlin Clark is really talented, but we haven't seen race be a barrier to major, major stardom in the male basketball league and riches.

And since then, as I followed less closely, the major NBA stars have been since Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, all African-American men. And is the stipulation that female basketball fans are somehow uniquely racist? You know, Caitlin Clark is really talented, but we haven't seen race be a barrier to major, major stardom in the male basketball league and riches.

And that's what we've seen in the NBA, of course. We're reacting to her color. Exactly. Time and again in the NBA where the talent and hard work, there's actually a wonderful Netflix series on about these NBA players and follows their families. LeBron James is one of them.

And that's what we've seen in the NBA, of course. We're reacting to her color. Exactly. Time and again in the NBA where the talent and hard work, there's actually a wonderful Netflix series on about these NBA players and follows their families. LeBron James is one of them.

And that's what we've seen in the NBA, of course. We're reacting to her color. Exactly. Time and again in the NBA where the talent and hard work, there's actually a wonderful Netflix series on about these NBA players and follows their families. LeBron James is one of them.

But, you know, the amount when you watch and really appreciate the amount of hard work it takes to be an elite athlete the way these guys are, it's just astonishing. And and when you see that they're not talking about the racism of NBA fans.

But, you know, the amount when you watch and really appreciate the amount of hard work it takes to be an elite athlete the way these guys are, it's just astonishing. And and when you see that they're not talking about the racism of NBA fans.

But, you know, the amount when you watch and really appreciate the amount of hard work it takes to be an elite athlete the way these guys are, it's just astonishing. And and when you see that they're not talking about the racism of NBA fans.

Right. We have no idea. And I would say that the Biden administration is bedeviled in terms of its credibility with the public by the fact that there was a Chinese spy balloon that flying over the country that it did not tell the public about until Americans saw it hovering in the sky. And it was a public pressure campaign that forced the administration to disclose what that was.