{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frealclearinvestigations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F132-D94BHJfg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Standing Up To Political Correctness with Matt Calkins   | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #132","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/69be5d4f-b498-44bc-b3b5-f614ce9a7957/2aeb1011-f59c-4093-82d8-3b3c7981c750/rci_132_thumbnail_square_1080x1080.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/95f0d17e-0e63-469f-940d-d1d471190e4f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Standing Up To Political Correctness with Matt Calkins   | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #132\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with sports columnist Matt Calkins, who resigned from the Seattle Times after the newspaper killed his column that argued it is not hateful to oppose biological men playing women’s sports. \n\nOn the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a series of stories on the media including: a PJ Media piece on California’s chilling new law Republicans have dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act”; a Washington Free Beacon analysis showing how the New York Times uses the term Islamophobia to delegitimize viewpoints and shut down debate; and an arbitrator’s ruling that the Washington Post must rehire an opinion columnist the paper had fired for inflammatory tweets regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.\n\n00:00 Cold Open: \"I Don't Think I Can Do It Anymore\"\n00:32 Welcome & Intro to This Episode\n00:41 News Roundup: California's \"Stop Nick Shirley Act\"\n06:34 The NYT's \"Islamophobia\" Label (Washington Free Beacon)\n09:18 WaPo Arbitrator Reinstates Columnist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Tweets\n13:35 Introducing Matt Calkins\n13:37 The Column That Got Him Fired: Sophie Cunningham & Trans Athletes\n18:37 Three Previous Columns the Seattle Times Spiked\n22:06 Inside the Newsroom: Book Clubs, Activism & the Overton Window\n27:17 Is Seattle Sports Media Just Reflecting the City?\n32:57 The Decision to Resign\n35:17 Seattle Times vs. San Diego Union-Tribune\n37:02 Why Newsrooms Keep Losing Readers\n39:31 Is the Trans-in-Sports Debate Media-Driven?\n42:43 What's Next for Matt Calkins (Substack)\n43:44 Closing & Thanks\n"}