Dilbert Comic Strip Dropped From Cleveland Plain Dealer After Racist Rant (Video)

fill out your brackets because the full 2023 men’s NCAA tournament bracket is out now with 68 teams all vying to become the 2022-23 national champion. The first round of March Madness tips off Thursday, March 16 with 16 games.

Victoria Beckham and a shirtless David Beckham dazzled fans this week as they posted a home workout on social media. As a former professional footballer, David is no stranger to grafting his body to peak physical condition, while  his Spice Girls wife also adheres to a strict exercise regime.  On Thursday, Victoria, who was recently featured in Paris Fashion Week, took to Instagram where she posted a video of herself and her husband doing a workout at their £31m London mansion. “Happy Mondays on Thursday! Husband’s playlist @davidbeckham @mrbobbyrich,” she captioned the post, which has since amassed over 307k likes.

Jenny Lewis has released the music video for her previously released single, ‘Puppy And A Truck‘ – and it features a cameo from Harry Styles.The visuals feature snapshots from Lewis’ run of North American dates as special guest of Styles’ ‘Love On Tour’ in 2021.Lewis said in a statement: “To be on a giant stage in front of thousands of people after such a long period of isolation, those 45 minutes on stage and meeting Harry’s fans – it brought me back to life.“I was just trying to stay present and in the moment, so grateful to be able to share my life experiences, my songs, with such a diverse audience. With no cynicism or irony, just gratitude to be with people and fans and to be able to express it outwardly to them.”In addition to sharing the music video from ‘Puppy And A Truck’ – a standalone single released in 2021 – Lewis has today (March 6) added new US headline dates this July to her already busy 2023 touring schedule.Lewis’ headline dates this summer feature special guests Cass McCombs, Jenny O.

Katie Reul editor The centerpiece of “Saturday Night Live’s” March 4 “Weekend Update” segment was a skewering of “Dilbert” comic creator Scott Adams, who went on a racist rant last month that spurred dozens of newspapers to drop his long-running syndicated cartoon strip. Michael Che, co-anchor of “Update” with Colin Jost, interviewed the cubicle-dweller himself, the cartoon character Dilbert, in an effort to understand how Adams could have gone so off the rails in suggesting that white people are under threat from Black people. Over the course of a controversial YouTube video posted Feb. 22, Adams described how he purposely moved to a community with no Black residents and urged white viewers to “get the hell away from Black people.” He also called the Black community a “hate group.”

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Devo have announced a one off date in the UK as part of their farewell tour in 2023.The new wave pioneers will perform at London’s Eventim Apollo on August 19 to celebrate 50 years in music.Tickets go on sale this Friday (March 3) at 10am GMT and can be purchased here.It comes after the band were recently announced among the first wave of acts at Øya Festival 2023 alongside Sigrid and FKA Twigs.JUST ANNOUNCED: In celebration of their 50th year and as part of their Farewell Tour, pioneering synth-pop legends @DEVO will be playing the Eventim Apollo in London this August – their one and only UK show!Tickets on sale Friday at 10am.https://t.co/VYeFrrI0EE pic.twitter.com/i27WKRnHUh— Eventim Apollo (@EventimApollo) February 28, 2023The Norwegian festival is set to return again from August 8 to 12, 2023, taking place in Tøyenparken, Oslo.Other artists announced on the line-up include Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, Amyl and The Sniffers, Obongjayar and TV GIRL. More names will be confirmed in the coming months.

Stephen Colbert knocked the train industry and Environmental Protection Agency during Monday evening’s “The Late Show” monologue after reports found that shipments of contaminated soil and water from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were sent to Michigan and Texas without warning. “No surprise, Michigan and Texas weren’t happy with the surprise.

The syndicator of Dilbert said that they are dropping the comic strip following racist remarks made by its creator, Scott Adams.

dropping “Dilbert” from their comic strip sections kept rising on Saturday as The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times both announced that they will no longer print the strip following cartoonist Scott Adams’ racist rant in a YouTube live stream this past Wednesday. “The Comics pages should be a place where our readers can engage with societal issues, reflect on the human condition, and enjoy a few laughs.

More newspapers say they are dropping the “Dilbert” comic strip after creator Scott Adams this week advised white people to “get the f–k away” from Black people.The Cleveland Plain Dealer announced the paper is cutting ties with Adams for the “racist rant” on his online show “Real Coffee with Scott Adams.” The move comes five months after Lee Enterprises cut the cartoon from its newspapers as it scaled back its funny pages. “This is not a difficult decision,” Plain Dealer Editor Chris Quinn wrote Friday in his letter from the editor.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Scott Adams’ long-running “Dilbert” comic strip has been pulled by multiple newspapers after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and urged white people to “get the fuck away” from Black people in a YouTube video. On Friday, in response to Adams’ comments, Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer announced that “Dilbert” will no longer be published in the newspaper because of Adams’ “racist rant.” In the letter, Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com VP of content Chris Quinn wrote that other papers in owned by parent company Advance Local, also independently made the same decision to stop running the strip. That includes Advance Local newspapers in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Alabama, Massachusetts and Oregon.

slammed former president Donald Trump’s visit to Ohio on Thursday’s episode. Trump’s visit came following the East Palestine train derailment, an incident that Behar argued was “his fault.”On Feb. 3, a 38-car train carrying toxic chemicals derailed, which led to a spill and ignition of multiple tanks in the area.

South Park.The ex-royals were parodied and heavily mocked in the episode, ironically titled ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour’, which aired on February 15. Since its airing, Markle was reportedly left “upset and overwhelmed” over the depiction of herself and husband.According to a new survey from market research firm Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek, Harry’s approval rating in the United States is now at -10, with Markle’s at -17.

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require faster brakes on trains carrying highly flammable materials (like this train was) and scrapped a rule that would require freight trains to have at least two crew members.As a result, Sunny Hostin put her thoughts bluntly: “I think this is Donald Trump’s fault.”Behar readily agreed with her, marveling that “it’s his fault, and then he shows up!”You can watch the full segment from “The View” in the video above.

Former President Donald Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday to meet with the community in disarray after a Norfolk Southern train derailment containing hazardous materials earlier this month.During his “Late Show” monologue on Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert talked about Trump’s visit to the devastated town without naming him, only referring to him as “former president.”Colbert said what should’ve been a visit comforting people dealing with a tragedy seemed more like a campaign rally for Trump. The late-night host said, either way, it was an epic fail.“This may be a surprise to you, but the former president was not just in Ohio out of the goodness of his heart,” Colbert said.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor How can trees be racist? That’s the question explored in a new documentary, “Racist Trees,” about a historically Black neighborhood called the Crossley tract in Palm Springs, Calif., whose residents suspected a dense row of tall tamarisk trees might have been planted decades ago to segregate them from the adjacent golf course. While putting a close-up on the residents’ campaign to have the messy, view-blocking trees removed, the film deftly explores wider issues, like the troubled racial history of the idyllic resort town, gentrification and generational wealth – all with a light touch that includes plenty of colorful historic footage of swimming pools and movie stars.

derailed in East Palestine, causing a massive explosion and fire. The area was evacuated as “a controlled release of vinyl chloride” was released and burned in a nearby trench.Colbert was sure to point out that the Obama-era rule that required the braking systems upgrade wouldn’t have prevented the derailment, but did place blame directly on the shoulders of lobbyists.“Thanks to intense lobbying by Norfolk Southern and other railroads, a train is considered ‘high-hazard’ only if it’s going faster than 30 miles per hour with at least 70 loaded tank cars containing certain highly flammable liquids,” he said.

if Mr. Trump was capable of turning the spotlight off himself and putting it onto those families and that community that’s in a lot of pain, a lot of fear,” Begala said.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Nolan Gallagher, the founder of Gravitas Ventures, will step down as CEO and leaving the film company on March 31, 2023.  Gravitas was sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the owner of Fight Network and HD Net Movies, in November 2021. Gravitas has released more than 3,000 films on video on demand (VOD) during Gallagher’s time at the company. Some of those films also had theatrical releases. Gravitas’ recent films include “Mack & Rita” with Diane Keaton; “Our Friend,” starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel; and “Vanguard,” starring Jackie Chan. Anthem said it has retained an advisor to identify a successor to Gallagher and expects to make a decision within the coming months.