What’s the Kennection? #80
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
2023-09-17 04:49
NFL flex scheduling rules for 2023: Can Jets be removed from primetime?
After Jets' Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending injury, the NFL has a bit of a disaster on their hands.
2023-09-17 04:49
Lee Corso in tears over touching headgear pick tribute
Lee Corso has been the face of College GameDay for more than 30 years and ESPN's headgear pick tribute to him had the legendary analyst getting emotional.
2023-09-17 00:49
Maren Morris is putting country music on notice with fiery new EP 'The Bridge'
Country music has been going through a reckoning of late, and Maren Morris is here to say she's done with sides of the genre that she finds toxic.
2023-09-17 00:49
Hasan Minhaj criticised after revealing most of his stand-up stories are untrue
A New Yorker piece has gained a lot of attention after revealing that American comedian Hasan Minhaj made-up a lot of the stories at the centre of his comedy, and fans are outraged. Minjah, an Asian American and Muslim American, based a lot of his comedy around those experiences, and his Netflix series Patriot Act won an Emmy. Speaking to writer Clare Malone, Minjah told her "every story in my style is built around a seed of truth". In a Patriot Act segment Minhaj tells the disturbing story of a letter sent to him filled with a white powder that spilled onto his young daughter, who was subsequently rushed to hospital. It turned out not to be anthrax, but served as a reminder of the consequences of Minhaj's comedy. But Malone did some digging and found at there is no record of such an incident. Not from the NYPD, local hospitals, or front-desk and mailroom employees at Minaj's former residence. During her conversation with Minhaj, he admitted that "his daughter had never been exposed to a white power, and that she hadn't been hospitalised". He told Malone that he didn't think he was manipulating his audience when she asked, "It's grounded in truth," he said. Another well known story of Minhaj is from his 2017 Netflix special Homecoming King, where he talks of a white girl he had a crush on, kissed, and invited to prom, only to show up the night of the dance to the girl going to prom with another guy. Onstage, Minhaj said that the girl's parents didn't want their daughter to take pictures with a brown boy because they were concerned what relatives may think. "I didn't know that people could be bigoted even as they were smiling at you," Minhaj says during the show. But the woman in the story disputes it, saying that she had turned down Minhaj, then a close friend, days before prom. Minhaj admitted this was correct, but said he had a different understanding go her rejection and there was an "emotional truth" to the story. The woman also shared that she had faced online threats and doxing for years after Minhaj failed to successfully disguise her identity. According to some former Patriot Act employees, members of the research team felt he could be dismissive of the fact-checking process. Malone reported that, "in one instance, Minhaj grew frustrated that fact-checking was stymying the creative flow during a final rewrite, and a pic of female researchers were asked to leave the writers' room." In a written statement, Minhaj insisted that "fact-checking at Patriot Act was extremely rigorous". When fans and viewers of Minhaj's content read Malone's piece, they were shocked and appalled. Some called his ego "terrifying", whilst others said it is "not okay to make up instances of threat over journalism". Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-16 23:53
'Isn’t this a little counterproductive?': Internet does a U-turn as Ashton Kutcher steps down from Thorn
The ‘No Strings Attached’ actor co-founded the anti-child sex abuse organization in 2009 with his then-wife Demi Moore
2023-09-16 20:10
What channel is Notre Dame playing on today, Sept. 16?
Notre Dame looks to gear up for next week's big game as they face Central Michigan in Week 3, but what channel are the Irish playing on?
2023-09-16 19:01
Majority of women ‘consider listening to Joe Rogan podcast a red flag’, study finds
The majority of women would consider their partner listening to the Joe Rogan podcast a turn off, according to a new study. It’s become the most popular podcast in the world, with around 11 million listeners per episode, but clearly not everyone is a fan. A new study has been conducted by Change Research involving 1000 people aged between 18-34. They were all asked about their dating preferences, as well as political ideologies and other personality traits. When asked about potential turn offs in prospective partners, 55 per cent of the women involved said that their partner listening to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast would be a “red flag”. Fewer men said the same thing, with only 35 per cent saying that their partner listening to the podcast would be a turn off. The other popular red flags among women included their partner not having any hobbies, with 66 per cent saying it was an undesirable trait. The study also showed that 53 per cent of women said it was a reg flag if their partner refused to watch the Barbie movie. Rogan, incidentally, is one guy who personally can’t understand the backlash to the Barbie movie at all. He surprised haters of the film by revealing he actually really enjoyed it earlier this year. Finally, a total of 41 per cent of men said that they’d be turned off if their partner was into astrology as part of the study. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings
2023-09-16 16:56
Where to watch Northwestern vs Duke livestream
Duke and Northwestern have formed a bit of a rivalry over the past six seasons
2023-09-16 16:00
Where to watch Notre Dame vs Central Michigan livestream
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will welcome the Central Michigan Chippewas to the iconic Notre
2023-09-16 16:00
Who is Jorge Masvidal? Former MMA star sides with Dillon Danis amid Nina Agdal drama: 'It’s all public stuff'
Jorge Masvidal said, 'It’s all public stuff that she put out there and he just did a highlight video, highlighting the stuff that she’s already done'
2023-09-16 15:55
MrBeast unveils piloting flying car alongside jaw-dropping $100M supercar in video, fans dub it 'new fast and furious'
MrBeast will drive a number of expensive supercars, including one that can fly, in his next video
2023-09-16 15:55
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