The king of tone-deaf, widely ridiculed tweets did not miss a beat Thursday after The Washington Post reported allegations of rampant sexual harassment within the Redskins organization.
Darren Rovell, a business reporter with Action Network, has built his social following with the help of his jarring approach to Twitter. He's the guy who tweeted out a graphic JFK assassination video in the early morning, struggled to understand the concept of crediting fellow journalists for their work and minimized the wellbeing of NFL players, among countless other questionable posts.
So it was little surprise his take on the Redskins scandal missed the mark entirely. Instead of focusing on the point of the story and the pain of the women involved — 15 employees say they were sexually harassed by coworkers — his immediate reaction was to take a shot at "cancel culture" and focus on what it would mean for fans of the franchise.
Sorry to disappoint Redskins fans. Even in the cancel culture that story, while horrific, isn’t going to take down Daniel Snyder.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 16, 2020
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Rovell's comment did not go over well.
ESPN personality Bomani Jones probably had the most on-point response, but there were many scathing replies.
if "cancel culture" was real, you think we'd let you stick around?
— bomani (@bomani_jones) July 16, 2020
The idea that women who bravely shared their stories about this work environment should somehow "disappoint" fans who wanted more is disgusting https://t.co/URMu3QsPLw
— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) July 16, 2020
what about in the "sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates federal law" culture, darren
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) July 16, 2020
More than a dozen women alleged sexual harassment by Dan Snyder’s inner circle and this is your first takeaway?!! Have you no empathy or compassion?
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) July 16, 2020
I am never surprised at your ability to have the most ghoulish take, and yet I am always surprised at the new levels of ghoul that you fi
— katherine fitzgerald 🌵🗞 (@kfitz134) July 16, 2020
Rovell's tweet capped a gross couple of days leading up to the Post's report, with a number of male reporters from other outlets trumpeting their knowledge of a super secret damning Redskins report as if it were an entertainment spectacle. They recklessly participated in hyping up fans without doing their jobs as reporters to convey actual information.
Perhaps it's fitting, then, for the parade of bad tweets to lead straight to the master himself.
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