Former Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins exclusively joins NewsNation to discuss why he resigned on the spot after his editors spiked a story discussing transgender participation in sports. "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
Matt Calkins said he resigned after the outlet refused to run his story about opposing transgender athletes.
Former Seattle Times writer Matt Calkins said the scrapped story was one of several that “likely would have triggered the outrage mob.”
His column argued that the position supporting the separation of biological females and males in sports doesn't automatically make one transphobic, and he urged people to stop throwing that label around. According to Calkins, his column was passed through a series of editors who informed him they weren't going to run it.
At a debate Tuesday night, Sen. Darline Graham, R-SC, who is running to hold onto her Senate seat in South Carolina, stumbled when asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea are national security issues. Graham responded by telling the moderator: “I’m not that informed on national security.” Columnist Eugene Robinson calls the moment “pretty embarrassing" for Graham, who was appointed to the seat following the death of her brother Sen. Lindsey Graham. But, Robinson predicts, foreign policy won’t define the South Carolina senate election.
The Times columnist reflects on the seismic changes in media, religion and politics he’s witnessed in his career so far.
Bob Nightengale, a columnist for USA Today, joined "The Hill on NewsNation" two days after the L.A. Dodgers acquired Tarik Skubal.
The opinion piece emphasized the Biden family's refusal to disappear into the shadows ahead of a critical election period, despite pushes from Democrats to do so.