rant · moment 11 of 22
Media, Portnoy Spitting Incident, and Being Called a Media Figure
from #277 - The New American Dream | The Tim Dillon Show · #277
3 min
Tim continues riffing on the Insider reporter's confession about the planned hit piece, recounts Dave Portnoy spitting in his mouth as a bit, and reflects on being lumped in as 'the media.'
- Established media outlets resent Dave Portnoy and independent operations like Barstool because they're siphoning eyeballs away from CNN and ESPN.
- New York media types attack independent operators out of institutional jealousy, the same way outlets go after Rogan.
- Tim doesn't mind being called media—if he is, then everyone sitting at a desk in a suit working for NBC and Saudi ownership is media too.
- Publications like The Guardian and Business Insider write inflammatory anti-work articles designed to provoke working people into outrage.
- The media narrative portrays Dave Portnoy as predatory, spinning a joke into a conspiracy that he's choking and spitting in women's mouths across Nantucket.
- Tim attended a Barstool event where Portnoy spit in his mouth as a bit, called him "Pig," and walked away—jarring but not entirely unexpected.
Dave PortnoyBarstool SportsJoe RoganThe GuardianBusiness Insider