{"id":1087,"date":"2024-01-10T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/espn-has-paid-85m-to-air-aaron-rodgerss-conspiracy-theories\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:58:50","slug":"espn-has-paid-85m-to-air-aaron-rodgerss-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/espn-has-paid-85m-to-air-aaron-rodgerss-conspiracy-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN has paid $85m to air Aaron Rodgers\u2019s conspiracy theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The broadcaster has given the quarterback free rein to spread misinformation on the Pat McAfee Show. And now he is taking aim at the network itself<\/p>\n<p>Just as when he drops back to pass, Aaron Rodgers scans the world around him and sees enemies everywhere. Over the past four years, The Pat McAfee Show, a streaming sensation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/37664316\/pat-mcafee-show-coming-espn-multiyear-deal\">that\u2019s recently found a home on ESPN<\/a>, has provided a forum for the New York Jets quarterback to settle scores and single out other targets for offense \u2013 not least his grudge against Jimmy Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers\u2019s three-year-old feud with Kimmel \u2013 which began with the talkshow host slamming Rodgers, a stubborn vaccine skeptic, after he tested positive for Covid \u2013 reached a troubling inflection point last week when Rodgers appeared on McAfee\u2019s show and implied the comedian was \u201cnervous\u201d about being linked to Jeffrey Epstein. The quarterback pledged to \u201cpop a bottle of something\u201d if Kimmel\u2019s name surfaced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/05\/jeffrey-epstein-documents-unsealed\">the recent release of documents<\/a> related to the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/jan\/10\/aaron-rodgers-pat-mcafee-show-anthony-fauci-nfl-jimmy-kimmel\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The broadcaster has given the quarterback free rein to spread misinformation on the Pat McAfee Show. And now he is taking aim at the network itself Just as when he drops back to pass, Aaron Rodgers scans the world around him and sees enemies everywhere. Over the past four years, The Pat McAfee Show, a &#8230; <a title=\"ESPN has paid $85m to air Aaron Rodgers\u2019s conspiracy theories\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/espn-has-paid-85m-to-air-aaron-rodgerss-conspiracy-theories\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ESPN has paid $85m to air Aaron Rodgers\u2019s conspiracy theories\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}