Misinformation is at an all-time high nowadays. From AI-fueled gibberish to indoctrination, internet users can sometimes swim in a cesspool of scientific illiteracy.
Needless to say, misinformation is an abominable force that can strike anyone. Earlier in the year, it reared its ugly head on Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.
Some thought Pittsburgh’s longtime skipper, a standard-bearer for Black coaches fighting for equality in a sport that has been unkind to Black coaches and executives, banned two of his players for kneeling during the Star-Spangled Banner.
That didn’t actually happen, though. Contrary to popular belief, Tomlin — who openly acknowledged that Pittsburgh players who spurned the playing of the song would be embraced, not shunned away — did not hand out pink slips to those who made the decision to protest the nation and its injustices.
Some thought Pittsburgh’s longtime skipper, a standard-bearer for Black coaches fighting for equality in a sport that has been unkind to Black coaches and executives, banned two of his players for kneeling during the Star-Spangled Banner.
That didn’t actually happen, though. Contrary to popular belief, Tomlin — who openly acknowledged that Pittsburgh players who spurned the playing of the song would be embraced, not shunned away — did not hand out pink slips to those who made the decision to protest the nation and its….
