@logicisforsquares said:

Just search "hillary" and "mad magazine", you will see that obviously they have taken their shots at her.

I wouldn't argue about Mad magazine but I would on something like Saturday Night Live who does take shots at both sides but not equally or fairly. SNL clearly leans left in their material. 

Rob Schneider Says ‘Saturday Night Live’ Overt Liberal Politics Hurt Its Comedy

https://deadline.com/2018/04/rob-schneider-says-saturday-night-live-liberal-politics-hurt-its-comedy-1202378832/

@oldbrownsfan said:

And I would not disagree with that but generally speaking if am selling a product the last thing I would want to do is to inject divisive politics into my product knowing it might alienate a good portion of customers. I would think the same way as an entertainer. Why would I want to turn off a good portion of my fans by interjecting politics? 

Generally, I am with you. But if you are giving it to both sides like Mad has been apt to do then no particular side should be whining unless they are just prone to whining (i.e. the types of people who take to Youtube to whine about a cartoon book).

@logicisforsquares said:

MAD Magazine has shit on every president that has been in office. It was their thing. That said, papers and magazines are going the way of disco because of the internet.

And I would not disagree with that but generally speaking if am selling a product the last thing I would want to do is to inject divisive politics into my product knowing it might alienate a good portion of customers. I would think the same way as an entertainer. Why would I want to turn off a good portion of my fans by interjecting politics? 

@logicisforsquares said:

MAD Magazine has shit on every president that has been in office. It was their thing. That said, papers and magazines are going the way of disco because of the internet.

No, it's because they said mean things about Trump

@mld-woody said:

This board would have made you believe the entire decline of ESPN was because they said critical things of Trump. There are a handful of reasons. Having less political talk is smart regardless. Less bad press, legitimate or not.

which is nonsense, what you spew most always. It started with soft-pedaling a few cranky hater players kneeling in disrespect to our Flag and Anthem and country. You don't understand anything - the black power salute during the olympics was 50 years ago - that, since you probably don't know, was before PRes Trump became president.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyswan/2017/10/11/espns-politics-are-killing-its-brand/#1f0b3b4f1429

"if we take a look at the chart below from LikeFolio, we can see social media consumer sentiment at ESPN dropping from 62% all the way down to 41% positive in the last month alone: "

@mld-woody said:

This board would have made you believe the entire decline of ESPN was because they said critical things of Trump. There are a handful of reasons. Having less political talk is smart regardless. Less bad press, legitimate or not.

The bottom line is the president of ESPN himself thought it was enough of a problem to address it and try to correct it.

@oldbrownsfan said:

But what does ESPN say themselves about being too political:

ESPN president: 'Our fans do not want us to cover politics'

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/444823-espn-president-our-fans-do-not-want-us-to-cover-politics

LOL.

the woodpecker got his beak twisted over that one.

@mld-woody said:

Oh geez not the ESPN thing again. At least you've moved on from "they're losing viewers because of their liberal politics!"

But what does ESPN say themselves about being too political:

ESPN president: 'Our fans do not want us to cover politics'

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/444823-espn-president-our-fans-do-not-want-us-to-cover-politics

@mld-woody said:

I'm sure that had nothing to do with them being written forms of media (that are fading across the board) and everything to do with a negative article on Trump at some point.

You might be right the vid was just for fun but there is a larger point of why some liberals feel compelled to get out of their lanes to attack Trump? What purpose does it serve to unnecessarily offend a good portion of your customer base? 

I would say the same thing with ESPN. There are likely a number of reasons they have lost viewers but I  wouldn't discount becoming too political as one of the factors. ESPN must think that themselves because they have recently been taking steps to be less poltical.