CBS Sunday Morning Did Not Ask Nicholas Sparks About Racist/Homophobic Comments

New York Times 2019 - The writer Nicholas Sparks, whose string of best-selling novels-turned-films includes “The Notebook,” apologized Monday for comments he made in 2013 that appeared to express hostility toward homosexuality and to oppose the creation of a club for gay students at a prep school he founded in North Carolina.

Additionally - among other allegations, complaint's says the best-selling author sought to block the recruitment of black students and teacher

OMG -- you mean 11 years ago he may or may not have said some things that may or may not have unintentionally offended a few people that he has ALREADY APOLOGIZED FOR?

GET HIM!!

Updated On: 3/17/24 at 02:47 PM

Although, the point out that none of Sparks over 20 romance novels have ever including a person of color as a lead character.

BETTY22 said: "Although, the point out that none of Sparks over 20 romance novels have ever including a person of color as a lead character."



I have no idea if that is true or not -- but even if it is, let's say his next book is about a black couple. The internet will be outraged that a white male had the nerve to write from the perspective of a black person.

And now that this thread has gone totally off the rails, hopefully the mods will delete it.

this not a difficult conversation.

Sparks apparently said bad stuff 13 years ago. He apologized. Some people dont accept that apology (their right, just as much as he has the right to say objectionable stuff) and wont see the show. This is a tiny number of people who seem to live in a very phony perennially-outraged universe, but fine, who cares. Unlike in an election, these sorts of people move zero needles.

But THIS thread is not about them, its about demanding that CBS Sunday Morning adopt their viewpoint, which is an even more outrageous extension of the cancel-fever sweeping the extreme right and left.

This musical sounds like my idea of hell but someone else's idea of profits. Is it too late to invest in this shameless steaming pile of crypto-Christian schmaltz? I want that money!

And you've actually seen the show? Or are you just a typical Upper West Side elitist snob?

The perpetually and easily offended are at it again. Must be exhausting to be that annoying.

Impeach2017 said: "I reserve the right to criticize the news media, as well as anyone else in the public sphere. Why are you trying to silence people withyour ridiculous claims of "cancel culture"? It's always when unpopular minorities speak up about something that we hear that tired dog whistle. No one here said anything about cancelling or demanding anything, unlike the over 4,000 book titlesthat are currently being targeted for banning nationwide - a four fold increase over just a couple of years ago. But hey, where is your reaction against that? *crickets*"

And we are back here again: you can criticize the media, and i can criticize you for criticizing the media, its a free country. I'm saying that criticizing CBS Sunday Morning for not forcing Nicholas Sparks to apologize again for something he already apologized for many years ago, is inherently silly. That doesnt mean I am challenging anyone's right to do anything, it just means I think you're wrong.

and this upper west side elitist (close enough) did see the Notebook, kinda enjoyed it, so its anyones guess what that comment was about but the beat goes on.

Impeach2017 said: "I reserve the right to criticize the news media, as well as anyone else in the public sphere. Why are you trying to silence people withyour ridiculous claims of "cancel culture"? It's always when unpopular minorities speak up about something that we hear that tired dog whistle. No one here said anything about cancelling or demanding anything, unlike the over 4,000 book titlesthat are currently being targeted for banning nationwide - a four fold increase over just a couple of years ago. But hey, where is your reaction against that? *crickets*"

…No one threatened or even called into question your “right” to criticize the news media. No one is “silencing” you. Your “right” permits you to say what you want - it doesn’t protect you from people disagreeing, people responding in ways that upset you, or people perceiving your stance as cancel-adjacent. And as far as “where is [this person’s] reaction” to book banning? I don’t know, but probably not on a Broadway message board. Don’t see why you’d expect that outrage to surface here and therefore don’t feel the call-out warrants a “crickets”/mic drop button.