NBC Touts #VeteransForKaepernick, Praises Controversial QB for Starting ‘Conversation’

Kyle Drennen | September 2, 2016
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Looking at social media reaction to controversial 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick maintaining his Black Lives Matter protest against the National Anthem during a military appreciation night in San Diego, on Friday’s NBC Today, co-host Carson Daly skewed the segment toward messages of support for the NFL player: “Yeah, there very much are two sides...His decision has many people on social media quite divided.”

After reading one tweet blasting Kaepernick for being “disrespectful to your country,” the remaining three tweets all voiced support. Daly touted: “And of course on the other side of the fence is Julius, writing, ‘C’mon, Kaepernick not standing for the anthem doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about America, it means he cares enough to say something is wrong.’”

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