There’s a Rank Double Standard, in the Media and Elsewhere, No One Wants to Discuss or Debate

In today’s America, who you are matters far less than what you believe.

That’s the unspoken rule of modern cancel culture — and few public figures illustrate that better than Mark Cuban.

Cuban is a billionaire, a media mogul, a former NBA team owner, and a celebrity entrepreneur. He’s also a political partisan who openly supports left-wing candidates, embraces DEI mandates, and proudly ridicules conservative populism.

And for that, him and others like him have been granted a level of institutional protection that conservatives — no matter how successful, accomplished, or well-intentioned — are simply never afforded.

Let’s set aside political preferences and focus on facts.

Under Cuban’s ownership, the Dallas Mavericks endured decades of workplace dysfunction. Reports of sexual harassment, retaliation, and mismanagement were so pervasive that the NBA levied its maximum fine and mandated reforms.

Yet like so many other left-wing donors Cuban remained largely untouched — by the media, by activists, and by the political class.

There were no boycotts, no coordinated campaigns to destroy his career, no moral crusades demanding his removal.

Cuban isn’t the only one to bask under the safe umbrella of the liberal media.

Alex Soros, the Kardashians, and many others, all have experienced preferential treatment by mainstream media sources that borders on hero worship and smacks of rank partisanship.

Compare that to the treatment of conservative leaders — especially those aligned with President Trump. One misstep, one misstatement, or even just an unpopular policy position is enough to spark a full-blown outrage cycle.

• Companies cut ties.
• Media outlets call for resignations.
• Online mobs call for lives and careers to be ruined.
• It’s not about justice.
• It’s about ideological conformity.

Like many other left-wing donors including the Bloombergs, Cuban’s record isn’t clean.

From insider trading allegations to his promotion of risky crypto propositions that left everyday investors in the lurch, there are plenty of questions worth asking.

But those questions rarely get airtime.

Why?

Because . . .

• He says the right things.
• He supports the right causes.
• He champions “equity” and “innovation,” so he’s granted immunity.

This isn’t a defense of bad behavior — on either side of the aisle.

Accountability should apply to everyone.

But it’s difficult to ignore the glaring double standard.

If a conservative CEO had overseen the kind of workplace scandal Cuban or others did, or joked about running Ponzi schemes in college, or been accused of assault, they’d be finished.

Their name would be synonymous with scandal. And yet for Cuban and others, the controversies are background noise — quickly forgotten, never dwelled on.

What we’re witnessing isn’t just hypocrisy.

It’s a cultural imbalance which corrodes public trust.

When Americans see one set of rules for liberal elites and another for conservative voices, they stop believing the system is fair.

They start to suspect that the loudest moralizers in media and politics are less interested in ethics and more interested in power.

Cancel culture was never really about accountability.

It was about control — deciding who gets a second chance and who doesn’t.

Who’s safe and who’s expendable.

Mark Cuban and many like him are safe, not because they are flawless, but because they fit the narrative.

Conservatives, meanwhile, are expendable — disposable the moment they challenge the status quo.

That’s not justice, it’s politics disguised as principle.

If we want a country that values fairness, free expression, and real accountability, we need to stop pretending this double standard doesn’t exist.

We need to start calling it what it is.

Mitchell Brown is an Army veteran, with extensive experience as a linguist, intelligence collector, and reconnaissance asset. Mr. Brown eventually took a legislative role in the U.S. House, during which he began his work on policy for the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security. Mitchell was subsequently appointed to serve as deputy White House Liaison for the Department of Labor for the Trump administration. He was also tasked with leading in lowering the unemployment rate during COVID-19. Read Mitch Brown’s Reports — More Here.

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