confederate flag http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/26184/all en Peyton Manning Presents Joel McHale with the Face of America after Failed Confederate Flag/Redskins Analogy http://archive2.mrc.org/cmi-tv-blog-post/peyton-manning-presents-joel-mchale-face-america-after-failed-confederate-flagredsk <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dylan-gwinn">Dylan Gwinn</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Joel McHale made perhaps the reachiest of all reaches when trying to turn a bit about the removal of the Confederate flag into a Redskins joke. No, seriously this happened. </p><p> McHale began the ill-fated stab at humor thusly: </p><blockquote><p> <em>McHale: NASCAR had a transformative year. The confederate flag is no longer being flown at NASCAR events. Yes. It's great. It also came down in South Carolina. Folks in Washington, D.C. Said, it's about time. Washington, D.C., home of the Redskins. Redskins. Redskins. </em></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/cmi-tv-blog-post/peyton-manning-presents-joel-mchale-face-america-after-failed-confederate-flagredsk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> CMI on TV Blog Post MRC Culture Art & Entertainment confederate flag ESPYs Peyton Manning Washington Redskins Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:48:30 +0000 Dylan Gwynn 49417 at http://archive2.mrc.org