Mark Dice
Role at the time: Independent media analyst
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Mark Dice called Macklemore's removal a violation of free-speech principles and attributed it to Robert Kraft and, in language repeating an antisemitic trope, "a certain ethnic mafia."
“Sure, it's not the government banning him... but it is a violation of the principles of the freedom of speech... This was Robert [Kraft] and... a certain ethnic mafia cancelling Macklemore.”
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Mark Dice video reacting to Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.
Why we used this label
On Macklemore's MetLife message, Dice calls his removal a free-speech violation, an implicit defense of Macklemore's conduct rather than a condemnation of him. His attribution of the removal to "a certain ethnic mafia" repeats an antisemitic conspiracy trope.