The latest misdeed perpetrated by Dave Portnoy was a tirade against Kim Kardashian (and in defense, at least in theory, of Taylor Swift) that occurred on December 10. The 46-year-old Boston businessman called Kardashian “garbage” and threatened to “make sure” that her multiple misdeeds and misdeeds “do not go unpunished.” Although it was not entirely clear what he meant by his tweets, the truth is that he garnered instant support from the legion of followers of the pair of channels he leads, Barstool Sports and One Bite Pizza Reviews.
More than one of you must be wondering who Dave Portnoy is and why we should care what such an individual has to say about Kim Kardashian. The answer is that this graduate in Education from the University of Michigan is a symptom of something disturbing, and perhaps irreversible, that is happening right now with the media and popular entertainment in the United States. Portnoy launched Barstool Sport in 2007 as a sports information platform aimed at young people “without prejudice” and allergic to political correctness. In subsequent years, according to the editor of The New York Times Amelia Nierenberg, the medium became a meeting point for a large community of “white twenty-somethings very prone to racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments.”
In 2015, the page exceeded 250 million monthly visits, reached a market value of 15 million dollars, made Portnoy one of the leaders of the incel movement and, according to many analysts, contributed to paving Trump's success among youth. who uses opioids and gets excited about NASCAR racing.
The creator of Barstool Sports has recently embarked on another professional adventure that has just made him the most influential personality in the world of pizza. About 10 years ago, the man began posting his One Bite Pizza Reviews online, a series of videos in which he visits all types of restaurants and beach bars, orders a slice of pizza, takes a bite and rates it from 0 to 10. 10. He has already produced more than 1,000 pieces of growing viral success: 136 million likes on TikTok.
At this point, as Luke Winkie explains in Slate magazine, “if Portnoy walks into your restaurant, in less than 10 minutes, your fate as an entrepreneur will be sealed.” Winkie attributes Portnoy to almost mafia-like practices. His power is such that many hoteliers claim to have succumbed to his tactics of intimidation and economic extortion to scratch a few tenths in that digital ranking of pizza excellence that depends on the criteria of a single man.
Its power was reinforced with the celebration in Atlanta last October of the first One Pizza Festival, considered by The New York Times “one of the most influential events in the gastronomy sector in decades.” Thousands of people had the opportunity to try the portions cooked by the 35 pizzerias that Dave Portnoy himself had selected. One of the attendees told reporter Kevin Draper that, in his opinion, Dave was beginning to take on a disturbing “messianic” profile. However, he immediately played down the matter, adding that “after all, the only thing he does is rate the slices of pizza he eats, he is not running for president of the United States.” Give it time.
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