I spent two miserable years at a global media outlet
Every multinational global media outlet is as bad as you think they are. I had never worked with a group of such fake people in my life.
How many friends did I make during my two years working for a company that sought to become a global leader in sports and entertainment? Zero.
From my first few days on the job I started in Jan. 2024 and ended in Jan. 2026, I knew I’d never make a single friend. I also knew I’d barely hand out my phone number unless someone specifically requested it. Even then, I hoped I’d never get a text message.
Not from a group of posers who couldn’t wait to flaunt their moral superiority on social media and in company channels. From helping out at women’s sporting events, the Special Olympics, or even taking youngsters to the Super Bowl, they expected something from all of us: Engagement after they posted about who they helped, what they did, and, of course, “to spread inclusion far and wide.”
Don’t get me wrong. I’ll encourage anyone to donate their time and money to anything they deem worthy. Whether it’s what I listed above, or anything else under the sun. The problem was the excessive flaunting, and the relentless pressure to spread it across social media platforms.
Someone in upper management was particularly notorious, constantly going into the Employees’ Section to remind us we need to spread the message. Multiple times they pushed us to spread the word to friends and family, and even went as far as to gaslight when engagement seemed slower.
DEI and ESG dogmas were their sacred pedestals
Said company had gotten high-profile public recognition for their commitment to ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). ESG functions less as a moral framework and more as a compliance and risk-signaling mechanism that rewards alignment with institutional priorities rather than measurable outcomes.
It lets all parties involved show off that there’s no rift between the public and private sector, and that they’re working together.
Surface-level thinkers will find it noble. But those who dig deep, like Eric Meder of Privacy Academy, unearth the rabbit hole. I’m sure this global media outlet I spent two years in either didn’t do their homework on the subject, or that they did and didn’t care. The latter wouldn’t have surprised me.
DEI, DEI, and more DEI
As for DEI, I’ve spoken on the topic a few times, but it’s worth noting here that it’s not what an AI chatbot will claim. I once punched DEI into Brave AI, and, like the compliant little bot that it is, it claimed DEI “erases protected traits like gender, race, ethnicity, etc. from the hiring process. Instead, DEI guarantees that the hiring process is based on merit.”
I laughed out loud, having seen enough DEI dogmas through said company to realize it couldn’t be further from the truth. What Brave AI spat out at me is what a hiring process should look like.
Instead, this outlet showed us some nice little charts, once expressing disappointment that only a specific percentage of the company comprised women, and their goal for 2024 was for that number to rise a few percent to reach a particular benchmark.
The takeaway? DEI doesn’t remove protected traits from hiring decisions—it elevates them into formal performance metrics.
That occurred at the very first company-wide meeting I attended. After that, I just attended them with my camera and mic turned off, pretending I was listening in while working on more worthwhile projects. Hey, I ain’t gonna lie.
I’ll never work for another global media outlet
Toward the end of my time there, I want to say around Nov. 2025, or at least starting at that point, I quipped that “I’d rather pull steel than work for these people.” Ironic, since one of the few jobs I worked simply to break into freelance and ultimately sports writing was at a steel packaging plant.
I hated every second working at that plant. So to say that I’d take it over working as a sportswriter for a company that’s part of the woke cult is telling. Because at least at that steel packaging plant, I’d find myself around real, authentic people.
After seeing what things really look like on the inside, the experience disillusioned me. I never want to be around a bunch of people with painted smiles on their faces and fake friendly voices during meetings ever again. Especially when you can tell it’s performative.
A lot of bad acting, for sure. And if a fast-rising leader in the global media landscape acts this way, how do you think the others act? I have a general idea.
At least it gave me a little inspiration…
Know who else found himself disillusioned? Quinn Cozens, the main character in my Beyond the Lost trilogy. Quinn was an independent sportswriter before the world collapsed, but by that time, he would’ve done anything to find a way out. Unfortunately for Quinn, fate dealt him his hand, as shown in my 37,000-word novella, Beyond the Lost Horizon.
If you’re a fan of dystopian survival, but you can’t stand performative far-Left dogmas, chances are, you’ll dig this work. Check it out today if you’re raring for authentic fiction from a libertarian lens.
