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On June 29, America's Last Line of Defense published an article positing that in the summer of 2020, football quarterback Tom Brady had been recorded telling his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates that he would quit the team if any of them kneeled during the national anthem, as part of a long-standing protest against racial injustice and police brutality. This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: Americaslastlineofdefense.com is a subsidiary of the 'America’s Last Line of Defense' network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery. [...] Everything on this website is fiction. [...] Any similarities between this site’s pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. Although posts on the America's Last Line of Defense website and Facebook page carry Satire labels, it's clear that many readers understand them to be authentic and accurate news reports. This was also the case with the Brady story, especially after the fabricated quotation attributed to the quarterback was stripped of its original context and presented on social media without those Satire labels. Brady has not personally kneeled during the national anthem before games, but he has locked arms with teammates in solidarity with those who chose to take part in the protest, and he has spoken positively about the impact kneeling protests have on conversations around racial injustice in the United States. Brady has described himself as a good friend of U.S. President Donald Trump and spoke supportively about his 2016 presidential campaign. However, in April 2020 Brady said he had grown uncomfortable with his association with Trump. In 2017, Brady denounced the president's condemnation of the protests and said Trump's remarks had been divisive. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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