A former ESPN reporter is speaking out after being hired at OutKick. Charly Arnolt told The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show Tuesday that she’s finally happy to have the creative freedom she sought. OutKick hired Arnolt in April.
“I haven’t been confined to talking about one thing in particular,” she said. “My opinions have been deemed important in many different discussions, which I wasn’t used to experiencing at ESPN. At ESPN, I was pigeonholed into more than just reading highlights and sports copy off a prompter.”
Arnolt conveyed a particular sense of relief in her ability to extend beyond sports and address contemporary women’s issues. She expressed gratitude, stating, “I feel truly privileged that my perspective is considered significant enough for a broadcaster to involve me in different areas.”
She expressed surprise at the politicization of women’s sports, which has become a highly debated subject in recent months, particularly regarding the participation of biological males in women’s sports.
“All the same people that were shouting women are oppressed are now the ones who are going out of their way to oppress women,” said Arnolt. “It makes absolutely no sense, and looking at the story that recently came out about the transgender teen who finished second at a track meet, that just completely blew my mind. I think it’s crazy, the world we’re living in.”
Arnolt expressed her concerns about what she referred to as the manipulation of public opinion in mainstream media. She pointed out that ESPN follows a political trajectory similar to the U.S. government.
“It’s getting more extreme by the day. If you recall, back in 2015 or 2016, Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs by ESPN,” she said. “Now Caitlyn Jenner would not be welcomed on ESPN because the talking points that Caitlyn Jenner is now preaching no longer fit within the ESPN narrative.”
