Sean L.

Sean L. McCarthy is an entertainment journalist whose byline regularly appears in The New York Times, Decider and elsewhere. He hosts a long-running podcast interviewing funny people in the funny business, The Comic’s Comic Presents Last Things First. He has written for various publications including Rolling Stone, GQ, Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter. McCarthy has also appeared as a pop culture commentator on CNN and MSNBC. He is based in New York City.

Biography: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/sean-l-mccarthy

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

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Examples:

And then there's the curious case of Louis C.K., who has flip-flopped, at first immediately issuing a statement copping to his misdeeds once The New York Times reported in November 2017 on multiple women in comedy who claimed he had masturbated in front of them or otherwise sexually harassed them as their superior on set. But three years later, he filmed a special (ironically titled Sincerely) in which he reframed the entire situation as if he were the victim, and now claimed that he had consent for his actions even though he had not. The Recording Academy rewarded him with a Grammy.

Conflicts of Interest

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Examples:

And then there's the curious case of Louis C.K., who has flip-flopped, at first immediately issuing a statement copping to his misdeeds once The New York Times reported in November 2017 on multiple women in comedy who claimed he had masturbated in front of them or otherwise sexually harassed them as their superior on set... But three years later, he filmed a special (ironically titled Sincerely) in which he reframed the entire situation as if he were the victim, and now claimed that he had consent for his actions even though he had not. The Recording Academy rewarded him with a Grammy.

Contradictions

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Tenacious D cancels tour after bandmate's offensive Trump comment.
The comment caused a backlash and the band cancelled its remaining tour dates.

Deceptions

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Examples:

And then there's the curious case of Louis C.K., who has flip-flopped, at first immediately issuing a statement copping to his misdeeds once The New York Times reported in November 2017 on multiple women in comedy who claimed he had masturbated in front of them or otherwise sexually harassed them as their superior on set... But three years later, he filmed a special (ironically titled Sincerely) in which he reframed the entire situation as if he were the victim, and now claimed that he had consent for his actions even though he had not. The Recording Academy rewarded him with a Grammy.