r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS 📰The Mirror US • Sep 14 '26

article Robert Kraft issues lengthy statement on Macklemore after rapper says NFL owner had him banned from

https://www.themirror.com/sport/american-football/robert-kraft-macklemore-sheeran-palestine-2024272
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u/DistinctMatch1433 Sep 14 '26

This has gotta be one of the best examples of the Barbara Streisand effect

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u/johnnybgooderer Sep 14 '26

I don’t think so. Once this bad press is over, all the pop stars know they have to stay quiet. That’s moves the needle on pop culture to the right.

Unless this storm is big enough to actually have a consequence for Kraft or halting our involvement in Israel , then the pro Israel crowd just won huge.

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u/Electronic-CatDog Sep 14 '26

I disagree I follow a ton of pop stars who are very open and outspoken about their feelings on the current climate of the globe. 

I don’t think they won shit. This is opening Americans to the reality we’re owned and manipulated by Israel 

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u/jobkillerthrowaway Sep 15 '26

I see millions of dollars a day worth of that manipulation in the various attack dogs about the senate race in Michigan.

Theyve seriously pulled out all the stops and opened all the coffers about that online especially.

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u/GoodGame2EZ Sep 14 '26

There is much much more to it than that. Some bad press lasts a very long time. Hell, people are bringing up Eipstein and the massage parlor thing from years ago. More public support could shift towards Palestine because of all this history and association. That would move pop culture to the left. This kind of stuff is just too layered to cover in a neat little summary.

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u/jobkillerthrowaway Sep 15 '26

Do you remember when bands used to rage against a machine?

Now they quietly capitulate to it for money.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux Sep 14 '26

Damn I hope ur wrong

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u/johnnybgooderer Sep 14 '26

Me too. The right wingers have really been asserting control of the media lately. Reddit banned a whole subreddits for allowing Charlie Kirk memes a week ago. CBS has a government appointed censor. Their reporting has shifted greatly. Now they are getting leverage over musicians who have a big influence on popular opinion.

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u/HFentonMudd Sep 14 '26

“Chilling effect” working as intended.

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u/LazloHollifeld Sep 14 '26

No. They accidentally amplified his message by 10,000 percent. They can try and silence him but they can’t keep ducking the question.

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u/jackofslayers Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

I don't see this one flipping.

  1. Too many stadium owners are pro-Israel and they have a huge outsized influence on conerts because they own the venues.
  2. With stuff like this, people want to crucify the messenger unless they are perfect. And Macklemore is definitely not the ideal messenger for this one.

Edit: concerts

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u/sanctaphrax Sep 15 '26

Macklemore is going to profit financially off of this, and other pop stars will notice that.

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u/NlghtmanCometh last.fm Sep 14 '26

I mean you’d have to be under a rock to not already have known that the Palestinian people have been suffering at the hands of Israel