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The Economist: time to examine the “dark underbelly of Paw Patrol”

Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:03 pm
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10678 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:03 pm
I’m old enough to remember when this was a serious, respected magazine. Now it sounds like they got the Teen Vogue disease.



Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
19000 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:05 pm to
wow...........just wow
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24047 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:05 pm to
Slow news day?
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38418 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:06 pm to
Time to examine why The Economist still exists.
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
10179 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:07 pm to
I don't think it's outlandish to think that programming has a slant. Especially one as prolific as Paw Patrol.

It's why the barrier of entry for for independent creators to create shows and get an audience has been so important.

All of the people I watch are DIYers on youtube and runners. Not much of a slant besides product placement.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
22198 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:09 pm to
Yea, but it should balance out since only 1 of them are white.

Plus, I'm pretty sure the first 2 addons were both females
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62085 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:09 pm to
The writer of that article needs a national tour of public shaming, complete with rotten fruits and vegetables and eggs.
Posted by Obi Wan Ryobi
Member since Feb 2026
340 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:11 pm to
I’ve been meaning to cancel. This seals it. I remember they used to be a serious publication.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
30178 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:16 pm to
It's always been a meme/joke that Paw Patrol is pro-fascism propaganda. I guess today a write for The Economist had nothing better to do than turn that joke into an article and pass it off as legitimate.
Posted by Duckhammer_77
TD Platinum member
Member since Nov 2016
3078 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:17 pm to
my five-yr old daughter wouldn't give a shite about paw patrol if wasn't for the pink girl dog that flies. I have watched it with her and pointed out when the bossy arse cop dog is overstepping its little authority.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60970 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:19 pm to
Desperate for engagement
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
61764 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:20 pm to
I miss the simpler days where Sesame Street taught kids it was cool to hang out on the street all day and do nothing.
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 1:20 pm
Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
20918 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:21 pm to
And they have a worthless mayor who cares more for her pet chicken than the town!!!

But shes a black female so no one dares to question her!!!
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86677 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

Desperate for engagement


Yes.

If you read the article, its wanting to make fun of the "controversy", while also doing their own psychoanalysis of the cartoon

Don't try to make fun of the ridiculousness of the politicizing a children's cartoon, while also doing the "well acktually" meme
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
3885 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:22 pm to
Teen Vogue was discontinued as a separate brand last November and now is just merged into Vogue.

With that being said, it was really weird for about its last decade in existence. Almost all of its articles were about politics, and usually woke politics at that. Its articles never seemed to have anything to do with fashion, let alone teen fashion. I read some statistic on the demographics of its readers and IIRC only about 2% of its readers were even under age 25 or so. (Let alone actual teens.)
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87723 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:38 pm to
Woke 1 never left

This is pure 2020 baby
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20332 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:41 pm to
Sounds like someone yelped for help and was turned down by the paw patrol.

What a loser
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
12228 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

And they have a worthless mayor who cares more for her pet chicken than the town!!!


I always thought she was low key hot, though.
Posted by Macintosh
Lane State University
Member since Sep 2011
56908 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:44 pm to
Average DSA voter

Woke is trying to make a resurgence. Step on their throats
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 1:45 pm
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
46653 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 1:49 pm to
The Economist hasn't been a serious magazine for quite a few years now. This is sadly par for the course for them now.

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