How the “Misinformation Game” pays when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys

Summer is the most wonderful time of the year for the misinformation game on America’s Team.

Barry Gipson
4 min readJul 2, 2024
How else can you get an NFL team worth to more than $9 billion without winning an NFC Championship or Super Bowl in 30 years?

FAKE NEWS

It’s election season Dallas Cowboys fans. Are you tired of scrolling through all the bullshit articles on Google and social media? America’s Team is the most polarizing professional sports team on the planet. Why? Thanks to a little instigation from our owner and NFL master of ceremonies in main-stream media Jerry Jones.

Jerral has never met a microphone he never liked. Is that where Micah Parsons learned this to apply to his podcast “The Edge” recently? Safety Malik Hooker had a few choice words about it a few days ago on Keyshawn Johnson’s All Facts No Brakes podcast.

“Because if we’re at work and, you know, the run game’s terrible but you’re doing a podcast every week and you know the run game is terrible then what are you really caring about? Are you caring about the crowd that was watching the podcast or are you caring about the success of our team and the Super Bowl that we’re trying to reach?”

I wouldn’t be surprised if this was what I like to call “Manufactured Media” internally within Frisco, TX. How else can the Dallas Cowboys be worth $9 billion…

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Barry Gipson

A Father, Dallas Cowboys, LA Lakers fan, and veteran sharing insights and more for the '24 NFL & NBA seasons. A pivot in content.