There reaches a tipping point in the media exposure of any public figure where the narrative surrounding them diverges to the polar extremes and the truth becomes difficult to find. This is most obvious with politicians, but applies to big-name athletes as well.
Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders fit that bill last year, and now Texas quarterback Arch Manning has taken up that mantle. The general public had the younger Manning's name force-fed to them so much before he'd done a meaningful thing on a football field, that they were chomping at the bit to tear down the Texas quarterback.
Of course, their problem isn't with Manning himself (although for some miserable people it probably is), but rather with what they see as a dishonest media trying to push a narrative for clicks. Whil

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