Around 17 minutes into Scott Adams’ YouTube livestream on February 22 a viewer noted in the rolling online comments, “Scott [is] going for a real cancellation today”.
Referencing a dubious survey, the creator of satirical workplace comic strip Dilbert had just subjected his audience on Real Coffee with Scott Adams to a racist commentary, denigrating black people as a “hate group”. In response to the resulting backlash, Adams later protested that he was opposed to any discrimination against individuals and that his recent comments had used hyperbole to “extend the conversation”. (When I contacted him for comment, he referred me to this interview).
That viewer’s comments were on the mark, however. Portfolio, part of Penguin Random House, has scrapped plans to produce a new self-help book by Adams. Many newspapers have ceased publication of the widely syndicated Dilbert strip.
