Republican congressmen's concerns over Netflix's perceived 'woke' ideology, fueled by tampons in a men's room and programming choices, contributed to the collapse of Netflix's bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, despite attempts to portray the company as politically neutral.
Tampons in the company’s men’s washroom led Republican congressmen to think Netflix was far more left-wing than they tried to portray themselves during the streamer’s congressional evaluation for its bid to buy Warner Bros.
Discovery, reports now say. Netflix invited a contingent of GOP congressmen to its headquarters to woo them into signing onto its now aborted plans to buy Warners. The goal was to convince the Republicans that Netflix wasn’t a bastion of left-wing, hardcore, woke ideology.There were plenty of other factors that ultimately led to Netflix bowing out of its offer to buy the film studio, but the, speaking as to how wokeness has waned so sharply since the height of its cultural powers. “What were they thinking?” For the paper, Charles Gasparino noted that, “…price wasn’t Sarandos’ only obstacle. During the six-month bidding war, many Republicans in Congress, state AG offices and of course the White House came to believe that Netflix was seeking to create a monopoly in streaming — an increasingly important way Americans consume entertainment.” The stumbling block for many Republicans was the long history that Netflix has of forcing woke ideas and the gay and transgender ideology into all its programing — especially its children’s programs. And Republicans were wary of giving Netflix an even bigger platform to promulgate hardcore leftism by allowing the streamer to buy a film studio. Missouri GOP Rep. Jason Smith, who is chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is one of the members of congress who attended the Netflix tour. And after seeing tampons in a men’s room, he found the streamer’s claim to be politically neutral a bit hard to believe. Yes, the tampons didn’t help Netflix at all.Gasparino explained that most of these Republicans “believe values are front and center in Netflix’s programming, and the tampon incident, as it filtered through the halls of Congress, became proof that the company wasn’t changing its politics.” Netflix saw its stock tumbling during its bidding process to buy Warners. And after announcing it was stepping out of the bidding war, its stock rose. So, the streamer had a lot of pressures arguing against the Warners purchase.*** Election Night LiveWire *** Texas Votes in GOP, Dem PrimariesU.S. Kills Iranian Official Who Plotted 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt Watch–Democrat Tells Angel Families: Sorry for Your Loss, But Americans Are More Violent than Illegal AliensHouse Oversight Committee Votes to Subpoena Bondi Over Handling of Release of Epstein Files
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