{"id":1436731,"date":"2022-04-14T07:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436731"},"modified":"2022-04-14T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T11:46:10","slug":"disney-fights-florida-parental-rights-law-yet-will-not-comment-on-locked-down-shanghai-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-fights-florida-parental-rights-law-yet-will-not-comment-on-locked-down-shanghai-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Fights Florida Parental Rights Law, Yet Will Not Comment on Locked-Down Shanghai Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-fights-florida-parental-rights-law-yet-will-not-comment-on-locked-down-shanghai-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<h2>Company\u2019s refusal to comment is contrast to its vocal political activism in Florida<\/h2>\n<div id=\"authorDate\">\n<p>\u00a0on&#038;nbsp13th April 2022 @ 5.00pm <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure title=\"Disney has refused to comment on the well-being of the company\u2019s Shanghai park &#039;cast members&#039;\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Disney has refused to comment on the well-being of the company\u2019s Shanghai park &#8216;cast members&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Walt Disney Co. has remained silent on the thousands of its Shanghai Disney Resort workers currently trapped in lockdown as part of the CCP\u2019s draconian <em>\u201czero-COVID\u201d<\/em> policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s refusal to comment is a blaring contrast to its vocal political activism in Florida, where they sought to repeal the state\u2019s anti-grooming Parental Rights in Education law.<\/p>\n<p>Disney has refused to comment on the well-being of the company\u2019s Shanghai park <em>\u201ccast members.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/12\/disney-wont-comment-on-shanghai-park-workers-trapped-in-lockdown-but-continues-to-fight-florida-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Brietbart <\/a>noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>It is estimated Disney employs more than 10,000 people at the park, which was forced to close indefinitely to the public on March 21.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Shanghai has imposed blanket lockdown measures to combat the latest coronavirus surge, compelling residents to scrounge for food and essential human necessities.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure title=\"It is estimated Disney employs more than 10,000 people at the park\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/its-estimated-Disney-employs-more.jpg\" alt=\"it is estimated disney employs more than 10 000 people at the park\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>It is estimated Disney employs more than 10,000 people at the park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/18805-locked-down-shanghai-residents-scream-from-windows-amid-food-shortages-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neon Nettle<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Distressing videos emerging from Shanghai show desperate residents, locked down by their government due to COVID measures, screaming from their windows because of limited food supplies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many of the videos that surfaced on China\u2019s most popular micro-blogging platform, Weibo, showed residents screaming from their apartments, although the clips cannot be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Although the videos are quickly removed by the Chinese Communist Party-controlled Internet, translators outside of the country have saved and circulated them.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of Shanghai Disney represents a huge loss for Disney, which invested an estimated $5.5 billion to launch the park in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"Shanghai has imposed blanket lockdown measures to combat the latest coronavirus surge\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Shanghai-has-imposed-blanket.jpg\" alt=\"shanghai has imposed blanket lockdown measures to combat the latest coronavirus surge\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Shanghai has imposed blanket lockdown measures to combat the latest coronavirus surge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then-CEO Bob Iger led a charm offensive intended to cement the company\u2019s warm relationship with Communist Party leaders in Beijing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from The Walt Disney Company on signing of Florida legislation: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVI7Ko3aKS\">pic.twitter.com\/UVI7Ko3aKS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Walt Disney Company (@WaltDisneyCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaltDisneyCo\/status\/1508494672817123330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With so much invested in China, Disney has been unwilling to criticize the CCP\u2019s human rights abuses, and has even imposed censorship on its American journalists, forbidding them to publicly discuss subjects like the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong that might jeopardize the company\u2019s Chinese dealings.<\/p>\n<p>But Disney has no such reservations when it comes to taking left-wing political positions at home, especially in Florida, where the company has enjoyed unparalleled legal privileges granted by the state.<\/p>\n<p>Disney recently vowed to continue fighting the Florida Parental Rights law after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it into law last month.<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s political activism could threaten its legal privileges. GOP lawmakers in Florida are considering reviewing the company\u2019s long-standing right of self-rule that gives it wide freedoms to oversee itself.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in Congress have also suggested reviewing Disney\u2019s copyright protections on valuable intellectual properties, including Mickey Mouse.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/18800-china-accelerates-build-up-of-its-nuclear-arsenal-amid-tensions-with-the-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[READ MORE] China Accelerates Build-Up of Its Nuclear Arsenal amid Tensions with the US<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company\u2019s refusal to comment is contrast to its vocal political activism in Florida \u00a0on&#038;nbsp13th April 2022 @ 5.00pm   \u00a9\u00a0press Disney has refused to comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}