{"id":1444036,"date":"2022-04-18T13:15:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444036"},"modified":"2022-04-18T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:15:45","slug":"fact-verify-did-disneys-ceo-state-going-woke-was-the-huge-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-verify-did-disneys-ceo-state-going-woke-was-the-huge-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT Verify: Did Disney\u2019s CEO State \u2018Going Woke\u2019 Was The \u2018Huge Mistake\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ffact-verify-did-disneys-ceo-state-going-woke-was-the-huge-mistake%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=1444036&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0eijhvLra9MZvBEKz8gFuntcYkGajvHA5JKZb9wHXW6vXuZLmfxRBtnvLSCLqECjKl&#038;id=100003849718575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a news article claiming that Disney\u2019s CEO admitted \u201cgoing woke\u201d was a \u201chuge mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The article stems from a satirical website. There is no evidence suggesting that Disney\u2019s CEO has stated he regrets the direction the company has moved in.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disney has faced criticism and protests in response to its opposition to a Florida bill that banned classroom instruction on sexual orientation from kindergarten to third grade, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/people-gather-outside-of-disney-springs-to-protest-the-companys-response-to-dont-say-gay-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox35 Orlando<\/a>. Now, an image shared on Facebook claims the company is paying financially for its decision.<\/p>\n<p>The image shows a screen grab of an article with a headline that reads, \u201cAfter Devastating Losses, Disney CEO Admits Company Made \u2018A Huge Mistake\u2019 Going Woke.\u201d The article goes on to quote the company\u2019s alleged CEO, Joe Barren, as saying, \u201cPeople say they want this stuff then we do it and the park loses half its guests in a single afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article is not factual. The CEO of Disney is named <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/leaders\/bob-chapek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Chapek<\/a>, not \u201cJoe Barren.\u201d There is no one by that name listed on the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/about\/#leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leadership webpage<\/a>. There are also no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Bob+Chapek+%22People+say+they+want+this+stuff+then+we+do+it+and+the+park+loses+half+its+guests+in+a+single+afternoon%22&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiT7oGWypf3AhUkZN8KHWPFDxUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1219&#038;bih=702&#038;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> crediting Chapek with the supposed quotes. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/26\/fact-check-108-disney-employees-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Were 108 Disney World Employees Arrested For Child Sex Trafficking?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company did apologize for its \u201csilence\u201d on the Florida bill in March 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/11\/media\/disney-chapek-apology-florida-lgbtq\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. Chapek initially declined to issue a statement, citing the potential weaponization of it to \u201cfurther divide and inflame\u201d the country, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An internet search reveals the <a href=\"https:\/\/usataters.com\/after-devastating-losses-disney-ceo-admits-company-made-a-huge-mistake-going-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> visible in the Facebook image was published by the website USA Taters. The website\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/usataters.com\/sample-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about us<\/a>\u201d page indicates the outlet is part of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Last Line of Defense,\u201d which it describes as a \u201cnetwork of parody, satire, and tomfoolery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Disney has been the subject of viral misinformation. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/19\/fact-check-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-jail-abusing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked a viral Facebook post that claimed Chapek was in jail \u201cfor abusing 2 little girls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a news article claiming that Disney\u2019s CEO admitted \u201cgoing woke\u201d was a \u201chuge mistake.\u201dVerdict: FalseThe article stems from a satirical website. There is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1444052,"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-1444036","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\/1444036","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}