{"id":1496453,"date":"2022-05-29T14:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T18:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496453"},"modified":"2022-05-29T14:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T18:59:44","slug":"netflix-exec-responds-to-being-touted-in-conservative-media-for-defending-free-speech-from-woke-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-exec-responds-to-being-touted-in-conservative-media-for-defending-free-speech-from-woke-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Exec Responds To Being Touted In Conservative Media For Defending Free Speech From Woke Employees"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fnetflix-exec-responds-to-being-touted-in-conservative-media-for-defending-free-speech-from-woke-employees%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=1496453&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>In an article published on Saturday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended his decision to protect the company\u2019s content from woke employees who would seek to censor it, saying that it was \u201cvery important\u201d for American culture.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/28\/style\/ted-sarandos-netflix.html\">interview<\/a> in The New York Times came after Netflix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/netflix-fires-major-warning-shot-at-its-woke-employees-with-new-culture-memo\">released<\/a> a corporate memo that warned employees offended by the company\u2019s content that they may want to go find a job somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>The change in Netflix\u2019s company culture was in large part due to the backlash the streaming service faced last year over its Dave Chappelle special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d which some employees claimed was transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he felt about being touted in conservative media after defending freedom of speech, Sarandos said, \u201cIt used to be a very liberal issue, so it\u2019s an interesting time that we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos added, \u201cI always said if we censor in the U.S., how are we going to defend our content in the Middle East?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told The Times that he encourages comedians to cross \u201cthe line every once in a while\u201d to figure out where large swaths of the American public stand on certain issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to the American culture generally to have free expression,\u201d Sarandos said. \u201cWe\u2019re programming for a lot of diverse people who have different opinions and different tastes and different styles, and yet we\u2019re not making everything for everybody. We want something for everybody but everything\u2019s not going to be for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos said that it \u201cwasn\u2019t hard\u201d to stand up for Chappelle as far-left activists tried to cancel the comedian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd rarely do you get the opportunity to put your principles to the test,\u201d Sarandos said. \u201cIt was an opportunity to take somebody, like in Dave\u2019s case, who is, by all measure, the comedian of our generation, the most popular comedian on Netflix for sure. Nobody would say that what he does isn\u2019t thoughtful or smart. You just don\u2019t agree with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s updated culture memo features a new section called \u201cArtistic Expression\u201d that states that it will not \u201ccensor specific artists or voices\u201d even if employees consider the content \u201charmful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you,\u201d the memo states, later adding that employees may be required to work on projects that they \u201cperceive to be harmful\u201d and that if they have a hard time accepting their work assignment, they might want to consider working somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntertaining the world is an amazing opportunity and also a challenge because viewers have very different tastes and points of view. So we offer a wide variety of TV shows and movies, some of which can be provocative,\u201d the new section reads, later adding, \u201cwe support the artistic expression of the creators we choose to work with\u201d and that \u201cwe let viewers decide what\u2019s appropriate for them, versus having Netflix censor specific artists or voices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article published on Saturday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended his decision to protect the company\u2019s content from woke employees who would seek to censor it, saying that it was \u201cvery important\u201d for American culture. 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