{"id":1496835,"date":"2022-05-30T08:31:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496835"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:31:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:31:52","slug":"is-netflix-ceo-ted-sarandos-getting-red-pilled-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-netflix-ceo-ted-sarandos-getting-red-pilled-in-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Getting Red-Pilled in Real Time?"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fis-netflix-ceo-ted-sarandos-getting-red-pilled-in-real-time%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=1496835&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><strong>The Left demands total obedience. Just ask J.K. Rowling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few celebrities were as admired, and feted, by liberals as the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author. They cheered when she retconned her literary series to make <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2019\/03\/19\/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-jk-rowling-dumbledore-sexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a key character gay<\/a>. They swooned as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/happy-birthday-jk-rowling-a-look-back-at-the-harry-potter-authors-13-snarkiest-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked President Donald Trump on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slay Queen!<\/p>\n<p>She could do no wrong \u2026 until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/j-k-rowling-faces-backlash-after-tweeting-support-transphobic-researcher-n1104971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she said something \u201cincorrect\u201d<\/a> about the trans community despite honoring its collective humanity without hesitation. Now, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a news feature painting her in anything but an unflattering light.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a narrative Ted Sarandos should be studying now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gervais-supernature-review-trans-jokes\/\"><strong>RELATED: Gervais\u2019 \u2018SuperNature\u2019 Goes WAY Beyond Chappelle\u2019s \u2018Closer\u2019 Special<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarandos is the high-profile co-CEO of Netflix, one of many Hollywood companies with a sturdy liberal track record. The platform inked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/flashback-obamas-netflix-not-political\/\">Obamas to a massive, long-ranging deal<\/a> even though the former First Couple brought little show business chops to the streamer.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix appointed Susan Rice, a key player in the Obama White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/ambassador-susan-e-rice-appointed-to-netflix-board-of-directors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to be on its board<\/a>. Once again, Rice offered little to the entertainment table beyond her rich political expertise.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter dubbed Sarandos one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/obama-ted-sarandos-netflix-nicole-avant-315830\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Obama\u2019s top \u201cbundlers.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Netflix co-CEO and founder, Reed Hastings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelatindera\/2021\/02\/17\/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-joe-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign\/?sh=2c5bb7e121c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poured $1.4 million<\/a>\u00a0into Joe Biden\u2019s coffers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, Netflix\u2019s original programming leans dramatically to the Left. Here\u2019s a quick sample.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cKnock Down the House\u201d (documentary)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Break with Michelle Wolf\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Various Chelsea Handler projects<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPatriot Act with Hasan Minhaj\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/cuties-outrage-netflix-subscribers\/\">Cuties<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sarandos, in the eyes of both the Left and the press, could do no wrong. Nor could his platform.<\/p>\n<p>And then Sarandos\u2019 Netflix gave the green light to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/netflix-dave-chappelle-free-speech\/\">Dave Chappelle\u2019s \u201cThe Closer,\u201d<\/a> the 2021 comedy special featuring gags both aiming at and defending the trans community.<\/p>\n<p>Just like that, the liberal love affair crumbled.<\/p>\n<p>The platform stood by Chappelle and plotted more collaborations with the comedy giant. Sarandos recently told Maureen Dowd of the far-Left New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/28\/style\/ted-sarandos-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> his rationale for the move.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd rarely do you get the opportunity to put your principles to the test \u2026 it 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 also <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/netflix-culture-memo-update-censorship-spending-1235264904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a manifesto<\/a> earlier this month saying Netflix employees who disagree with select content on the platform can pound sand.<\/p>\n<p>Or, in its more diplomatic phrasing, \u201cIf you\u2019d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Left and the press were enraged, eager to slant any Netflix narrative against the streaming giant. When Ricky Gervais\u2019 \u201cSuperNature\u201d special dropped on the platform May 24, the schism was official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way comedians can figure out where the line is \u2026 by \u201ccrossing the line every once in a while,\u201d he told Dowd regarding his policy on stand-up comedy, a stance that didn\u2019t stop the long knives from coming out.<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos seemed shocked by the reaction to Netflix\u2019s maneuvering, but one particular part is worth highlighting. Conservatives have uniformly praised Netflix\u2019s recent moves, from supporting comedians like Gervais and Chappelle to taking a firm stand for free speech.<\/p>\n<p>That, according to a New York Times interview with the CEO, surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Free speech] used to be a very liberal issue, so it\u2019s an interesting time that we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is he just learning this now?<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have had the First Amendment\u2019s back for some time now, while left-leaning voices increasingly call for sanctions against so-called \u201chate speech,\u201d a made-up term with no serious legal standing.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives applauded Donald Trump\u2019s removal from social media, demanded more Big Tech censorship and created a new, albeit short-lived, government body to battle so-called \u201cdisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why the Right cheers on Chappelle, Gervais and Joe Rogan, all of whom lean to the Left on most issues \u2026 save free expression. Each champions it without hesitation, earning conservative praise along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos isn\u2019t just a liberal. He dwells in the same liberal bubble that keeps such news out of earshot, apparently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/netflix-unwoke-subscribers\/\"><strong>RELATED: Here\u2019s What Netflix Should Do Next, But Probably Won\u2019t<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of this means Netflix is giving up on left-leaning content. It\u2019s interested in stories that appeal to a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/netflix-ted-sarandos-defends-dave-chappelle-ricky-gervais-new-york-times-1235034993\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide variety of groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\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 \u2026 we want something for everybody but everything\u2019s not going to be for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What happens next?<\/p>\n<p>More press hate for Netflix in general and Sarandos specifically, no doubt. And we may see a similar narrative to what\u2019s playing out with Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire Tesla owner\u2019s attempt to buy Twitter, and restore some of its free speech principles, enraged the Left and the mainstream media. Now, with every attack on him, Musk leans more to the Right. He even admitted he\u2019ll be voting Republican now given the fury taking place on the modern Left.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ICYMI: Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, is facing the wrath of the left just one day after expressing his decision to vote Republican moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmySmS8kJG\">https:\/\/t.co\/jmySmS8kJG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FdJlupc8Er\">pic.twitter.com\/FdJlupc8Er<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelNewsOnline\/status\/1528073448769175554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Will Sarandos vote with Musk come Election Day? Or will he stick with his own party but realize there\u2019s a huge audience for right-leaning content?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, he\u2019ll never look at his fellow liberals the same way again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Left demands total obedience. Just ask J.K. Rowling. Few celebrities were as admired, and feted, by liberals as the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author. 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