{"id":1757560,"date":"2022-11-30T19:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757560"},"modified":"2022-11-30T19:48:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:48:32","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-update-cnn-layoffs-disney-denies-its-political-killer-robots-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-cnn-layoffs-disney-denies-its-political-killer-robots-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Update: CNN Layoffs, Disney Denies It\u2019s Political, Killer Robots In San Francisco"},"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%2Fwednesday-afternoon-update-cnn-layoffs-disney-denies-its-political-killer-robots-in-san-francisco%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=1757560&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><em>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senate Codifies Same-Sex Marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-dem-controlled-senate-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-12-republicans-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, moving Congress closer to passing the bill enshrining both into federal law. Twelve Republicans and 49 Democrats supported the bill, but opponents like Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), say the bill as currently written does not protect religious liberties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. House Passes Bill To Avoid Rail Strike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed an urgent bill today<\/a> in hopes of avoiding a nationwide rail strike. The bill would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure heads to the Senate, and if approved will head to President Joe Biden \u2014 who has urged the Senate to move quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disney Denies Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-disney-ceo-says-company-will-quiet-things-down-regrets-predecessor-battled-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked during a town hall event<\/a> with employees that he wants to advance social causes in a more subdued fashion. The comment comes after the entertainment giant faced public scrutiny earlier this year. Iger also denied that the company\u2019s previous actions amounted to political activism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a misperception here about what politics is, I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be controversial, as it relates to Disney, have been branded political and I don\u2019t necessarily think they are,\u201d Iger said. \u201cI don\u2019t think when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world that that\u2019s political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained video from returning Disney CEO Bob Iger&#8217;s first town hall with employees, in which he signals that he will work to &#8220;quiet things down&#8221; politically and move toward neutrality in the culture war.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBGdHhxFVS\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZBGdHhxFVS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZbMCZN4MlG\">pic.twitter.com\/ZbMCZN4MlG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1597683598496526338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/videos\/introducing-dw-kids\">announced plans<\/a> for kids entertainment content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lethal Robots In San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week, San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/remote-controlled-robots-with-deadly-explosives-approved-by-sf-board-of-supervisors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a> the city\u2019s police department permission to deploy potentially lethal robots in emergency situations.<\/p>\n<p>Police noted that the remotely-controlled machines will not have firearms, but could have explosive devices \u201cto contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspects\u201d in life-threatening situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Democratic Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-dems-elect-hard-left-rep-hakeem-jeffries-to-succeed-pelosi-as-house-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> unanimously on Wednesday for hard-left Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to take over for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as the new House Minority Leader. Jeffries ran unopposed. Pelosi announced she would not seek re-election to party leadership earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Layoffs At CNN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN CEO Chris Licht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/cnn-starts-laying-off-hundreds-of-employees-targeting-on-air-contributors-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a wave of layoffs this week amid \u201ca recalibrated reporting strategy.\u201d The network will first notify contributors Wednesday, then full-time staff starting Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a difficult time for everyone,\u201d Licht wrote in a memo to staff. The news network is reportedly attempting to change its editorial standards to be seen as more neutral.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, CNN anchor Don Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-don-lemon-offers-bizarre-rebuttal-when-colbert-says-new-cnn-boss-wont-let-anchors-be-liberal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back<\/a> on the claim that the network had a liberal bias when asked about the changes by Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word on the street is that you guys aren\u2019t allowed to be liberal anymore. Is that, is that the case?\u201d Colbert asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we ever were liberal,\u201d Lemon shot back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d Colbert said, appearing to be confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I don\u2019t think we ever were,\u201d Lemon insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert pushed back, saying that it wasn\u2019t really him saying that Licht wasn\u2019t\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/that-is-bulls-cnn-head-honcho-says-hes-not-interested-in-being-centrist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allowing anchors<\/a>\u00a0to be liberal: \u201cThat\u2019s the people out there saying that he\u2019s not letting you be liberal anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, listen, I think that, I think what Chris is saying is that he wants Republicans, sensible Republicans,\u201d Lemon explained, arguing that the new direction was more about keeping people \u201ccomfortable\u201d than about choosing a side. \u201cBut also, by the nature of what we do, we have to hold people to account. And so that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that we\u2019re going liberal or conservative or whatever. It just means that we are doing what we do. And that\u2019s good journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@colbertlateshow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonLemon<\/a> claims of CNN: \u201cI don\u2019t think we ever were liberal.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Colbert?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Colbert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eHj8LYg5xt\">pic.twitter.com\/eHj8LYg5xt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Baker \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@BrentHBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentHBaker\/status\/1597461526926999552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explosion At Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/30\/europe\/madrid-ukraine-embassy-explosion-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explosion at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, Spain<\/a>, early Wednesday reportedly injured one person. A Ukrainian spokesperson said an explosive device was \u201chidden\u201d in an envelope that detonated inside the embassy. Local authorities are investigating the incident. No person or group has claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woman Sues Over Homemade Mac And Cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woman-sues-after-mac-and-cheese-takes-more-than-3-5-minutes-to-make\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woman is suing Kraft for $5 million<\/a> in a lawsuit alleging that the company\u2019s macaroni and cheese product takes longer than the promised 3.5 minutes to make it.<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to the audio version of this podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/morning-wire\/id1576594336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0here. Senate Codifies Same-Sex Marriage The Senate voted Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, moving Congress closer to passing the bill enshrining both into federal law. Twelve Republicans and 49 Democrats supported the bill, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1749911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757560","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}