{"id":2309584,"date":"2024-07-26T13:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309584"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:42:55","slug":"netflix-battling-boycott-calls-after-co-founder-gifts-harris-7-million-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-battling-boycott-calls-after-co-founder-gifts-harris-7-million-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix battling boycott calls after co-founder gifts Harris $7 million &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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-battling-boycott-calls-after-co-founder-gifts-harris-7-million-washington-examiner%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=2309584&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>Netflix is facing \u2063calls for a boycott \u200dafter co-founder\u200b Reed Hastings\u200c made a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">substantial donation<\/a> of over $7 million to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&amp;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">political action committee<\/a> that supports Vice President Kamala Harris\u2062 in her \u200cpresidential campaign. This donation marks Hastings&#8217; largest political contribution to \u2063date and seems to have been influenced by\u200b President Biden&#8217;s perceived poor performance in a debate against Donald Trump. Following\u200b the\u200d news, social media reactions included users expressing their desire to cancel their Netflix subscriptions, citing \u200bHastings&#8217; financial support for Harris as a primary reason for their stance. Many \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reddit-fires-administrator-who-protected-child-rapist-father\/\" title=\"Reddit Fires Administrator Who Protected Child Rapist Father\">users pointed<\/a> out the availability \u200dof alternative free streaming \u2063platforms, encouraging others\u2063 to \u2062join in the boycott.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Netflix battling boycott calls after co-founder gifts Harris $7 million<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1713998\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Streaming giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Netflix<\/a> is battling calls for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>boycott<\/a> after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-netflix-donation-boycott-conservatives-2024-election-1930679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> that co-founder Reed Hastings donated upwards of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$7 million<\/a> to a PAC supporting Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> in her bid for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The contribution is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bezos-commits-largest-donation-obama-foundation-has-received-100-million-report-says\/\" title=\"Bezos Commits Largest Donation Obama Foundation Has Received: 0 Million, Report says\">largest single donation<\/a> to a campaign that Hastings, the executive chairman of Netflix, has ever made, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p>The move appears to have been inspired by President Joe Biden&rsquo;s June debate debacle against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After the depressing debate, we are in the game again,&rdquo; Hastings told the<em> Information<\/em> in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/reed-hastings-backs-pro-kamala-harris-pac-with-7-million-donation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>article<\/a> published Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Social media was quick to react to Hastings&rsquo;s gift to Harris, and many are calling on the platform to suffer a boycott.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For real, cancel Netflix this is the last time for me I will never pay for them again,&rdquo; one X user posted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For real, cancel Netflix this is the last time for me I will never pay for them again. There are to many free apps that have the same shit to watch. The co founder donated over 7m to kamala campaign fook them! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gf2aacklrk\">pic.twitter.com\/gf2aacklrk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Honey_Bee (@honey_bee48) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/honey_bee48\/status\/1816511804492664994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;There are [too] many free apps that have the same s*** to watch. The co founder donated over 7m to kamala campaign fook them!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We already canceled Netflix a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-franklins-name-scrubbed-from-tacoma-city-park\/\" title=\"Ben Franklin\u2019s Name Scrubbed From Tacoma City Park\">long time ago<\/a>, but if you have not done so already, it&rsquo;s now time to #CancelNetflix,&rdquo; another user said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We already canceled Netflix a long time ago, but if you have not done so already, it&#8217;s now time to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CancelNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CancelNetflix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/16jai1lNHH\">pic.twitter.com\/16jai1lNHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr Taylor Marshall&trade;&#65039; (@TaylorRMarshall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorRMarshall\/status\/1816555969255784656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings donated $7 million to Kamala Harris,&rdquo; another post reads. &ldquo;There are plenty of other streaming options available. You know what to do Patriots. Hope Hastings enjoys his backing of VP Harris. Make him feel it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings donated $7 million to Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of other streaming options available. <\/p>\n<p>You know what to do Patriots. Hope Hastings enjoys his backing of VP Harris. <\/p>\n<p>Make him feel it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m8OXMpRDJM\">pic.twitter.com\/m8OXMpRDJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#128073;M-&Ucirc;-R-&#268;-H&#128072; (@TheEXECUTlONER_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEXECUTlONER_\/status\/1816458767556333914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hastings helped found Netflix in the late 1990s but retired from his role as CEO in 2023, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>His net worth is estimated to be around $6.21 billion, and much of that is purportedly tied to Netflix stock and options.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1713998\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1713998\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is facing calls for a boycott following reports that co-founder Reed Hastings contributed over $7 million to a political action committee backing Vice President Kamala Harris in her presidential campaign. This donation marks the largest single contribution Hastings, who serves as the executive chairman of Netflix, has ever made to a political campaign. The decision seems to have been influenced by President Joe Biden&#8217;s poor performance in a June debate against former President Donald Trump. Hastings expressed his renewed commitment to the political landscape in an interview, stating, &#8220;After the depressing debate, we are in the game again.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Social media users quickly reacted to Hastings&#8217; donation, with many urging others to boycott the streaming service. One user on X declared, &#8220;For real, cancel Netflix this is the last time for me I will never pay for them again,&#8221; citing the availability of free alternatives for streaming content. Another user echoed this sentiment, saying, &#8220;We already canceled Netflix a long time ago, but if you have not done so already, it\u2019s now time to #CancelNetflix.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Additional posts highlighted Hastings&#8217; donation, encouraging others to explore other streaming options and to make Hastings &#8220;feel&#8221; the impact of his support for Harris. Hastings co-founded Netflix in the late 1990s and stepped down as CEO in 2023. His net worth is estimated at around $6.21 billion, largely attributed to his Netflix stock and options<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2309591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/netflix-1024x590.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6812,4684,6368,4021,5158],"class_list":["post-2309584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-boycott","tag-co-founder","tag-donation","tag-harris","tag-netflix"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/netflix-1024x590.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309584","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}