{"id":2681193,"date":"2026-10-11T08:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-stephen-king-schooled-by-social-media-after-asking-about-billy-bob-thorntons-landman-emmys-snub\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:48:25","slug":"liberal-stephen-king-schooled-by-social-media-after-asking-about-billy-bob-thorntons-landman-emmys-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-stephen-king-schooled-by-social-media-after-asking-about-billy-bob-thorntons-landman-emmys-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Stephen King Schooled by Social Media After Asking About Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s &#8216;Landman&#8217; Emmys Snub"},"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%2Fliberal-stephen-king-schooled-by-social-media-after-asking-about-billy-bob-thorntons-landman-emmys-snub%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=2681193&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>The content discusses controversy around the TV series &#8220;Landman&#8221; on Paramount+ and its perceived exclusion from Emmy nominations, despite industry buzz and recognition from awards like SAG and Critics\u2019 Choice. The series is portrayed as strongly conservative, promoting pro-oil, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/masters-of-the-universe-is-a-fun-throwback-to-when-good-guys-were-good-and-bad-guys-were-bad\/\" title=\"&#039;Masters Of The Universe&#039; Is A Fun, Anti-Woke Throwback\">anti-woke themes<\/a>, and criticizing green energy initiatives, as exemplified by a viral monologue criticizing wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. Stephen King publicly questioned why &#8220;Landman&#8221; and its star Billy Bob Thornton weren&#8217;t nominated, implying possible political bias in Hollywood. Critics and social media responses argue that the show&#8217;s conservative viewpoints and anti-green energy messages are the real reasons for its snubbing, highlighting that similar conservative shows like &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; face the same rejection. The broader implication is that Hollywood\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >liberal activism influences award decisions<\/a>, and questioning this reflects a lack of awareness or refusal to acknowledge political biases in the entertainment industry.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oblivious Hollywood dullard Stephen King had the audacity on Thursday to ask folks on social media why a blatantly conservative TV series didn\u2019t get nominated for an Emmy Award this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Paramount+ series, \u201cLandman,\u201d is as right-wing as it gets \u2014 it\u2019s pro-oil, anti-woke, and features a plethora of golden rants about green energy, electric vehicles, and other stupid liberal ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that King, a leftist if ever there were one, even likes the show is shocking unto itself. Less shocking is the obliviousness it took for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tds-obsessed-stephen-king-tries-quote-jesus-gets-painfully-fact-checked-oblivion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pompous liberal<\/a> to wonder why the show was being snubbed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why LANDMAN didn\u2019t get nominated for Emmy awards,\u201d King wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X. \u201cParticularly Billy Bob Thornton for best actor and Stephen Kay for best director. Is it politics, or what?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t understand why LANDMAN didn\u2019t get nominated for Emmy awards. Particularly Billy Bob Thornton for best actor and Stephen Kay for best director. Is it politics, or what?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenKing\/status\/2108360283399782480?\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Stephen, it is politics!<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShannonNutt\/status\/2108377451772469344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one X user<\/a> responding to King\u2019s post, it\u2019s the same politics behind the equally conservative series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberals-will-hate-scene-yellowstone-climate-activists-get-brutally-mocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yellowstone<\/a>\u201d never receiving an Emmy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Zeroing in on the exact politics in question, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertRenton7\/status\/2108396533536186494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another X user<\/a> rightly noted how the show \u201cexposes \u2018Green\u2019 initiatives for the lies they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it\u2019s political,\u201d the X user added. \u201cAre you really that big of a fool not to see it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, actually, he is! I mean, he\u2019s a man with a rich, rich history of ignorant and just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-king-thinks-ms-13-type-gun-twitter-users-field-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plain dumb remarks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And it really does take an impressive level of ignorance to not see the writing on the wall, especially as it pertains to such a right-wing show:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Those windmills aren\u2019t saving the planet \u2014 they\u2019re running on diesel and hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Bob Thornton in *Landman* explaining why we can\u2019t just wish away oil.<\/p>\n<p>This scene is going viral for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac Landman https:\/\/t.co\/D1fQxOI5hm<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emmyjay (@Emmy_jay231) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Emmy_jay231\/status\/2070468645944209882?\">June 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In one especially popular scene, actor Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s character in the show ranted and raved about the insanity of giant concrete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-winds-cause-wind-turbine-meant-spin-wind-spin-control-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wind turbines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have any idea how much diesel they have to burn to mix that much concrete?\u201d Thornton\u2019s character asked. \u201cOr make that steel and haul this s*** out here and put it together with a 450-foot crane? You want to guess how much oil it takes to lubricate that f***ing thing or winterize it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn its 20-year lifespan, it won\u2019t offset the carbon footprint of making it,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd don\u2019t get me started on solar panels and the lithium in your Tesla battery. And never mind the fact that if the whole world decided to go electric tomorrow, we don\u2019t have the transmission lines to get the electricity to the cities. It\u2019d take 30 years if we started tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One X user argued that this rant was the exact reason why the show has been snubbed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@StephenKing Remember that monologue he did about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-the-panicked-left-needs-more-of-your-money-to-combat-climate-catastrophes\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why The Panicked Left Needs More Of Your Money To Combat Climate Catastrophes\">green energy scam<\/a>. There\u2019s your answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ray Salomone (@RaySalomone) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RaySalomone\/status\/2108533679115104610?\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>King isn\u2019t the only one to notice the snubbing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/pop-culture\/a\/bernadette-giacomazzo\/landman-emmys-snubbed-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complex<\/a>, a mostly left-wing magazine, noted in a July report that the show \u201cwalked away from the 2026 Emmy nominations without a single major nomination, extending one of television\u2019s strangest streaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilly Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, and the series itself were all shut out, even after Landman entered awards season with momentum from SAG recognition, Critics\u2019 Choice attention, Golden Globe buzz, and its first major industry win at the ACM Honors,\u201d the magazine added.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the reason why is so obvious to anyone with the slightest awareness of Hollywood\u2019s gross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/go-woke-go-broke-new-poll-shows-hollywoods-liberal-politics-alienating-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-left political activism<\/a> \u2014 activism that King himself has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-king-taunts-conservatives-unhealthy-obsession-trump-spills-newest-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participated in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@StephenKing Find a mirror in your house. Stare into it. You are complicit in the reason and you damn well know it. The show expressed conservative ideas. That is not allowed in Hollywood, if you want to be accepted and get awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Rader (@HeavyDelta2) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HeavyDelta2\/status\/2108565746951274749?\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@StephenKing Yes it is political, mainly because dipshits like yourself in Hollywood can\u2019t get over themselves long enough to recognize and acknowledge how good it is because some of the content is contrary to your idiotic, emotional and insubstantial narratives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HonSCrollo (@HonScrollo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HonScrollo\/status\/2108366307561513072?\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If King had an iota of awareness, he\u2019d understand what\u2019s happening and not need to ask questions like these. 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