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First up, in controversies and non-troversies, Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr urged the organization's enforcement arm to open up an investigation into whether or not Disney and ABC are engaging in Now, Disney has already said that it is ending or amending a number of their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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But this is not enough for Carr. In a letter to Disney chief Bob Iger, he wrote, quote, Although your company recently made some changes to how it brands certain efforts, it is not clear that the underlying policies have changed in a fundamental manner, nor that past practices complied with relevant FCC regulations, end quote.
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Among the highlighted transgressions are the creation of quote affinity groups, end quote, and the mandating of quotas in products that required at least 50% of characters and staff on shoots come from quote unquote marginalized groups. And this is one of those stories where like it's theoretically possible to make a

Across The Movie Aisle's Sonny Bunch, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Peter Suderman talk about the Trump administration's FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, is targeting Disney and ABC over diversity initiatives, raising significant free speech concerns. Critics argue this is a misuse of government power aimed at punishing media companies perceived as political opponents.

Hey, if you enjoyed this edition of Controversy or Nontroversy, we do it every week on Across the Movie Aisle. We also review a movie—sometimes a TV show—every week. This week's was A Working Man, which sparked some strong disagreements between our trio. Check it out on Substack!

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Jeff Biss's avatar

As for cancel culture, are Democrats actually worse? Nope. The GOP has banned books, dictated curriculum, censored, etc. That is cancel culture. The Democrats' version was annoying, the GOP's is unconstitutional.

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Jeff Biss's avatar

DEI is an issue because conservatives can't stand fairness or having a welcoming workplace for marginalized people. DEI has not promoted women or minorities over white males, it simply promotes equal opportunity. All these companies should tell the administration to shut the fuck up and get out of their business. Is this Trump's country? Does MAGA dictate behavior?

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Ana María Concepción's avatar

First time listening to this podcast. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

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Susan McCabe's avatar

Will media companies stand their ground? Or will they fold, like Some Law Firms?

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datagrrl's avatar

Like he never gets edited.

People will show you clips that they insist are "word salad" and would have made her look bad but I don't see the same thing. I guess word salad is using full sentences?

Can someone scan the transcipts of some of his Fox interviews and show they do the same thing?

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Among the highlighted transgressions are the creation of quote affinity groups, end quote, and the mandating of quotas in products that required at least 50% of characters and staff on shoots come from quote unquote marginalized groups. And this is one of those stories where like it's theoretically possible to make a