“Netflix Is Playing With FIRE” - Hawley GOES NUCLEAR On Netflix CEO Over Trans Content For Kids
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What is the proposed deal between Netflix and Warner about?
So Netflix, Warner, defend proposed deal in Senate hearing. This is a Wall Street Journal story. It got nasty very quick. Rob, if you want to go to the Josh Hawley clip before we go to the Ted Cruz one. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended the streaming company's planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers and HBO Max at a Senate hearing Tuesday that occasionally grew contentious. The best part of this that I want you to watch is here with Josh Hawley. Josh Hawley pushes both of these guys, and they couldn't answer a couple of the questions he asked. Go ahead, Rob.
It's so much of Netflix content for children promotes a transgender ideology. almost half of your content for, I'm talking about minor children now, I'm not talking about teenagers. Minor children promotes a transgender ideology agenda. I was just looking at the data here from your various series. And what concerns me is just two days ago, a jury in New York awarded a former transitioner $2 million. Because she said that her psychologists and others pressured her into, they pushed on her an ideology that proved to be extremely detrimental. I'm sure you know that in the UK, the National Health Service in the UK has said, that they're not gonna perform transgender surgeries or any longer so-called gender-affirming care for minors, including in counseling, because it is so incredibly detrimental.
Our own HHS has come forward with similar findings this past year, yet if you turn on Netflix, you'll find that an enormous amount, and I say this as a parent, with three young children, an enormous amount of your children's programming has this ideology and agenda in it. Is this an advocacy position for Netflix? Is this an ideological commitment you have? Why is this?
Senator Ali, Netflix has no political agenda of any kind.
Well, then why is your children's program so full of this highly sexualized, highly controversial, highly controversial agenda? I don't understand it.
It seems strange to me. Respectfully, sir, it's because it's inaccurate. We have millions of hours of children's programming.
You're saying it's not there. You don't have trans, you don't feature trans characters, trans storylines, trans themes. It's not in your programming.
I'm saying we feature a wide variety of stories and programs to meet a wide variety of people's tastes.
Why does almost half of it, why does almost half of your children's program feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material? That just seems strange to me. It can't possibly be a reflection of the population.
Senator, I don't have any idea where that number would come from or what that would be. I don't believe that's been your personal experience. But I can't speak to that.
Well, what do you mean you don't think it's been my personal experience? You don't think that I monitor what my children watch?
How did senators react to Netflix's content for children?
Here's what I tell you what my personal experience is since you bring it up.
Rob, can you pause it real quick? Pause it right there. Can you go a little bit to the end where the HBO Max guy responds? Look at his blink rate. Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Yeah, he does not look comfortable.
No, he doesn't look comfortable. Do me a favor. Go back to the Ted Cruz one if you could because what Josh Holley continues to say is we're watching movies. We're watching all this stuff. We don't let our kids watch movies before we watch them ourselves. This part he talks about what Billy Eilish said, we live on stolen land. I want you to go on the second half of this interview. If you go right around there, go back a little bit, like 30 seconds before he starts talking. Go right there. That's good. From right there.
Are people at home, how should they feel even remotely confident that if this merger happens, the combined entity would not simply be a propaganda outlet pushing one particular political view with much greater market power than you have now?
Well, sir, we would fail. We would fail pushing a political view or propaganda. We deliver entertainment to consumers. Our consumers see our business pretty much the way they see America.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the proposed deal between Netflix and Warner about?
0:00–2:56
2
How did senators react to Netflix's content for children?
2:56–4:44
3
What concerns were raised about transgender content in children's programming?
4:44–8:24
4
What arguments did Netflix executives present during the Senate hearing?
8:24–11:37
5
How does the merger impact market competition in streaming?
11:37–14:36
6
What are the implications of the $72 billion merger for consumers?
14:36–16:52
7
What is the current state of Netflix's market share?
16:52–19:42
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