Corporate Tyranny: Disney, CNN, HBO, TNT threaten Georgia over abortion law

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Corporate Tyranny: Disney, CNN, HBO, TNT threaten Georgia over abortion law

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2019 Disney and WarnerMedia have bluntly signaled they will re-think doing business in the state of Georgia as long as its fetal heartbeat abortion law stands. Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, said it would be “difficult” for the company to “produce” in Georgia if the […]

Canceling of ‘Roseanne’ spotlights Disney’s mixed record on apologies to targeted public officials

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Canceling of ‘Roseanne’ spotlights Disney’s mixed record on apologies to targeted public officials

by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, said canceling “Roseanne” was “the right thing to do” and he personally apologized to Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett. President Donald Trump responded, in a May 30 tweet, asking about his own apologies from ABC: “Bob Iger of […]