Ted Johnson Attorney General William Barr blasted Hollywood on Thursday for what he characterized as self-censorship to appease China and ensure entry into its marketplace, to the extent that studios have given the Communist Party “a massive propaganda coup.”Barr made the remarks in a speech on Thursday at at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Museum, and while he also singled out other industries, like Silicon Valley, for becoming “pawns of Chinese influence,” he spent a chunk of the address attacking the practices of studios.“Hollywood’s actors producers and directors pride themselves on celebrating freedom and the human spirit, and every year at the Academy Awards Americans are lectured about how this country falls short of Hollywood’s.
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