News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A pro-transgender sign displayed during a supposedly 'family-friendly' Pride Month performance of Disney's West End musical 'Frozen' has left parents fuming.
"People go to watch a movie to be entertained. They don't go to get a message." Billionaire Disney investor Nelson Peltz has hit out at the woke media giant after a string of flops.
Mary Poppins has had its age rating lifted from U to PG because it contains "discriminatory language". Yet the word in question is so obscure you probably never noticed it.
The Walt Disney Company is in deep trouble, says Lauren Smith. Its last four high-profile releases bombed at the box office, losing over $1 billion between them. Is the company now too woke to succeed?
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast – recorded live at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square – the talking points are Joe Biden's failing memory, Trump's radical NATO shake-up and Putin giving Tucker a history lesson.
Elon Musk has posted on X the extraordinary list of criteria laid out in Disney's DEI policy that must be applied when making an appointment. Is he plotting a takeover of the company afflicted by the woke mind virus?
The Director of a new female-led Star Wars film has said she "enjoys making men uncomfortable" as critics warn that her film will be Disney's biggest woke flop yet.
Disney is said to be delaying its Snow White remake in a bid to avert a "financial disaster", with producers reportedly fearing its woke makeover will bomb at the box office and "cripple" any chance of future spin-offs.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Kevin Spacey getting cancelled despite being cleared, the FA refusing to light up Wembley in honour of Israel and the Daily Wire doing its own Snow White.
Freedom at the till is proving a formidable battleground as retail giants like Target, Anheuser-Busch and Disney get the cold shoulder from consumers for introducing social activism into their marketing.
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