Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too ‘woke’

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos (L) and Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell attest earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee connected Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights | Getty Images

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the mediate of a legislature civilization warfare connected Tuesday arsenic helium testified earlier a Senate subcommittee astir the company's attempt to bargain a ample portion of Warner Bros Discovery.

The proceeding earlier the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee highlighted an array of accepted merger concerns connected some sides of the aisle: that the woody could perchance rise costs for consumers, bounds their theatre experiences, oregon shrink the marketplace for amusement jobs. But a ample chunk of the league besides focused connected Netflix's allegedly "woke" programming, including contented that features transgender characters.

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