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The entertainment press found it very important to report that Hollywood thinks President Donald Trump is an authoritarian. This is still somehow considered "news." Over 2,300 members of the Writers Guild felt compelled to speak out in an open letter because they believe in their "role in a healthy democracy."
In 2024, democracy was healthy, and Hollywood's candidate lost. "Writers Guild of America West PAC Endorses Kamala Harris for President," they announced. So sad. They can't get over it.
When the Left's feverishly spinning propaganda machines don't work, "now we face an unprecedented, authoritarian assault." The Democrats are about as popular right now as measles, so democracy is somehow endangered.
"We are members of the Writers Guild of America who speak with one voice to decry the dangerous and escalating attacks on the First Amendment, independent media, and the free press," the letter read in part. "He has retaliated against publications reporting factually on the White House and threatened broadcasters' licenses. He regularly calls for the cancellation of news and entertainment television shows that criticize him in late-night and, most recently, 'The View.'"
They complained, "We don't have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn't get to pick what's on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news."
Of course not. The kings and queens of Hollywood insist they get to pick what people see, and the "healthy democracy" librarians get to dictate what's on the public bookshelves. The leftists think "democracy" is healthiest when they are in charge of all "mainstream" messaging.
When it comes to Trump, Hollywood rushed to make hostile movies -- for the cineplex and for TV -- asserting the rudest things, like Trump raped his first wife ("The Apprentice" movie). Nobody made a Hunter Biden movie, despite all the wild crack-and-hookers narratives, not to mention Hunter sleeping with his brother's widow, and getting her on drugs.
The fundamental fallacy of these "attacks on the First Amendment" arguments is that the First Amendment includes the freedom to attack the "free press" -- like asserting liberals lie when they call themselves the "independent media." They're partisan operatives.
Trump suing news organizations and spurring settlements isn't authoritarian. This is where you underline the silly claim of these scriptwriters that leftist "news" outlets are being attacked for "reporting factually." They don't lead with facts. They lead with their angry opinions and often unproven accusations.
News outlets are sometimes sued because they say things that are untrue, like George Stephanopoulos claiming Trump was found "liable for rape" in the utterly unsubstantiated E. Jean Carroll case. Trump sued "60 Minutes" for deceptive editing, which they clearly do on a regular basis. But calling them out for that? You hate the First Ame