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HBO was concerned about "other points of view" in an episode of "The Pitt" with an ICE storyline. [View all]
ADDITIONAL DETAIL: The article references WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. Their CEO, David Zaslav, along with his fellow right-wing billionaire boy pal John Malone, are the shot-callers at CNN, responsible for the channel's shift to the right, increase in Republican guests, and wallowing in "WHATABOUTISM." So applying "whataboutism" to The Pitt is no shock if you know the background and players.When HBO’s top-rated TV show, The Pitt, wrote an ICE storyline into an upcoming episode, HBO had just one note.
“I don’t want to be in a situation where it’s a surprise,” The Pitt‘s lead producer, John Wells, said on Thursday. “And their response was, ‘Good story. Just make sure it’s balanced, and we’re not just treating the situation as if it doesn’t have other points of view.’”
Wells, 69, said he notified HBO about the episode because of its parent company’s impending multibillion-dollar merger. They began filming the episode in December, shortly after Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO Max, announced its agreement with Netflix.
“When we first pitched it, I thought, ‘Uh oh,’ you know,” Wells recalled. “I can say that all of us are approaching what’s going on in this country right now with a certain trepidation, and also awareness that there are some possible risks to telling certain kinds of stories.”
https://archive.ph/e8fJY#selection-1339.0-1359.277
“I don’t want to be in a situation where it’s a surprise,” The Pitt‘s lead producer, John Wells, said on Thursday. “And their response was, ‘Good story. Just make sure it’s balanced, and we’re not just treating the situation as if it doesn’t have other points of view.’”
Wells, 69, said he notified HBO about the episode because of its parent company’s impending multibillion-dollar merger. They began filming the episode in December, shortly after Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO Max, announced its agreement with Netflix.
“When we first pitched it, I thought, ‘Uh oh,’ you know,” Wells recalled. “I can say that all of us are approaching what’s going on in this country right now with a certain trepidation, and also awareness that there are some possible risks to telling certain kinds of stories.”
https://archive.ph/e8fJY#selection-1339.0-1359.277
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