Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing called his team “the best in the business” amid a battle with Twitter, which first canceled a deal to stream Matt Walsh’s hit documentary “What is a Woman?” and then stifled the film’s visibility, only to later reverse course and allow the film to air unrestricted.
Boreing joined hosts Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Candace Owens, Andrew Klavan, and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on a Twitter Space Thursday night to celebrate the one-year anniversary of “What is a Woman?,” the film Boreing called the “most successful piece of content” produced by The Daily Wire. As Boreing and his team awaited updates on the film’s status, he praised those at The Daily Wire for staying in the fight.
“A terrible day, but nice to be in the fox hole with the best team in the business fighting for what we believe in,” Boreing tweeted along with a photo of Daily Wire hosts and employees who were joined by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson.
A terrible day, but nice to be in the fox hole with the best team in the business fighting for what we believe in. @realDailyWire pic.twitter.com/VGbGPSdF24
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) June 2, 2023
Boreing revealed in a Twitter thread Thursday morning that Twitter canceled a deal with the conservative media company to stream the film for free on the social media platform due to “misgendering.”
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“After reviewing the film, though, Twitter let us know that not only could we no longer purchase the package they offered, they would no longer provide us any support and would actually limit the reach of the film and label it as ‘hateful conduct’ because of ‘misgendering.’” The Daily Wire co-CEO said in a Tweet thread explaining Twitter’s reversal.
“Specifically: In the film, a father refers to his 14-year-old daughter as ‘her,’ and a store owner uses the ‘wrong’ pronoun in a confrontation with a trans person,” Boreing continued.
Every parent should watch this https://t.co/pIp6UP6vq8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 2, 2023
A few hours before the documentary’s release on Twitter, Elon Musk took to the platform to insist that the censorship had been a mistake, yet the film was saddled with restrictions when it aired. Early Friday, Twitter’s tag restricting the visibility of “What is a Woman?” was removed, allowing Twitter users to like and retweet the documentary, and Musk tweeted out the film to his 140 million followers.
The groundbreaking documentary released last summer was watched by people in over 70 countries, even as legacy media reviewers ignored the film and its effect on the culture. Soon after its release, “What is a Woman?” became the most-watched movie at home, according to Rotten Tomatoes, which also showed that audiences scored the film with a 97% rating.