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Oscars Producer Admits ‘Vast Swaths’ Of Viewers Turn Off TV When Celebrities Talk Politics

Ashe Schow
Oscars Producer Admits ‘Vast Swaths’ Of Viewers Turn Off TV When Celebrities Talk Politics
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The people behind the Oscars know that viewers don’t want to listen to celebrities worth millions of dollars discuss issues they don’t truly understand and push liberal politics on their fans, yet the awards ceremony appears to be doubling down on divisiveness.

Buried in a New York Times article about the Oscars’ waning viewership, an anonymous producer admitted that “vast swaths” of viewers turn off the TV once the celebrities start talking politics.

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