“We must demand more from our government officials,” Bob Iger said tonight at the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance tribute dinner. “I want to hear a pitch that isn’t grounded in the contempt of others,” the Disney boss added passionately in a call for “tolerance in action” in America and around the world.
“We must once again renounce and reject hate in all forms,” the 2019 Humanitarian Award winner told the crowd of industry heavyweights at the Beverly Hilton. “Each one of us has the obligation to be part of the solution.”
On a night where the legacy of the Holocaust and the vile scourge of discrimination and rising anti-Semitism were lamented again and again, Donald Trump’s was never mentioned by name but clearly implied. Asserting that “Hitler would have loved social media” for its echo chamber effect, Iger called out Democrats and Republicans alike in warning...
“We must once again renounce and reject hate in all forms,” the 2019 Humanitarian Award winner told the crowd of industry heavyweights at the Beverly Hilton. “Each one of us has the obligation to be part of the solution.”
On a night where the legacy of the Holocaust and the vile scourge of discrimination and rising anti-Semitism were lamented again and again, Donald Trump’s was never mentioned by name but clearly implied. Asserting that “Hitler would have loved social media” for its echo chamber effect, Iger called out Democrats and Republicans alike in warning...
- 4/11/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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