Editor’s Note: Bill Carter, a media analyst for CNN, covered the television industry for The New York Times for 25 years, and has written four books on TV, including The Late Shift and The War for Late Night. Rather than stand up for its artist, the bright young comic Hasan Minhaj, Netflix made an episode from his new late-night program …
In the episode, Hasan Minhaj criticised Saudi Arabia after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. In the episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the American-born Muslim lashed Saudi Arabia after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “We strongly support artistic freedom worldwide and …
London CNN Business — What’s the price of censoring one episode of a Netflix show in Saudi Arabia? Though Netflix has not released specifics on the number of subscribers in the country, the recent controversy over its removal of an episode of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s show “Patriot Act” is throwing a sharp spotlight on how media and tech companies balance …
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