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bartturner@alien.topB to AppleEnglish · 2 years ago

Lawmakers Ask Apple Whether China Concerns Led To Axing Of Jon Stewart’s Show

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bartturner@alien.topB to AppleEnglish · 2 years ago
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Lawmakers Question Apple On Whether China Concerns Were Behind End Of Jon Stewart’s Show
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Members of a special House committee fired off a letter to Apple, questioning whether the decision to end The Problem with Jon Stewart was due to concerns over the company’s relationship with…
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    I think it’s plausible but I would like to hear it from Jon or another named source. When AppleTV+ was launching an anonymous source spread the rumor that Apple was dictating that all programming had to be G rated, which turned out not to be true.

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      These are just rumors for now from people who heard that was the reason but no one is on the record. It’s also worth noting his show had terrible ratings: It’s worth noting the show had completely shit ratings: https://www.thewrap.com/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-ratings-apple-plus/

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