GOP senators are mad Amazon stopped streaming a documentary about a Black man in February

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -April 30, 2021 5:05 PM

Amazon Prime adds and removes titles every week.

Senate Republicans are demanding to know why Amazon Prime stopped streaming a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. And they are baselessly accusing the company of discriminating against conservatives.

On Thursday, Republican Sens. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Tom Cotton of Arkansas released a letter to Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos condemning his company for removing "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words," a 2020 PBS documentary. The letter was signed by 17 other GOP senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune.

"We write concerning Amazon's latest effort to target conservative Americans," they charged. "On February 8, 2021, in the middle of Black History Month, Amazon removed from its streaming service the critically acclaimed film, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words-a documentary about the inspirational life of Justice Clarence Thomas, one of our greatest living Americans and the longest-serving African American in the history of the United States Supreme Court."

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/gop-senators-are-mad-amazon-stopped-streaming-a-documentary-about-a-black-man-in-february/

These two are trying to make laws.........nope they sit in a chair and threaten...........

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. Ran out of viewers

once the 50% of the 70% of the 25% of Republicans who use Amazon Prime, all 12 of them, no one watched it.

FFS.

Busy telling the invisible hand of the free market what they should do, aren't they?

[jimfields33]

2. During African American history month was insensitive though.

[turbinetree]

4. Exactly....................

well said.......

[tanyev]

3. I thought all good conservatives were boycotting Amazon.

[turbinetree]

6. I thought so.......

[SoCalNative]

5. Just a thought

as someone who works in position that services materials to streaming clients, but it's likely that their license period expired for the program, and viewership was such that it didn't warrant spending the money to re-license?

[turbinetree]

8. They probably don't know that.....

and someone has to draw them a picture with crayons......

[milestogo]

7. Clarence Thomas is a black man?

Who knew?

[turbinetree]

9. I think your quote in your banner nails it.....

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. That explains what they're doing instead of working when the Senate is in session

and they're sitting there in their overstuffed leather chairs on their overstuffed fat asses: watching movies.

I'm just surprised that the letter didn't also complain that Debbie Does Dallas isn't on their current streaming lineup. "The Senators are not satisfied..."

[Withywindle]

11. The cast of Debbie Does Dallas is too old for their tastes n/t

[liberaltrucker]

12. Bezos likely tossed it into the circular file

where it belongs.

[Lovie777]

13. Like a dictatorship ...

republicans are trying to control all media, internet and social media and television and movies and everything to be in their image.