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manor321

(3,344 posts) Mon Sep 3, 2018, 06:14 PM Sep 2018

Mulaney, Apatow and Jim Carrey drop from The New Yorker Festival! - Bannon OUT! [View all]

These three have dropped out of The New Yorker Festival because Bannon was invited! I love this!

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Mulaney, Apatow and Jim Carrey.

All announced within the last hour that due to Bannon, they won't appear at The New Yorker Festival.

EDIT 1: Patton Oswalt drops out too!

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Patton Oswalt Retweeted The New York Times
I’m out. Sorry, @NewYorker. See if Milo Yiannopoulos is free?

EDIT 2: Bannon uninvited! Victory!

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The New Yorker uninvites Steve Bannon from its festival after news that the former Trump aide would be interviewed there caused a sharp backlash https://cnnmon.ie/2wGr4dR

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Mulaney, Apatow and Jim Carrey drop from The New Yorker Festival! - Bannon OUT! [View all] manor321 Sep 2018 OP

John Mulaney: Trump Is 'A Horse Loose In A Hospital' irresistable Sep 2018 #1

Never buy the New Yorker again, folks! donkeypoofed Sep 2018 #2

I'm going to keep reading it renate Sep 2018 #3

Me too! mountain grammy Sep 2018 #5

They disinvited Bannon. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #21

No thank you. H2O Man Sep 2018 #43

One of the best publications in America. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #4

Yes, I have subscribed to it for many years. Can't imagine life without it. Glorfindel Sep 2018 #7

As will I.. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #8

So Russia forced them to make Bannon the headliner of their yearly festival? enough Sep 2018 #36

Of course not. I didn't say that. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #37

I cannot understand why the New Yorker did this obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #6

I understand why. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2018 #35

Of course they do.. to say they don't means you don't read the New Yorker mountain grammy Sep 2018 #38

Now you've heard of The New Yorker Festival. Right? Mission accomplished #jobdone nt TeamPooka Sep 2018 #39

Bannon's been disinvited. octoberlib Sep 2018 #9

The only thing Bannon should be headlining is the inside of a prison cell! Initech Sep 2018 #11

I was picturing a dunk tank ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #14

Now I would wait in line for that! Initech Sep 2018 #19

I first misread that as "drunk tank." thucythucy Sep 2018 #31

Excellent!! nt blaze Sep 2018 #13

Well, that changes everything! The OP should see this.. Cha Sep 2018 #15

So here's the lineup for the festival - I've scrolled through twice, but see no Bannon mention Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #10

bannon's been Disinvited! Cha Sep 2018 #16

Yes, I saw that soon after posting this, Cha! Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #18

It's so Encouraging to see Reality Based Folks Not Cha Sep 2018 #22

AND getting results! calimary Sep 2018 #24

YES!!! Cha Sep 2018 #34

Looking at that lineup, I suspect most of the headliners would have pulled the plug within 24hrs.... Brother Buzz Sep 2018 #17

I just Retweeted Patton's tweet. I saw him on a Cha Sep 2018 #12

The New Yorker also received . . . peggysue2 Sep 2018 #20

I sent an email advising I was going to cancel my subscription this morning... bsiebs Sep 2018 #25

I thank you! peggysue2 Sep 2018 #27

Lol. I forgot the sarcasm thingy. But you're welcome. bsiebs Sep 2018 #28

just beginning bringthePaine Sep 2018 #23

Bannon's out, but the institutional systems that thought it was a good idea to host him are still in WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #26

Exactly. The false equivalency and both-sides-ism still exist. nt jrthin Sep 2018 #29

The idea that David Remnick and others thought Bannon was worth listening to speaks volumes. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #30

RESISTANCE WORKS! BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #32

what the heck were they thinking? elmac Sep 2018 #33

Do they all come back now that there was a "charge of heart" ? oberliner Sep 2018 #40

Bothsiderism Promoting Fascists Like Bannon-Disgusting! dlk Sep 2018 #41

Never heard of this festival before, but I hope the ones who pulled out re-commit. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #42

too late Kurt V. Sep 2018 #44