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2019-06-03 Home Front: Culture Wars
Swalwell says CNN may have to move Atlanta headquarters over anti-abortion law
I was tempted to file this under 'Orbits'.
[Fox News] Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Democratic presidential hopeful, said in a town hall Sunday that CNN might have to consider moving its headquarters from Atlanta over Georgia’s new abortion law that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Swalwell, who has been working on separating himself from a crowded Democratic field, was greeted by applause during the CNN town hall when he said that women's reproductive rights would be a top priority as president. He said he would appoint justices who uphold the law and he would work to repeal the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which blocks federal Medicare funding for abortion services.

Jim Sciutto, the CNN moderator, asked about companies threatening to halt business in the state known as "Hollywood of the South" or "Y'allywood" due to its attractive tax incentives for production.

"Yeah, if that law goes into effect and CNN might have to move," he said. "There's a lot of young women who work at CNN who’ll be affected."

Swallwell, a vocal critic of President Trump, has had a challenging time attracting momentum early on in the 2020 contest.

Netflix blinked first and now other major Hollywood studios say they may reevaluate filming in Georgia if the state's abortion law goes into effect.

WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Walt Disney Co. followed the streaming service's lead last week with a deluge of statements, breaking a three-week silence from the big players in entertainment on the controversial law that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks.

"If the new law holds we will reconsider Georgia as the home to any new productions," read a statement from WarnerMedia Thursday.

The subsidiary of AT&T also oversees TBS, TNT and CNN.
Translation: "We cannot afford the rent here anyway."

May I suggest St Louis, or maybe Detroit? I've heard that office rent in Baltimore is expectantly cheap there.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-06-03 01:31|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 

gofundme.com site ?
Posted by Besoeker 2019-06-03 02:17||   2019-06-03 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Who?
Posted by newc 2019-06-03 02:20||   2019-06-03 02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Byeee.

Try Baltimore....it sounds like its your sort of place...or somewhere like scenic Lake Erie ?
Posted by Rupert Speaking for Boskone9275 2019-06-03 04:07||   2019-06-03 04:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Okay, both Comcast and AT&T have a strong Democratic Party slant.
That means that StarLink can't be any worse and with Seattle and LA corporate edges can't be any worse.
It will be fun watching 3 Democratic Party adjuncts eat each other up. StarLink will likely win all but the city canyons.
Posted by 3dc 2019-06-03 05:40||   2019-06-03 05:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Makes sense, the CNN content is an abortion.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-03 06:40||   2019-06-03 06:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Ajit Pai's move to shut down Net Neutrality looks smart now. When the GOP brings Net Neutrality back in a form that basically democratizes the infrastructure, all the lefties who whined before will be looking hypocritical. Well played.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-06-03 06:45||   2019-06-03 06:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Maneuvering for a job. He definitely needs some money.

Eric Swalwell Is a Financial Mess
Despite $174k annual salary, Swalwell has failed to pay down student loans, built up credit card debt as congressman
Posted by Woodrow 2019-06-03 07:13||   2019-06-03 07:13|| Front Page Top

#8 gofundme.com ... think you got two letters wrong....
Posted by Mercutio 2019-06-03 07:53||   2019-06-03 07:53|| Front Page Top

#9 There's some phone boxes free to buy in the UK.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-06-03 08:02||   2019-06-03 08:02|| Front Page Top

#10 I hear Detroit is lovely for assholes this time of year.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-06-03 08:22||   2019-06-03 08:22|| Front Page Top

#11 CNN should move to an airport terminal, to be closer to its core viewership.
Posted by Matt 2019-06-03 09:22||   2019-06-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#12 CNN likes to play such havoc with the health of their women employees, that they need abortions to keep their jobs ? How's this for equality and choice ?
Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-03 11:10||   2019-06-03 11:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Corporate politics. They are not moving, the cost would force shareholders to lose money. More of CNN trying to run this nation, I vote for Chapter 11 for this group of thugs, or a Rico charge, either would work for me.
Posted by 49 Pan 2019-06-03 11:15||   2019-06-03 11:15|| Front Page Top

#14 They could probably get a lot of money for the CNN Center property, being as it's in downtown Atlanta next to Centennial Olympic Park. I suspect CNN could do with a cash infusion these days.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-03 11:27||   2019-06-03 11:27|| Front Page Top

#15 I hear Detroit is lovely for assholes this time of year.

So is San Francisco.
Posted by Frozen Al 2019-06-03 11:58||   2019-06-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

#16 49Pan, embrace the power of AND.
Posted by AlanC 2019-06-03 12:01||   2019-06-03 12:01|| Front Page Top

#17 The crickets were shocked into silence!
Posted by Snineter Sloluck3077 2019-06-03 23:39||   2019-06-03 23:39|| Front Page Top

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