Hulu forced to adopt woke orthodoxy

Published July 29, 2022 12:00am ET



Shortly after the public learned that Hulu doesn’t run Democratic political advertisements on main issues in midterm campaigns, the media outlet had to cave to the leftist mob. It did so after Disney, a majority owner of Hulu, forced its hand.

Top line: Democrats are furious with Hulu and are accusing it of censorship amid its decision to hold to its no-political-issues advertisement policy. On Wednesday, Disney confirmed to Axios that it would allow ads for candidates or controversial issues such as gun reform and abortion policy on Hulu’s streaming service, effective immediately, to align with Disney’s cable networks. That said, Disney reserves the right to ask campaigns to edit ads.

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