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| - On Nov. 11, 2024, a post by the America - Love It Or Leave It Facebook page alleged that Netflix was halting its production schedule to "reexamine the public appeal of wokeness." The post suggested that viewers were no longer interested in the streaming service's content because of its political expressions.
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Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. One commenter wrote on the Facebook post, "I literally can't. I have tried watching these woke shows and I turn them off in less than 5 minutes each time. I do want to thank them for showing me quickly the kind of movie they are so I can bail quickly!" Another commenter responded, "About time- 4 yrs ago would have been nice."
However, there was no evidence to indicate that Netflix was halting its production schedule for any reason, much less to conduct an alleged review of "the public appeal of wokeness."
Rather, in October 2024, Netflix executives
The rumor about the streaming service supposedly halting production originated with the above-mentioned Facebook post authored by America - Love It or Leave It, a page that is part of a network of social media pages and websites that describes its output as satirical in nature. That network is called America's Last Line of Defense.
The bio section of the Facebook page reads: "A subsidiary of the America's Last Line of Defense network of trollery and propaganda for cash. Nothing on this page is real." The page links to the
Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site's pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical.
The Dunning-Kruger Times and the other pages within America's Last Line of Defense's network have a history of making up stories for shares and comments. Snopes has addressed other fictional stories from these sources in the past, like the rumor that radio host Howard Stern lost nearly 1 million subscribers after interviewing U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.
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