The Walt Disney Company has allegedly blacklisted the Los Angeles Times for its coverage of Disneyland’s financial battles with the city of Anaheim. According to THR, Disney refused to invite LA Times reporters to the advance screening of Thor: Ragnarok, as punishment.

Disney has blacklisted the @LATimes over its Anaheim reporting. This tactic should concern journalists everywhere. https://t.co/Ee3zHzMeDd — jen yamato (@jenyamato) November 3, 2017

The Los Angeles Times has been "put on pause" by Disney, barring its reporters and critics from seeing its movies. — Glenn Whipp (@GlennWhipp) November 3, 2017

Disney's action is a clear indication of how @RobertIger feels about journalism and a free press. — Glenn Whipp (@GlennWhipp) November 3, 2017

After I wrote this series on the Disney/Anaheim relationship, the company barred our critics from seeing its films: https://t.co/hfV4sicUvW — Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) November 3, 2017

LA Times writer Glenn Whipp claims, “Disney’s action is a clear indication of how Bob Iger feels about journalism and a free press.”

Others have pointed out that the LA Times isn’t entitled to viewing every film before it hits theaters, and nothing is preventing them from writing a review of Thor: Ragnarok.

Bob Iger does not have anything against “free press,” that is a gross assumption to make. — Louie Mantia, Jr. (@Mantia) November 3, 2017

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