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Netflix’s content chief, Mr Ted Sarandos, boasted in a statement earlier this week when the Obama deal was announced that the former Presidential couple was “uniquely positioned to discover and highlight stories of people who make a difference in their communities and strive to change the world for the better.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How it works: Netflix exec & wife bundle big donations to Obama in '08. Wife is rewarded with ambassadorship. Now Netflix exec steers $50m contract to Obamas through 'Higher Ground Productions.' <a href="https://t.co/St9Nb6zzL4">https://t.co/St9Nb6zzL4</a></p>— Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1000692399650279425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2018</a></blockquote>

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He somehow forgot to mention that as a major Democratic campaign contributor who, together with his wife, Ms Nicole Avant, he helped gather some $600,000 in contributions to President Obama from their friends and associates during the 2012 presidential campaign. It was he who rewarded them with a creative production deal worth some 50 million dollars that will see them make shows and movies for Netflix over the next few years.

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Ms Avant even served as the US ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011, during the former president’s first term.

Sounds like a conflict of interest to us, but what do we know.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dropNetflixNetflix?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#dropNetflixNetflix</a> Names Susan Rice, Former U.N. Ambassador Under Obama, to Board – Variety <a href="https://t.co/FYozOlSKGf">https://t.co/FYozOlSKGf</a></p>— Said_what_to_who? (@sayswhattowho) <a href="https://twitter.com/sayswhattowho/status/1000702861133697025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2018</a></blockquote>

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For all social media reporting how conservatives are canceling their Netflix accounts due to possible Democratic meddling in the programming, one can now certainly understand how they would get that idea.

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The multiyear Netflix agreement, which handily starts in the year before the next presidential election, says the former Democratic Presidential couple will “produce a diverse mix of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docuseries, documentaries and features.”

Source:

https://tvweb.com/obama-netflix-deal-new-tv-shows-movies-barack-michelle/