Health contractors vetted stars' politics for US virus ad

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A list of over 200 celebrities, including Christina Aguilera and Jack Black, was compiled by PR firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services, and vetted for a new coronavirus campaign. None agreed to take part, or knew they were on the list.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have been diagnosed with the virus, as well as Nick Saban and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Director Judd Apatow believes President Donald Trump “does not have the intellectual capacity to run as president,” according to a list of more than 200 celebrities compiled by one of the firms. Singer Christina Aguilera “is an Obama-supporting Democrat and a gay-rights supporting liberal,” the list says, and actor Jack Black is “known to be a classic Hollywood liberal.

Trump, a Republican, has repeatedly minimized the dangers of the coronavirus, even as the nation is in its third wave of infections, with tens of thousands of cases reported each day. “Of course, it is completely inappropriate to frame a taxpayer-funded ad campaign around ‘helping’ President Trump in the weeks and days before the election,” said House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Reps. James Clyburn of South Carolina and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, both subcommittee chairmen, in a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

Because public health policy around the coronavirus pandemic has become so politically polarized, it’s unclear how well a confidence-building campaign from the government would play. Singer Marc Antony, who has been critical of Trump, pulled out after seeking an amendment to his contract to “ensure that his content would not be used for advertisements to re-elect President Trump.”

 

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Hollywood and Operation Mockingbird media are dead.

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If it makes Jack feel any better I wouldn’t pay attention to anything he had to say either.

So this news is Hollywood doesn't like Trump? Don't hold your breath on winning an award.

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Another one of them lists...

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