Al Gore’s Hurricane Katrina hyperbole
In his film, Al Gore predicted hurricanes would grow more intense, but almost immediately afterward they grew less so.
Participant Media
Can “Woke” Boardroom Culture Be Broken?
Hollywood has been at the vanguard of a new push from corporate America—including sports leagues, retail products and platforms, and even shareholders—to ignore that pithy truth: Adopt political positions and…
Capital Research, January 2021
Ken Braun examines how Participant Media, the creation of billionaire Jeffrey Skoll, is advancing an anti-capitalist environmental agenda. Michael Watson examines the down-ballot outcomes of the 2020 election and the…
Dragging Hollywood Even Further Left: Participant Media
Almost a century ago the film industry was still in its infancy and Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin predicted he could win the world for Marxism if he could just…
Dragging Hollywood Even Further Left: Follow the (Dark) Money
Lefty gifts shipped out through Skoll’s funding empire, which includes the Skoll Foundation, the Skoll Fund, and the Skoll Global Threats Fund, a subsidiary of the Skoll Foundation. From their…
Dragging Hollywood Even Further Left: Useful Idiots for OPEC
For landlubbers, Participant released Promised Land in early 2013, a propaganda effort aimed at killing the U.S. natural gas boom while it was still in its infancy. The fictional drama…
Dragging Hollywood Even Further Left: Promoting the Agenda
Most Hollywood studios veer to the left merely because of cultural gravity. What sets Participant apart is its willingness to aggressively partner with lefty organizations to promote the agenda of…