Republicans question Sarandos on ‘woke’ Netflix content during Warner Bros. deal hearing

In particularly tense moments during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, a handful of Senate Republicans grilled Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos on the streaming platform’s “woke” content as the executive tried making the case for his company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) directly asked Sarandos about Netflix’s promotion of transgender ideology in children’s programming, claiming nearly half of such shows contain such content.

“Netflix has no political agenda of any kind,” Sarandos answered, later saying the accusations were “inaccurate” and that Netflix has “millions of hours of children’s programming.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) raised the same point while alleging Netflix demonstrates political bias based on its employees’ past donations toward the Democratic Party. Over 99% of employee contributions went toward Democrats during the