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Berlinale Issues Statement Following Political Backlash at Festival, Says Artists Should Not Be ‘Expected to Speak on Every Political Issue’
The Berlin Film Festival has issued a lengthy statement from head Tricia Tuttle over what it describes as a “media storm” that has swept over the festival.
The note — sent out late on Saturday night — comes following criticism faced by multiple attendees over the comments about politics, most notably the jury in the opening day press conference. Faced with questions about the conflict in Gaza, jury head Wim Wenders said, “We have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics,” prompting immediate backlash on social media. Indian author Arundhati Roy later pulled out of the festival in anger over the comments.
Both Michelle Yeoh and Neil Patrick Harris later faced online criticism for their reaction to questions about politics and the rise of facism, Harris...
Polling was never a neutral force in American politics
There may well be a malign element to Gallup’s decision to stop presidential polling, but it was never an uncomplicated good.US President Donald Trump (Image: Sipa USA)
Gallup, Inc., perhaps the world’s best-known polling firm, having achieved a kind of Band-Aid level association with the product it produces, last week announced that it will no longer track US presidential approval or the favourability of any political figure. It lands as a dark development, yet another example of institutions rewriting reality for the benefit of the increasingly authoritarian second administration of Donald Trump.
The notion of regular polling on the level of approval apparently enjoyed by politicians, their parties and policies is now so core to how we consume politics that it’s easy to forget that the art is less than 100 years old.
World leaders gather in Washington for Donald Trump’s first Board of Peace meeting
Trump says US has 'some work' to do with Iran, repeats call for country to end nuclear programOn Iran, Donald Trump praised Steve Witkoff’s diplomatic efforts with the Republic. “Iran is a hot spot right now,” Trump said, noting that both Witkoff and Jared Kushner – another envoy and the president’s son-in-law – have a good relationship with the representatives Iran. “Good talks are being had. It’s proven to be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal, otherwise, bad things happen, but we have to make a meaningful deal,” Trump said.
He added: double quotation markWe do have some work to do with Iran....
