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Bob Iger: Disney’s Job Is “Not to Advance Any Kind of Agenda”

The comments come after the company’s high-profile fight in Florida and critiques from activist investors.

“Our job is to entertain first and foremost, and by telling great stories, we continue to have a positive impact on the world and inspire future generations, just as we’ve done for over 100 years. The company has been party to a series of high-profile political fights in Florida, after Disney, then led by Bob Chapek, began speaking out against the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits schools from teaching gender and sexuality through the third grade. Disney pushed back against that critique at the time, saying that Peltz did not understand the company and pointing to the fact that Marvel films, under leader Kevin Feige, generated about $30 billion in global box office revenue.

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