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Iger supported the Clintons, which was also cited to be part of the reason why he had ultimately allowed ABC to cut three minutes out of the special "The Path to 9/11," that blamed the Clintons for not taking care of al Qaeda, as well as why the movie was not released onto DVD, either within Disney or even sold the rights.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kevin-mooney/2008/03/11/disney-challenged-dvd-sales-path-9-11</ref>
Iger supported the Clintons, which was also cited to be part of the reason why he had ultimately allowed ABC to cut three minutes out of the special "The Path to 9/11," that blamed the Clintons for not taking care of al Qaeda, as well as why the movie was not released onto DVD, either within Disney or even sold the rights.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kevin-mooney/2008/03/11/disney-challenged-dvd-sales-path-9-11</ref>
He initially joined Donald Trump's advisory committee in the hopes of swaying Trump to support policies for the left, which ironically caused controversy among various leftists.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref> However, he eventually quit the advisory committee after Trump rejected attending the Paris Agreement.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/02/disney-ceo-bob-iger-quits-trump-advisory-council-paris-agreement-withdrawal/</ref>
He initially joined Donald Trump's advisory committee in the hopes of swaying Trump to support policies for the left, which ironically caused controversy among various leftists.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref> However, he eventually quit the advisory committee after Trump rejected attending the Paris Agreement.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/02/disney-ceo-bob-iger-quits-trump-advisory-council-paris-agreement-withdrawal/</ref>
He also expressed some interest in running as the Democrat candidate in the 2020 Presidential Elections, and was also suspected of causing significant increases in promoting the left-wing agenda among Disney and its affiliates, in particular ESPN, regardless of whether it actually turned a profit, in order to curry favor for any left-wing voters.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/05/05/espns-leftward-lurch-explained-disney-ceo-may-run-democrat-nomination-using-network-curry-favor-leftists/</ref>
He also expressed some interest in running as the Democrat candidate in the 2020 Presidential Elections, and was also suspected of causing significant increases in promoting the left-wing agenda among Disney and its affiliates, in particular ESPN, regardless of whether it actually turned a profit, in order to curry favor for any left-wing voters.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/05/05/espns-leftward-lurch-explained-disney-ceo-may-run-democrat-nomination-using-network-curry-favor-leftists/</ref>
==Controversy==
==Controversy==
A shareholder meeting with Iger had Justin Danhof, an attorney for the National Center for Public Policy Research and a Disney shareholder, citing that ABC and ESPN (both branches of Disney) were undergoing Anti-Christian and Anti-Conservative biases in their reporting, and stated they should stop. He received applause by the shareholders, something Danhof cited that he never experienced before.<ref>http://www.christianpress.com/index.php/us/476-disney-criticized-for-anti-christian-anti-conservative-bias-at-shareholder-meeting</ref> He later brought ABC's left-wing bias up again during the 2017 shareholder's meeting, in particular the complaints about having bias during the 2016 election cycle, although Bob Iger claimed the complaints were "completely exaggerated" and that they were as fair as possible in their coverage.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/09/disney-boss-says-no-political-bias-at-abc-news-and-espn-complaints-completely-exaggerated/</ref> Earlier, he also was confronted by Tom Borelli, another member of the National Center for Public Policy Research, over his preventing the release of Path to 9/11 onto DVD, which resulted in Bob Iger violating his own code of not using foul language by dropping the F-bomb to Borelli.<ref>http://www.nationalcenter.org/PR-Disney_Iger_Shareholder031009.html</ref>
A shareholder meeting with Iger had Justin Danhof, an attorney for the National Center for Public Policy Research and a Disney shareholder, citing that ABC and ESPN (both branches of Disney) were undergoing Anti-Christian and Anti-Conservative biases in their reporting, and stated they should stop. He received applause by the shareholders, something Danhof cited that he never experienced before.<ref>http://www.christianpress.com/index.php/us/476-disney-criticized-for-anti-christian-anti-conservative-bias-at-shareholder-meeting</ref> He later brought ABC's left-wing bias up again during the 2017 shareholder's meeting, in particular the complaints about having bias during the 2016 election cycle, although Bob Iger claimed the complaints were "completely exaggerated" and that they were as fair as possible in their coverage.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/09/disney-boss-says-no-political-bias-at-abc-news-and-espn-complaints-completely-exaggerated/</ref> Earlier, he also was confronted by Tom Borelli, another member of the National Center for Public Policy Research, over his preventing the release of Path to 9/11 onto DVD, which resulted in Bob Iger violating his own code of not using foul language by dropping the F-bomb to Borelli.<ref>http://www.nationalcenter.org/PR-Disney_Iger_Shareholder031009.html</ref>
Around 2009, Iger ended up requesting for a "Golden Coffin" (where he continues to receive payments after he dies should he die on the job), which various Stockholders were outraged at, including Cornish Hitchcock, the lawyer who crafts shareholder proposals.<ref>http://deadline.com/2009/03/disneys-iger-getting-a-golden-coffin-8745/</ref>
Around 2009, Iger ended up requesting for a "Golden Coffin" (where he continues to receive payments after he dies should he die on the job), which various Stockholders were outraged at, including Cornish Hitchcock, the lawyer who crafts shareholder proposals.<ref>http://deadline.com/2009/03/disneys-iger-getting-a-golden-coffin-8745/</ref>
Most infamously, he also proceeded to not only fire various American IT workers at the Disney theme parks, but also proceeded to force them to train their replacements (all of whom were outsourced workers) under the threat of their severance packages being confiscated, in a clear abuse of the H-1B visa program.<ref>http://blog.hreonline.com/2015/06/04/disneys-h1b-controversy/</ref> The fired IT workers then proceeded to enter a lawsuit with Disney and Iger for the reasons behind the firing, citing it as discrimination against American citizens.<ref>http://www.computerworld.com/article/3149535/it-outsourcing/disney-it-workers-in-lawsuit-claim-discrimination-against-americans.html</ref>
Most infamously, he also proceeded to not only fire various American IT workers at the Disney theme parks, but also proceeded to force them to train their replacements (all of whom were outsourced workers) under the threat of their severance packages being confiscated, in a clear abuse of the H-1B visa program.<ref>http://blog.hreonline.com/2015/06/04/disneys-h1b-controversy/</ref> The fired IT workers then proceeded to enter a lawsuit with Disney and Iger for the reasons behind the firing, citing it as discrimination against American citizens.<ref>http://www.computerworld.com/article/3149535/it-outsourcing/disney-it-workers-in-lawsuit-claim-discrimination-against-americans.html</ref>
He as well as [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] were later caught alongside at least three other CEOs in a scandal involving a deal with Chinese officials to allow their films to air in China.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dreamworks-nightmare/</ref>
He as well as [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] were later caught alongside at least three other CEOs in a scandal involving a deal with Chinese officials to allow their films to air in China.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/dreamworks-nightmare/</ref>
In addition, during the controversy involving ESPN commentator Jemele Hill's commenting that Trump was a White Supremacist among other epithets, Iger insisted that ESPN's leadership keep her on the job because she was an outraged black woman. Danhof stated that the National Center for Public Policy Research has attempted to reign him in from doing these kinds of things because of these actions harming the long-term investors, but Iger ignored them, with Danhof also accusing Iger of bigotry due to his rationale for keeping Jemele Hill.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/bob-igers-bigotry/</ref> In fact, once Hill was back on the job, she resumed her anti-Trump rhetoric.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/03/12/disney-ceo-bob-iger-denies-espn-bashes-donald-trump-conservatives/</ref>
In addition, during the controversy involving ESPN commentator Jemele Hill's commenting that Trump was a White Supremacist among other epithets, Iger insisted that ESPN's leadership keep her on the job because she was an outraged black woman. Danhof stated that the National Center for Public Policy Research has attempted to reign him in from doing these kinds of things because of these actions harming the long-term investors, but Iger ignored them, with Danhof also accusing Iger of bigotry due to his rationale for keeping Jemele Hill.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/bob-igers-bigotry/</ref> In fact, once Hill was back on the job, she resumed her anti-Trump rhetoric.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/03/12/disney-ceo-bob-iger-denies-espn-bashes-donald-trump-conservatives/</ref>
Ironically, he also started showing controversy from the left when he joined Donald Trump's advisory committee, although he claimed he was only part of it so he could influence policy decisions to be more favorable to the left, quoting the play "Hamilton".<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref>
Ironically, he also started showing controversy from the left when he joined Donald Trump's advisory committee, although he claimed he was only part of it so he could influence policy decisions to be more favorable to the left, quoting the play "Hamilton".<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref>