Posted on 03/11/2009 3:39:07 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Walt Disney Company has edited out of the webcast version of its March 10 annual shareholder meeting an incident in which Disney CEO Robert Iger dropped the "f-bomb" on conservative activist and Disney investor Tom Borelli.
Iger scowled at and said "f--- you" to Tom Borelli, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, at Tuesday's annual Disney shareholder meeting after Borelli told shareholders about Iger's refusal to sell the DVD or the distribution rights of the miniseries "The Path to 9/11."
Borelli, who was attending the meeting on behalf of the Free Enterprise Action Fund, a mutual fund with which he is affiliated, had just ended his presentation and was attempting to shake Iger's hand when Iger used the phrase. Iger also refused to uncross his arms and shake Borelli's hand. Borelli, who had received applause from fellow shareholders after his presentation, went back to the podium and precisely reported to his fellow shareholders what Iger had just said, to gasps from the assembled crowd. Borelli then sat back down.
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I am still waiting for “Song of the South”!
Who does Iger think he is?
A Chicago politician?
puh-leaze!
Good for Borelli!
That was among the best ever!
Iger to shareholders, “f-— you”
Apparently Mr. Iger thinks he is above standards of decorum. He may indeed be untouchable.
Class, thy name is most certainly not “Robert Iger”.
Who’s really surprised?
On March 11, Disney released on its website what it calls “a re-play of The Walt Disney Company’s annual meeting of shareholders on March 10, 2009” at http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/presentations.html. A review of the webcast reveals that Borelli’s report about Iger’s remark to his fellow shareholders has been replaced by white noise.
Borelli’s report of Iger’s remark was audible, however, during the live webcast of the shareholder meeting, making it apparent that Disney personnel purposefully censored the material before posting the archived version on its website’s information page for investors.
Iger’s remark to Borelli appears to violate Disney’s own “Standards of Business Conduct,” which, as described by Iger in an open letter on the Disney website, includes, in Iger’s words, “acting responsibly in all our professional relationships, in a manner consistent with the high standards we set for our business conduct.” The standards also, Iger’s letter says, “govern how we treat everyone with whom we have contact. These are standards of integrity... honesty... trust... respect... fair play... and teamwork.”
It ain’t yer father’s Disney.
Along with that puke Immelt at GE
Iger or Tig’r ??
Iger will show em......he’ll quit, take his 500 million severance package , his mouse ears, his e-ticket and bail !
There’s a reason Hollywoodites call Disney....Mousechwitz....
My sister bought it out of England I think.
>Apparently Mr. Iger thinks he is above standards of decorum. He may indeed be untouchable.
*shrug* - Maybe he’s practicing so he can be a Congressman.
Married to Willow Bay, editor at Huffington Post. Not surprising. Scumbag.
Well, isn’t he impolite. /coulter
If profits go down nobody is untouchable.
Disney stock is down 61% since 2000 or 52% since 2007.
Walt Disney would spin in his grave at some of what passes for Disney entertainment these days.
Borelli :-). You go!
Walt is rolling over in his grave!
ML/NJ
Iger expects Disney to ride out downturn
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i719c968044c38f8c0c065880e7ca7ec5
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Iger is married to journalist Willow Bay
She was an anchor for CNN based in Los Angeles until 2000, and anchor of Moneyline News Hour. She was a Freelance Anchor and Correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News during 2005 and 2006; she currently serves as an editor for the Huffington Post.
Matt Lauer was her first co-host on a cable travel show.
http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/24230/tn-500_23.jpg
Old Yeller?
In fairness, we don’t have Iger’s side of this. It’s possible Borelli said something terribly rude in hopes of provoking an angry response. Nonetheless, it’s Iger’s job to keep cool, particularly in so public a setting.
MOst folks don’t realize how much liberals HATE conservatives. They will harm us given half a chance.
Zippity doo da!
So let me get this straight. This guy gets up in the shareholders meeting, critiques Iger on political grounds, Iger supposedly says something crude to him privately and the guy runs back to the microphone to tell everyone what Iger just said? And Iger's the bad guy?
Iger’s a little bitch.
Wow. I didn’t realize their stock was down that much. I know their profits have been down as well but I don’t think by that much.
If only that were remotely what I had said. I said it was Iger’s job to be “bigger than that” even though the OTHER guy very well may have been the bad guy. Way to try to distort what I actually wrote.
Sorry I used your comments to springboard from. Feel free to grab the mike and tell the room.
RA, thanks for the belly laugh!
Another one “The Rescuers” (original) becuase it has a turtle whom is a “confederate veteran”.
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