'New Yorker' Editor Explains Why Steve Bannon Was Dropped From Festival
As big names threatened to drop out and debate over free speech boiled, New Yorker editor David Remnick disinvited Bannon. "I will not take part in an event that normalizes hate," Judd Apatow said.
The New Yorker has disinvited Steve Bannon from the magazine's upcoming annual festival, after several high-profile celebrities balked at the idea of appearing alongside the man credited with many of the divisive strategies that propelled Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Explaining the decision, New Yorker editor David Remnick said that "to interview Bannon is not to endorse him." But less than 12 hours after announcing Bannon as a headliner for the Oct. 5-7 festival, Remnick canceled his plan to interview Bannon.
"The reaction on social media was critical and a.
