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CNN and other media washington post Accused of encouraging artist to cancel Kennedy Center show, Concurrent publications includenew york times is celebrating a recent spate of cancellations, kennedy center President Richard Grenell has claimed without evidence in a series of X posts in recent days.
“Some of the booking artists just informed me that they’ve received [CNN] and [The Washington Post] Encourage them to boycott the Trump Kennedy Center,” Grenell wrote X Tuesday. “The legacy media are left-wing activists — they’re open to this.”
in a postal the day before, Gennell Again claiming without evidence new york times is “a celebration of people resisting art.”
independent Contacted: The Kennedy Center, CNN, postaland new york times for comment.
The posts prompted critics of the president and his allies to demand evidence of the alleged emails, which would violate norms of journalistic neutrality.
“This should be easy to prove…” CNN commentator and former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.
Grenell’s claims come after a string of artists canceled upcoming shows at the center in protest of President Donald Trump’s takeover and the recent may be illegal An attempt was made to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center.
jazz supergroup cooking utensils announced on its website that it would not perform in two productions Lunar New Year’s eve concert.
“Jazz was born out of the struggle and relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, expression, and the full human voice,” the group wrote in a statement. “Some of us have been making this music for decades, and that history still shapes us.”
“I wouldn’t even consider performing in a venue with a name that represents overt racism (and is controlled by a board of directors), Deliberate destruction of African American music and culture” Billy Harper, the saxophonist in the band, It is said added in a statement from Jazz Stage.
this Doug Vallone and dancers The troupe added on Monday that it would not perform performances in April as planned center.
“We can no longer allow ourselves or our audiences to enter this once great institution,” the statement said, adding, “We hope that in three years, the center and its reputation will have been restored to their former glory.”
The wave of cancellations follows the news that drummer and vibraphone player Chuck Redd canceled a long-running Christmas Eve jazz concert at the center in protest of the name change.
In this regard, the head of the Kennedy Center requested Redd offers $1 millioncalling the move a “political stunt.”
February, Trump breaking with the center’s bipartisan tradition and appointed a series of new MAGA-friendly board members, who soon appointed him president of the center.
Earlier this month, the board claimed it voted unanimously to rename the center the Trump-Kennedy Center. some observers Say this is illegalA congresswoman said on a conference call She is muted and was not allowed to express her criticism.
The Trump administration dismissed the move, which included criticism from members of the Kennedy family, saying it saved the arts institution from falling into disrepair.
Since Trump took office, In fact, ticket sales are the worst they’ve been in yearsaccording to a washington post The analysis begins in October.
Last week, Trump became the first president to host the Kennedy Center Honors, according to reports Ratings plummeted 35% Compared to last year.