HBO CEO Casey Bloys Apologizes For ‘Very, Very Dumb Idea’ Of Ordering Assistant To Create Fake Twitter Accounts Targeting Critics

On November 2, Casey Bloys, the chief executive officer of both HBO and Max, announced HBO’s upcoming projects and confirmed reports that he and fellow executive Kathleen McCaffrey plotted to harass critics who wrote negative reviews of HBO’s shows, which came out during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Text messages revealed in a court case stated that the executive was displeased with Kathryn VanArendonk, a Vulture television critic, who criticized the reliance on flashbacks in Perry Mason. Another message took aim at the television critic of Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall, who gave Th…

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