The late, great Andrew Breitbart forcefully and repeatedly made the case that “politics is downstream from culture.” CBS’s extended whine session over the Trump takeover of the Kennedy Center proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Breitbart was ultimately right.
Watch as former CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell sits stolidly while the former artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra decries the “authoritarian instinct” compelling the Kennedy Center takeover (click “expand” to view transcript):
NORAH O’DONNELL: Musician Ben Folds is among those who resigned after serving as the artistic advisor of the National Symphony Orchestra, part of the Kennedy Center.
BEN FOLDS: Let’s say I get in, uh, an artist that has different views than the president. Do they feel safe being themselves? Do they feel safe saying what they believe? They’re not political…
