Kennedy Center president claims ‘legacy media’ is encouraging artists to boycott performances over Trump name change

Leadership at the Washington, D.C. arts mainstay has been fuming over a series of recent artist cancellations in protest of the president and his allies attempting to rename the center after himself

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Media outlets including CNN and The Washington Post are accused of encouraging artists to cancel performances at the Kennedy Center, while publications includingThe New York Times are celebrating a string of recent cancellations, Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell has claimed without evidence across a series of X posts in recent days.

“I have just been informed by some booked artists that they are receiving emails from [CNN] and [The Washington Post] encouraging them to boycott the Trump Kennedy Center,” Grenell wrote on X Tuesday. “The legacy media are left wing activists - and they are open about it.”

In a post the previous day, Grenell claimed, again without evidence, that The NYT is “celebrating people boycotting the Arts.”

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