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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Benjamin Lee

HBO boss apologises for using fake Twitter accounts to troll TV critics

Casey Bloys.
Casey Bloys. Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO

The HBO CEO and chairman, Casey Bloys, has apologised for tasking employees with creating fake Twitter accounts to attack TV critics.

Bloys was responding to a bombshell Rolling Stone report that referenced alleged text messages between himself and Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice-president of drama programming. In six conversations, the pair discussed a “secret army” that could respond to TV critics who gave HBO shows a negative review.

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