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Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a "clown" and a "dictator "outside the former president's trial.

The actor, 80, joined a Democrat-organised event on Tuesday outside the New York court where Trump was on trial for falsifying business records to cover up an affair before the 2016 presidential election.

Standing by Manhattan Criminal Court, De Niro tore into the Republican - calling him a "monster" - and argued with Trump supporters who he called "gangsters".

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) decided to rescind an offer to award De Niro with the Leadership Foundation's Service to America Award, which he was set to receive on Tuesday.

A spokesperson said the event at which the actor would have received the prize "is proudly bipartisan, uniting those from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners".

They added: "While we strongly support the right of every American to exercise free speech and participate in civic engagement, it is clear that Mr De Niro's recent high-profile activities will create a distraction from the philanthropic work that we were hoping to recognize.

"To maintain the focus on service of the award winners, Mr. De Niro will no longer be attending the event."

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[–] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 159 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard of them or their award.

[–] Audrey0nne@leminal.space 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s the real story. The general public won’t hear about most lobby groups until they make the news because lobby groups are not in business with the general public.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nevermind the fact that Robert De Niro is not a broadcaster. Why would he get this award anyways?

[–] Audrey0nne@leminal.space 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the downvotes are from people that the image doesn't load for? I had to hit the view source button to even know there was an image.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago

"Proudly bipartisan" means we don't want to alienate violent bigots.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 106 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd thought "Bipartisan" mean "we accept people from both side and we literally couldn't care" and not "woah mate you can't say something that would hurt the other side", and "uniting people across the political spectrum" mean "let's separate art and politics for this award" and not "you're not allow to publicly said something politically charged outside of the event".

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 55 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they're statement is highly suspect, like anyone going "there are bad people on both sides", and I'd be very interested to see where their funding comes from and who sits on their board because "actor says something political" is hardly uncommon but their reaction is weird.

[–] DeanFogg@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Bipartisan means both partisans are in agreement

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A spokesperson said the event at which the actor would have received the prize β€œis proudly bipartisan, uniting those from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners”.

Sounds like some shit he didn't really want anyway. Fuck being proudly bipartisan, be anti-fascist.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 42 points 1 year ago

NAB: proudly bipartisan

DeNiro: Cool. Here's where I am on the political spectrum.

NAB: Well I didn't mean like bipartisan. I meant more like, the-acceptable-viewpoint-or-else-silence bipartisan.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

There’s no effort more bipartisan than being vocally against the orange shitburger.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago

What a joke. Have your seen the list of awards De Niro has won? It's anyone looking at that and thinking, "Well, sure, but where's the NAB Service to America award?"

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We respect free speech BUT.... .... we can't accept people picking sides..

The side he picked was America, so he’s obviously ineligible for the Service to America award.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

So NAB is a group of terrorism apologists, got it.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 58 points 1 year ago

Oh no! How will his career survive, he'll never be taken seriously as an actor without the opportunity to win this prestigious award I've never heard of.

I'm sure he gives a fuck lol

[–] lemmyhavesome@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet De Niro is devastated -- just devastated, I tell you.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's gonna sit between his two Oscars and his Golden Globe and cry about it.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He will forever be known as that guy who didn't get the something something award.

His legacy is ruined. RUINED I TELL YOU

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 year ago

Rescinding an award named "Service to America" for calling out a wanna be dictator is rich. De Niro should get a second one for this alone.

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least we can look forward to Trump making fun of Dustin Hoffman for being denied the award.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago

"That's right, you see this? This washed up actor Danny Devideo called me a monster. Now he's making 99Β’ movies. He lot his award for defimating the greatest president ever. All because of the greatest witch hunt. Even mother terese would be convicted!"

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sounds like a he dodged a conman's award show there.

Edit: After looking this backward and moribund group up I can say with certainty their opinions of anything hardly matters. What a useless thing to have in our modern age. All they do is try to keep broadcasting in the past.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 34 points 1 year ago

Pretending anything is normal about Trump doesn’t sound very prestigious.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure he'll wear this as a badge of honour, so that's a backfire for sure.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago

His reaction to it is classier than mine would have been but he knows they need him more than he needs them.

[–] don@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

based robert de niro

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Award Committee: "How can we get our small, unrecognised award into public discourse?"

De Niro does something

Award Committee: "Time to drum up the rage bait, boys. All we have to do is deny De Niro."

Lemmy Community: "Hey, I can be angry too! upvotes"


Do you guys not see what is happening here?

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Be fair, they're probably not familiar with how the media operates, so did so in good faith.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you just claim that NAB isn't familiar with how the media operates? πŸ₯΄

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Broadcasters

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

hitmyspot @aussie.zone

I should have known better.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Name the award and the institution without looking at the article again. Bet you can't do it.

I would not accept any awards from these chucklefucks

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That is such a good picture of De Niro.

It looks like a still from a movie.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Funny how sky news calls stuff prestigious when it meets their agenda.

Nobody else could give a fuck lol.

The guy probably has enough awards and has nothing to prove lol. At this point of time, receiving them would feel like work

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a "clown" and a "dictator "outside the former president's trial.

The actor, 80, joined a Democrat-organised event on Tuesday outside the New York court where Trump was on trial for falsifying business records to cover up an affair before the 2016 presidential election.

A spokesperson said the event at which the actor would have received the prize "is proudly bipartisan, uniting those from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners".

They added: "While we strongly support the right of every American to exercise free speech and participate in civic engagement, it is clear that Mr De Niro's recent high-profile activities will create a distraction from the philanthropic work that we were hoping to recognize.

Joined on Tuesday by two former law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol during the 6 January riots three years ago, De Niro said of Trump: "He doesn't belong in my city."

On Friday, Trump was later found unanimously guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up "hush money" payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.


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