Netflix acts as though it's losing subscriptions and is obviously in damage control mode in the wake of its decision to give President Obama a contract to produce shows. According to RT: Netflix's Chief Operating Officer Ted Sarandos has said the streaming service is not veering to the political left despite a $50 million deal with former US president Barack Obama – but people are not buying it. Speaking at an industry event in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, Ted Sarandos said that Netflix's multi-year deal with the former president and his wife, Michelle Obama, does not mean the company is leaning left. "It's not the Obama Network.  It's not the MSNBC shift.  There's no political slant to the programming," he said, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It shouldn't surprise anyone that subscribers may be fleeing.  Obama himself has botched things for the company by admitting that his idea...(Read Full Post)