Yes, as someone who has significant holdings in Disney, I listen to each one. It's not uncommon for the presenters to have talking points in front of them for anticipated questions, and they are almost always vetted or even prepared by PR and legal.
Yeah, that's what I meant. You seem to find the negative in everything to fit some sort of gotcha that you have planned.
Take it to private messages please.
What you heard was rehearsed points, but that wasn't reading line by line. You could hear it in the tone and inflection of his voice. He clearly was responding on the fly.
That was my take, and was interesting to hear.
Also, it was in response to an unscripted question.
The frustration was obvious.
I've sat in the room while another CEO from another "household name" corporation prepared statements. I'm beyond certain that Iger was not only coached by the PR team, with bullet points that were prepared and approved by both PR and compliance/legal, but also coached by some studio people as well. He did this way too well.
I didn't realize the broadcaster part.
I'm not sure it matters how precisely the response was prepared. Preparation is indicative of good judgment and foresight. DeSantis could stand to be more prepared when questions about Disney arise as he frequently comes off as exasperated and resorts to hyperbole, which only heightens the contrast.
He absolutely has a team of people working on the earnings call scripts. They almost certainly anticipated a question related to this dispute and prepared talking points. That being said it didn’t appear to me that he was reading off the page so he’s either a really good actor or it was some hybrid of a prepared and an off the cuff comment. Either way I don’t see why it matters, he came across as the adult in the room. Iger’s response was excellent and he again outclassed and outsmarted the toddler in in the room.
