grifting, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the group of journalists who decide and manage the Golden Globe Awards — is facing a new scandal after its ex-president, who is still active in the group, sent an email equating Black Lives Matter to Charles Manson.Phil Berk, an eight-term president of the HPFA, sent the email Sunday to association members, staff, and the group’s general counsel and chief operating officer, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The email contained an article from the right-wing website FrontPage Mag, where the writer attacked Black Lives Matter and specifically went after the group's queer cofounder Patrisse Cullors.