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HBO CEO Casey Bloys apologized Thursday to a room of journalists following a Rolling Stone report that he instructed staffers to create fake social media accounts to troll TV critics who gave poor reviews to HBO shows. During a press event Thursday to unveil HBO and Max’s programming slate for …

I n June 2020, Casey Bloys, HBO’s then-president of original programming, needed someone to “go on a mission.” Bloys—who was named HBO’s CEO and chairman in October 2022 — was irked by a tweet from Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk, who had some thoughts about Perry Mason, HBO’s series starring …