Franklin Leonard

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Franklin Leonard is an American film and television producer, entrepreneur and cultural commentator. He founded the Black List, a platform for discovering and developing screenwriting, and is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Black List accepts screenplays, television pilots, plays and novels written in English for evaluation by industry professionals.

What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Franklin Leonard on 2026 Midterm Elections, Media, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Franklin Leonard

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Franklin Leonard

Role at the time: Founder of the Black List and Vanity Fair contributing editor

Condemned

Statement summary

Leonard says Ramaswamy is "campaigning hard for Most Despicable Person in Politics" in a post quoting Acton's release of her brother's statement.

“.@VivekGRamaswamy campaigning hard for Most Despicable Person in Politics just before the election.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Franklin Leonard condemns Ramaswamy over the Acton mother advertisement · Franklin LeonardPost 2112531809867276515
Why we used this label

Relative to the campaign's use of Acton's mother in the ad, Leonard criticizes Ramaswamy in response to the brother's statement condemning it.

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