Did HBO ‘Kill’ or ‘Hide’ a Documentary About Election Hacking?

Right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich claimed recently that HBO has “killed” a documentary about the the cyber vulnerabilities of American elections. This claim was further elevated by former Trump campaign spokeswoman and senior adviser Katrina Pierson. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also suggested that HBO had “pulled the plug” on the documentary after the 2020 election.

Despite what Cernovich and the others have suggested, Kill Chain is still available on HBO’s website and HBO’s YouTube channel, and can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.

The Dispatch Fact Check emailed Cernovich about his claims, alerting him that we were “currently looking into claims of yours that HBO has removed their documentary Kill Chain from their website. The documentary is still available there, and is also available to rent from several other websites. I wanted to give you the chance to comment before my article is published.”

Cernovich responded: “Where did I say it was removed from their site? Click on the link from my post and you’ll see that the video is unlisted. ‘Unlisted’ means the video has been hidden unless you have the link. You are lying about what I posted.”