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British Culture Minister Calls for Fiction Label on Netflix's 'The Crown'

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The U.K. culture secretary Oliver Dowden has waded into a growing debate surrounding season four of Netflix's hit royal drama The Crown.

Speaking to British tabloid The Mail on Sunday, the politician joined a growing chorus — emanating especially loudly from various elements of the British press — calling on the show's producers to add a "health warning" making it clear that the show is based on fiction. "I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact," he said, adding that while it was a "beautifully produced work of fiction," it "should be very clear at the beginning it is just that." Dowden also claimed he would be writing to Netflix this week to express his concerns.

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