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Posted on 05/29/2026 1:26:06 AM PDT by dennisw
Over 200 journalists, academics, and filmmakers have signed a letter opposing the Paramount Skydance takeover of CNN following the former’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Letter from the Freedom of the Press Foundation argued that Paramount taking control of CNN will lead to “improper political meddling” from CEO David Ellison, per HuffPo, citing the reported changes at CBS.
“News segments critical of Trump policies have been pulled; revered producers and reporters have quit rather than be censored; shows Trump dislikes, like ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,’ have been cancelled; and CBS Evening News has taken to airing flattering features on Trump officials, like one calling Secretary of State Marco Rubio the ‘ultimate Florida man,'” the letter said.
“With this track record, Ellison will likely alter CNN’s editorial direction (not to mention meddle with HBO’s documentaries) to be more friendly to the administration, threatening press freedom,” the letter added.
The letter further pressed regulators and lawmakers to regard the Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. as a “political arrangement to circumvent constitutional safeguards, with severe consequences for American democracy.”
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta signed letter along with former ABC and CBS News correspondent Judy Muller, and Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras.
David Elison told CNBC in March that editorial independence will be maintained at CNN under his leadership.
“CNN an incredible brand with an incredible team, and we absolutely believe in the independence that needs to be maintained, obviously for those incredible journalists, and we want to support that going forward,” Ellison said.
“Who we want to talk to is the 70 percent of Americans, and really around the world, that identify as centre-left or centre-right. And we want to be in the truth business. We want to be in the trust business. And that’s not going to change,” he added.
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Sing for your supper and shut up. Your are lucky to have a journalism job in this environment. AI can replace you. Or a common sense normie English major.
Note that he didn't say "We are in the trust business."
HUGE difference.
See? So they're not in the truth or trust business now, though they want to be in it in the future.
Poorly worded comments, otherwise.
ROTFLMAO. Political meddling......as if that’s not exactly what Leftists did already.
CNN used to be a legit news source.
Translation: We can”t let truth get in the way of our agenda!
Their era is coming to an end though, because a cultural, political, and economic system built on the lies of equality, sharing, the coddling of weakness, and the hatred of merit, honesty, and good, hard work cannot endure.
But they will not go gently into that good night. This summer will be violent.
“Not to cut them any slack, but they were also thoroughly propagandized and cannot see the error of their ways.”
IMO, it’s their parents’ fault. Decent parents would have provided a foundation that instilled/installed a BS meter in their kids’ heads. We’ve all been exposed to propaganda, but are able to recognize when we’re being bamboozled.
Example: Mega MAGA FReepers were with him 100% from the start. But when he proclaimed the wonderfulness of the vaccine we’re like, “Yeah. No. Not doin’ it.”
Who watches CNN anyway?
Their “truth”
Press Freedom to them = freedom to make up things that push their agenda.
CNN is anything but news, it’s more of a DNC talking points network.
The first problem noted is the absence of the modifier “self-proclaimed” preceding the descriptor “revered.”
I do not want Paramount to take over CNN.
Why?
I want to see CNN tank and go out of existence.
That’s like Hillary saying, “I’ve always tried not to lie.
Too stupid to understand that the CEO is trying to save their jobs by ensuring standards are kept.
What has sustained CNN economically? Zero ratings, overpaid talking heads….
They can all phu cough.
Depends on one's definition of incredible.
They mean immunity not freedom.
The press, as do all leftists, want immunity to do, say, lie, commit crime, etc. with impunity. That is what democracy looks like.
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