Posted on 07/23/2025 7:55:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Skydance Media needs the approval of President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission in order to take over Paramount Global. It’s now promising to root out “bias” at CBS News in order to get it.
In a pair of letters filed Tuesday with the FCC, Skydance committed to a post-merger “comprehensive review of CBS,” including a promise to install an ombudsman to evaluate complaints of “bias or other concerns” at the news network and report their findings to the new Paramount’s president.
Skydance also committed to eliminating Paramount’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices at the entertainment giant once it takes over. The letters touted that Skydance does not and will not have any DEI programs in place.
The letters demonstrate Skydance CEO David Ellison’s eagerness to complete the deal to merge with Paramount, which was first agreed upon in July 2024. Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, was spotted meeting with Trump ringside at multiple UFC events this year.
Amid its push for Trump administration approval of the merger, Paramount agreed to pay $16 million earlier this month to settle a lawsuit filed last year by President Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The settlement generated outrage both inside and outside Paramount, not least because legal experts believed the lawsuit to be frivolous.
Critics of the settlement used words like “bribe” to describe the payment because of the leverage President Trump held over the pending merger. However, Paramount maintained that “this lawsuit is completely separate from, and unrelated to, the Skydance transaction and the FCC approval process.”
FCC chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump loyalist, has also said the merger review process is separate — despite previously stating the “60 Minutes” case would be “likely to arise” in his agency’s review.
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Maybe they should be CNN and MSDNC too.
WINNING!!!
Don’t pledge it. Just do it already.
Something tells me in Colbert says a peep about this Steven will be on an extended vacation
When is the FCC going to shut down robo and spam calls?
They should start by getting rid of Jane Pauley.
................. Hires Dan Rather as the Ombudsman.
Finds no bias. Has paperwork evidence to prove it.
doesnt paramount have legal experts?
this will be fun
who is going to get a case of stompy feet and quit
I thought she was dead.
Since when does a pledge” from integrity-free media types/owners mean anything???
Sociopaths say “We don’t need no crappy pledges”.
Interesting....I’ll keep my fingers cross on this.
That guy is going to need 100 million for staffing, maybe move Colbert's staff over.
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