[HN Gopher] Paramount Buys the Free Press, Ushering in a New Era...
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Paramount Buys the Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News
Author : wslh
Score : 14 points
Date : 2025-10-06 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| mikestew wrote:
| https://archive.ph/cZHaC
| threecheese wrote:
| From The Free Press mission statements: > Media Control >
| Powerful corporations want to decide what you're able to watch,
| listen to, read and share. And runaway media consolidation among
| news organizations has squashed diverse, local and independent
| voices, leaving us in the dark about important developments in
| our communities.
|
| With the recent alleged quid-pro-quo between Paramount and Pres
| Trump on the Skydance merger, and this merger - into an entity
| controlled by Larry Ellison - I'm not feeling to great about
| their ability to execute on that mission. Happy to be wrong
| though.
| threecheese wrote:
| OK, now:
|
| > Free Speech > We're facing a constitutional crisis as Donald
| Trump works to consolidate his power, carry out personal
| vendettas and ravage the federal government in illegal ways.
|
| I sincerely don't know how to read this; either Paramount/CBS
| is worried about their public perception wrt kowtowing to
| government pressure, or right-wing media is buying legitimacy
| via branding, or this is a personal "squash your enemies" favor
| between billionaires.
| Halian wrote:
| I'm sick of living in interesting times. ;-;
| notmyjob wrote:
| This is great. I feel like we need more of the heterodox and alt-
| center opinions that the Free Press brings.
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