Paramount CEO David Ellison says opposition to the Warner Bros. merger isn’t about market share but about “whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN.”
“I have regularly voted for candidates of both parties; I hold some views that would be called conservative and… pic.twitter.com/pfoRR81mMz
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-Nepo cry baby David Ellison is back at it again with his thoughts on the Paramount/WB merger that has been put on ice until March 2027
-He claims that we have no idea who he is or what his political beliefs are. We’re just misjudging him “Unfortunately, I can’t give anyone a view into my heart and mind, but I can share this: I have regularly voted for candidates of both parties; I hold some views that would be called conservative and others that would be called liberal, just like most Americans; and when it comes to our news operations, I do not aspire to lead these companies to bend their newsrooms to my views. I believe that news should be based on facts and truth,” Ellison wrote.
-He goes on to claim that people only oppose the merger because of CNN and the false idea that he wants to bend it to the MAGA right “Great news organizations like CNN and CBS News are here to tell it straight down the middle. That requires newsrooms that reflect the whole world, not one side of it. And it requires independence. Our journalists will continue to answer to the facts and to all the people they serve — not to any party or cause. These were founding principles for both CNN and CBS News, for legends like Ted Turner and Edward R. Murrow, and it is exactly that kind of independence that has always fueled the greatness of ‘60 Minutes.’”
-He doesnt mention Bari Weiss or gutting 60 minutes or gutting CBS news nor does he talk about throwing a lavish party for his favorite orange man.
