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Is CNN next on Trump’s media hit list?



Billionaire Larry Ellison, whose company Paramount Skydance is considering
acquiring the parent company of CNN, reportedly discussed firing anchors at the
network with the Trump administration.

The Guardian reported Thursday that senior White House officials talked about
removing news anchors whom President Donald Trump doesn’t like, if Paramount
Skydance is successful in its deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery.
Ellison’s son currently runs Paramount Skydance, of which Ellison is the
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CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar have reportedly been singled out,
likely because both have done factual reporting on Trump, something that he has
often complained about as “fake news.”

For instance, Burnett has reported on her program “Out Front” on the ways in
which Trump and other Republicans have minimized the effect that tariffs have
had on U.S. consumers. While Trump and company have argued that few costs have
been passed on, that is simply not true.

Similarly, Keilar has reported on how Trump has spent much of his political
career doling out vague promises of policy proposals to come—like health
care—while failing to deliver anything concrete.

It was Paramount that paid off Trump with a $16 million settlement over a
lawsuit that multiple legal experts said was without merit. Soon after, the
administration approved Paramount’s merger with Skydance.

CBS News, which is owned by Paramount, followed up the payoff by installing
conservative activist Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. Evidence of a
rightward shift in CBS appeared during a recent interview on “60 Minutes” with
Trump, who mocked the network for paying him off—a moment that CBS chose not to
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The possible CNN firings and CBS’ actions are part of a trend in the media:
Wealthy conservatives are acquiring news outlets and bending their coverage in
favor of Trump. Perhaps the most obvious instance is at the Washington Post,
where billionaire owner Jeff Bezos has moved coverage to the right, losing
multiple staff as a result.

In March, Trump hailed Bezos for doing a “real job” at the Post in perverting
its coverage. Now, it looks like it’s CNN’s turn.

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