#Editorial Independence

Articles (3)

• 🇺🇸 David Ellison Vows CNN Will Operate Independently as Paramount Buys Warner Bros.: ‘We Want to Be in the Truth Business’ — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Will Paramount Skydance turn CNN into a right-leaning Fox News 2.0? With David Ellison’s media company poised to snap up CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, in a deal valued at $111 billion,...

  Related: #Media Consolidation
• 🇺🇸 Paramount’s dominant bid for Warner Bros. could have startling consequences — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  'The consolidation of these media entities means Paramount would eventually own both CNN and CBS, allowing it to tilt news coverage to enhance its own media power,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Corporate Influence
• 🇺🇸 Longtime CBS News Producer Cites Claims of Aiming Reporting Towards “Particular Part of the Political Spectrum” in Exit Memo — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Mary Walsh joined the news network in September 1982, with her departure arriving a day after Netflix backed out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, that was ultimately won by Paramount.

  Related: #Media Bias, #Journalism Ethics, #Corporate Restructuring