But it's not time to tap out yet!
According to recent press, state attorneys general are preparing to file suit.
More analysis in Pressing Issues: pressingissues.org/media-consol...
Escalation of censorial threats from the Trump admin, now real: indictments of anti-ICE MN protesters. Using their Signal handles in the charging header is chilling. Lots of messaging in this indictment to reframe First Amendment activities / dissent as criminal. www.fox9.com/news/prosecu...
The fight for a diverse media landscape isn’t a cage match—it’s a public interest issue.
Trump's DOJ has approved the $111 billion Paramount-WBD deal.
Our coalition is urging state AGs to take action.
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State AGs have a strong case for blocking this merger, and many have spoken out against the dangers of this deal despite threats to their livelihoods.
"They are warning us what will happen if this deal goes through, and we must listen." - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social via @nbcnews.com
"The deal will place two of the largest U.S. broadcast news networks — CBS News and CNN — under the control of a single company that has shown it is willing to warp and manipulate news coverage to please the president." - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social via @democracynow.org
In any normal administration, the Paramount/WBD deal would be a nonstarter.
With your help, we’ll keep working with state regulators to safeguard the public’s interests.
Tell State Attorneys General: Block the Paramount/WBD Merger:
Prosecutors have announced an indictment against 15 members of an Antifa organization in Minnesota for violence against federal officers during the ICE surge earlier this year.
The fix was in at Trump's DOJ, but this fight isn't over.
Free Press' @notaaroncraig.bsky.social details the corruption behind the DOJ's approval of Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, despite claiming the deal posed no threat to competition or consumers.
No one family should own CBS, TikTok and CNN — especially not one that’s in the pocket of our authoritarian president.
Call your state attorney general and urge them to block the Paramount / Warner Bros. merger: 771-218-0400
Anti-democratic leaders use media mergers to consolidate power and weaken institutions that could stand in their way.
But we can push back — more here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/merger-madness-how-stop-rights-media-takeover
"The many violations of press freedom committed by CBS News since its acquisition could soon be seen at CNN, including losing independent journalists asking hard questions and spiking stories about crimes committed by the Trump administration.” - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social via @democracynow.org
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The fix was in at Trump’s DoJ. But this fight isn’t over yet.
The Trump administration has approved media conglomerate Paramount’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros., one year after Paramount and Skydance Media signed a similar merger that placed Paramount...
