New Republic -What happens when Trump’s billionaire friends start buying up the news?
We stop getting journalism—and start getting propaganda.
Trump’s
billionaire allies in the Ellison family are gobbling up CBS,
Paramount, and now possibly Warner Bros. Discovery, with full approval
from the White House. Their new editor in chief at CBS? Bari Weiss, a
right-wing culture warrior with no newsroom experience.
CBS is already falling. CNN could be next.
This
is how it starts. It’s Orbán-style media capture—American edition.
Trump gives cronies like the Ellison family the movie studios, the cable
networks, the newsrooms. Rewards their obedience. Punishes dissent. And
uses antitrust powers to turn the press into another tool of
authoritarianism.
"They’re friends of mine," Trump said. "They’ll do the right thing."
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