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How the US rightwing is taking over news media and choking press freedom (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago

CBS News – once home to legends of US journalism like Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow – installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman, weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner of CBS.

Paramount I didn't know about before. Goodbye CBS News.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

I stopped watching CBS News after a station in Milwaukee fired a Meteorologist after a right wing radio host criticized her for calling Musks Nazi salute a Nazi salute on her personal instagram.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/22/cbs-58s-sam-kuffel-is-out-after-criticizing-elon-musk-arm-gesture/77883983007/

I’ve cancelled my Paramount+ subscription after the Ellison acquisition.

this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2025

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