Paramount’s Flimsy Bid to Critics of Its CNN Takeover

Paramount has discussed establishing an independent editorial board for CNN to ease well-established fears that the network’s sale wil reduce it to a mouthpiece for David and Larry Ellison—and by extension, President Trump. Paramount already owns CBS News, a relationship that has resulted in the ascension of The Free Press’s Bari Weiss and the crippling of 60 Minutes. Now, the $81 billion deal to buy CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery—which would give them a near monopoly on mainstream…