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flamingdem

(40,960 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:17 PM Sunday

Trump on 60 Minutes tonight?

Just saw this on X.

So CBS, Larry Ellison, Netanyahoo, Oracle, Paramount, Nato

What is coming our way?


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After shareholder approval of the Warner Bros.–Paramount Skydance merger, father-son duo Larry Ellison and David Ellison are set to control multiple major media entities, including:

• TikTok
• Warner Bros. (including New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Paramount
• DC Studios
• The Discovery Channel
• CNN
• CBS (including news and sports)
• HBO
• BET
• Fandango
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Nickelodeon
• MTV
• Cartoon Network
• Food Network
• Travel Channel
• Investigation Discovery
• Animal Planet
• Comedy Central
• Showtime
• TBS
• TLC
• HGTV
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True Dough

(27,082 posts)
1. Yeah, CBS/60 Minutes is capitalizing on this situation very quickly.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:20 PM
Sunday

Giving Mango Mussolini another platform on which to plead his case for his magnificent ballroom.


flamingdem

(40,960 posts)
3. Ellison is connected to David Blair and Netanyahoo
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:22 PM
Sunday

through Oracle and various foundations.

Am looking for an article that ties it together.

flamingdem

(40,960 posts)
2. Not a conspiracy
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:21 PM
Sunday

Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle, is backing his son David Ellison’s company, Skydance Media, in a massive merger to acquire Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS. As a primary financier, Larry Ellison is set to take control of CBS and its related assets, raising concerns about his close ties to Donald Trump influencing editorial content.
Key Details on the Deal and Influence:

Financial Control: Larry Ellison provides the majority of the funding for Skydance's bid for Paramount-CBS, aiming to become a major media owner.
Media Empire: If the merger is finalized, the Ellisons will control a vast media empire, including CBS (news and sports), Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and potentially CNN through a proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Editorial Shifts: Under the new ownership, CBS News has already faced significant shifts, including the installation of former New York Times writer Bari Weiss as an editor and steps toward catering to more conservative viewers.
Trump Relationship: Reports indicate concerns that the Ellison-led media companies, including CBS, might align with the interests of Donald Trump.

Doodley

(12,018 posts)
7. What it means for our country? 1/ People hate Trump and his raping of this country and women. 2/ Trump's security is as
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:27 PM
Sunday

incompetently managed as all other aspects of his administration. The takeaways he won't be talking about.

chouchou

(3,227 posts)
9. I wouldn't watch 60 minutes and have not watched 60 minutes in many years.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:27 PM
Sunday

They used to be in the side of "Finding the corrupt and bad people from little companies to the Big-Bad-Mothers"
Now they remind me of something like .."My Baby does the hanky panky"
Stick it up their ass.

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