Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by @freedom.press that heavily criticized the company's leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery after an advertising associate deemed it a “conflict of interest." (Paramount declined comment) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Paramount rejected ad criticizing its owners and Warner Bros acquisition

Rejected citing ‘conflict of interest’, the ad took aim at Trump allies David Ellison, Paramount Skydance chief, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison

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I've learned that Elisabeth Hasselback, a former Fox & Friends co-host and conservative commentator on The View, will be guest-hosting an hour of the CBS morning show next week from Monday to Wednesday — though she won't be doing hard news segments. It's being seen internally as a sort of "try out"

News: Dozens of CBS News (and 60 Minutes) veterans sent a letter to David Ellison on Monday urging him to guarantee editorial independence on the show in light of Thursday's firings of top producers and correspondents. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

CBS News veterans urge Paramount CEO to ‘uphold editorial independence’ at 60 Minutes

Dozens of former news staffers press David Ellison to commit to fair coverage in wake of major firings on the show

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Sources tell me that Scott Pelley got into a heated back-and-forth with new '60 Minutes' executive producer Nick Bilton and managing editor Charles Forelle in today's meeting. He demanded to know why his colleagues were fired, prompting Bilton to say he wouldn't be intimidated and quickly leave.

Some news: CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss is moderating a town hall with Erika Kirk next week: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk

Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files

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I went through years of TV/radio interviews, campaign speech transcripts, White House remarks and social media posts and found at least 28 instances of Trump calling for a national TV network's license to be taken away — even though it doesn't work that way: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses

Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a TV network’s license be revoked – even though it doesn’t work that way

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Also in the filings: Tucker Carlson called Trump a “total piece of shit," Sean Hannity said Covid "masks should have been embraced" by Trump, and (wrongly) predicted he would concede the election: “That will happen. I know it for a fact.” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details

Tens of thousands of documents were released as part of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network

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