The Consent Decree Between Paramount And California Is Insane

The Consent Decree Between Paramount And California Is Insane– thefederalist.com
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Democracy is that Democrats oversee television news. Take it from Gavin Newsom’s halfwit communications director, who looks like he was rejected as an extra for High School Musical:

WRONG! Bonta struck a great deal for jobs and democracy.

The alternative was:

A HUGE LOSS of California jobs.

Paramount MOVING to Tennessee.

*ZERO* oversight to protect editorial independence at CNN and CBS. https://t.co/cXRhI0T7yT

— Izzy Gardon (@iGardon) September 21, 2026

See, now a state government with single-party rule has “oversight” authority with news organizations, which preserves the independence of the journalists. For media, “independence” is when the news answers to the attorney general of California.

Pressured by the rise of streamers, the traditional movie studios Paramount and Warner Bros. pursued a merger to make a giant studio with a deep library of media product. Oleaginous California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to stop the merger, joined by other Democrat AGs, with a bunch of far-left idiots cheering him on.

Please let’s circle up all the State AG’s and talk about how this is going to kill completion in the industry and drive down wages, and product quality for consumers. There are lots of agents in Hollywood who can tell you how past mergers and consolidations have hurt their… https://t.co/V39Pq60gsp

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) February 27, 2026