News Outlets Protest Trump's Media Bans, Trump At UNGA, Paramount Merger Settlement

The pool boycott is an unprecedented, unified response to Trump's escalating pressure on news organizations

No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting

CNN, MSNBC and Politico are dangerous and a threat to democracy, and media access is a privilege not a right

Trump's ban is an unprecedented attack on press freedom and the First Amendment

Trump will use the UN speech to present himself as a peacemaker and defend his Iran policy

The real diplomacy happens in private meetings, not in UN Security Council or General Assembly sessions, reflecting the UN's weakening role

AI guardrail talks and other UN issues will be undermined by Xi Jinping's absence and drowned out by U.S.-China and domestic politics

The settlement is not an endorsement of the broader Paramount-Warner merger

Paramount promised separate studio operation, increased US production spending, film release quotas, and an editorial independence board for CBS/CNN in exchange for settlement

The attorneys general caved to Paramount, which censored and bullied its way to a settlement

The merger will let the Ellisons censor content that is politically inconvenient, and will be terrible for artists

The merger deal is pro-worker and pro-consumer