Paramount CEO David Ellison Says CNN Won't Go MAGA... But His Promise Has 1 Major Problem
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While Ellison said CNN's editorial independence won't be compromised, people weren't entirely convinced by his explanation.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is vowing to maintain CNN’s independence after his company’s all-but-inevitable takeover of the news network and parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.
On Thursday’s episode of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” the media mogul dismissed “fear” CNN would be forced to take a hard right-wing pivot once it is acquired by his business.
“Editorial independence will absolutely be maintained,” he said of the outlet, which has long been accused of liberal bias by President Donald Trump. “It’s maintained at CBS, it’ll be maintained at CNN.”
“Really who we want to talk to is the 70% of Americans that identify as center-left and center-right and we want to be in the truth business, we want to be in the trust business and that’s not going to change,” the son of high-profile Trump donor Larry Ellison went on.
David Ellison’s explanation wasn’t exactly convincing to journalism fans, however, given the changes at CBS News that have gone down since Skydance officially merged with Paramount in August 2025 and led to the installation of journalist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief.
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