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Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks

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Stories like this show how blurred the line can get between media ownership, politics, and business interests. Even if nothing came from the talks, the idea of a buyer discussing hosts with the White House raises concerns about how much influence owners expect over coverage.

It also reflects a bigger issue. Many major news outlets depend on wealthy buyers or large corporations, and that creates pressure that can affect editorial independence long before any deal is done.

A good reminder that who owns the news often matters as much as the news itself.

CNN is already heavily on the side of pumping out pro-Israel hasbara, so I thought Larry would love that. I guess the weak controlled opposition, pseudo-left corporate progressives aren't sufficiently servile to Trump, corporations, and Likud. Billionaires want all of the media, all of the power, complete compliance, and all of our money.

The only answers are independent journalism and independent content publication platforms.

There is no “blurred line” they are clearly on the side of corruption. Paramount publicly bribed Trump with $15 million for the merger to go through

If you axe the CNN hosts, people might have to actually learn something when they find real news to replace it.

I haven’t watched CNN in years and occasionally go over to Fox News’ website to see what type of fake outrage they are coming up with now.

I went over to cnn.com thinking it might be less distasteful. It’s like Fox News lite - just as shallow but not as good at it.

I have found The Hill to be the one place that seems to not have an agenda.

The WSJ seems to be the only true traditional conservative paper that will still call out Trump on his foolishness when it comes to economic policies and doesn’t get into the social wars.

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