Trump To Kill Netflix WB Bid, Here’s That Means For Paramount

So this is purely unsubstantiated rumor, but it does come from journalist Jonathan Alter, who’s pretty credible. According to him, good sources tell him that Republicans are due to speak up and shoot down the Netflix bid for Warner Brothers on antitrust grounds.

This would pave the way for Paramount Skydance to snap up the studio instead (and everyone who cried antitrust will be suddenly silent). But why do the politicians care? Well, it’s because they/Trump wants influence over CBS News, CNN and HBO etc., the influence to shape opinions and hold onto power.

It’s all very brazen…

We already know the Ellisons are chummy with Trump and although he’s said he won’t interfere, this is Donald ‘I will interfere’ Trump we’re talking about here. Trump met with David Ellison days before saying he won’t “be involved” and days after that statement in bought $1 million in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds.

Jesus Christ, this is just pure corruption. Why the hell are politicians and presidents allowed to invest and make money off their insider knowledge anyway?

And this isn’t to mention Trump siccing his DoJ on Netflix to investigate them for antitrust. As ‘dealbreaker.com’ puts it well: “The Trump DOJ’s pretense is that they’re just suddenly really concerned about media consolidation and monopoly power (you’re to ignore the U.S. right wing’s generational and indisputable quest to coddle and protect monopoly power across telecom, energy, air travel, banking, and countless other industries).”

Because yeah, this is a massive antitrust issue. Warner Brothers simply shouldn’t be bought by Netflix or Paramount. Warner Brothers shouldn’t have been allowed to merge with Discovery. Disney shouldn’t have been allowed to buy Fox. Hell, how come these companies all own their own streaming services? They control every aspect of the market, isn’t that what antitrust is supposed to stop??

But the thing is, Trump et al don’t care about antitrust. They say they do when it suits them, but if Paramount gets in front again suddenly antitrust won’t be a question.

This is cronyism and corruption of the most blatant and it needs to be called out at every opportunity.

And I’m not even bringing up CBS dropping Colbert interviewing a Democrat.

Can we just stop with all of this, please?

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