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feb012025today at 2:56 AM3 repliesview on HN

Based on how the takeover of CBS has been going, it really does seem like waning support for Israel is the major motivation behind this huge consolidation. Pretty unbelievable to watch

In a matter of months: Paramount, CBS, TikTok, CNN, FreePress...


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bananamogultoday at 5:33 AM

It really does not.

throwaway290today at 8:38 AM

Saudis are sponsoring this

spiderfarmertoday at 6:07 AM

This is 100% the reason. They have the money, they have the motive, they have donated enough to end up with the political support to win any antitrust case filed against them. And they have the networks with bots and sycophants that will argue endlessly on their behalf. Religion is a scarily powerful motivator.