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Chris Murphy: “They just bought up Paramount, which owns CBS and…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Trump's Shutdown: Can The Democrats Save Healthcare? w/ Sen. Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 36:56

The algorithms really matter there and control the sources of news that we all consume. You mentioned this, you know, this one company that's essentially controlled by the Ellison family. They're very, very close to Donald Trump. They just bought up Paramount, which owns CBS and immediately installed Barry Weiss, you know, right leaning commentator in charge of the news. They now are looking to buy an even bigger media company that includes CNN. They may have control of TikTok. (36:56–37:07)

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Asserts that the Ellison family bought Paramount and installed a right-leaning commentator in charge of CBS news.

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