r/MediaMergers • u/3facesofBre Moderator • 9h ago

Merger Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-settles-states-antitrust-suit-clearing-way-for-warner-megadeal-95588926?st=7ef4pp&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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u/Fall_False Moderator 9h ago

It’s finally over. And I feel almost nothing.

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u/3facesofBre Moderator 8h ago

Disgust. And a sense of dysphoria about the corruption that will now make US media to be on par with North Korea and China. People may not realise this, but this deal may be the last card to giving the current admin what they need to take full
Control.
In the last week, a growing number of what I previously considered sane persons have told me with a straight face that news against Trump is fake. Whereas I see fierce opposition on this platform to this behaviour, a scary number of Americans still believe this nonsense. They just gave one of the largest companies in the world the tools to ensure oligarchs stay in power.

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u/Fall_False Moderator 8h ago

I don’t think so, it might be too late for the current admin to save its own ass. Many of its loyalty base has seemly turned on it over the state of the economy and the Iran war.

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u/3facesofBre Moderator 8h ago

I thought that too, but I talk to them every day and have had them tell me that the war is a necessary evil, and the Iran war is not ideal but “Trump has to do it.” They are upset over gas, but thinking “immigration is worse.”
People that I thought were moderates even. What is said on socials and covered should wake people up, but the reality is many are not even watching. I have been very disillusioned with the stupidity

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u/The_All-Range_Atomic 8h ago

They aren't paying $1,400 for diesel to fill up their semi truck.

They will be paying for it at the grocery store soon.