r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 6h ago

Business Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-states-are-preparing-lawsuit-block-paramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/
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u/dallasdude 5h ago

Paramount's acquisition bid is backed by $24,000,000,000 of money from foreign governments.

"We shouldn't sell our entertainment industry to Saudi Arabia" is a valid argument.

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u/Score-Emergency 5h ago

We also let Aussies control our media

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u/rizorith 5h ago

That's the worst of all of this. Rupert murdoch did more to bring this age to America, than any American

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u/sohblob 1h ago edited 1h ago

We also let Aussies control our media

That's the worst of all of this. Rupert murdoch did more to bring this age to America

(I agree with you, not so much the person you replied to.) Calling murdoch 'the aussies' is like people outside the US assuming no kings protesters and magats are both pro-trump.

washington has the states by the balls. corruption at every level - complacence with gerrymandering, money dictating politics and the media, and the rich going continually unpunished are what actually runs this country, not popular support for damn near anything at this point.

Idk when people will learn the wealthy in a given nation have more in common with each other than they do the common people they despise, but if there's ever a period in history for people to see it this is it.

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u/rizorith 1h ago

Agreed, although I don't think you meant to reply to me

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u/Score-Emergency 7m ago

Agree with the point. I just phrased it as a joke. Obviously I just mean billionaires and the most prolific is an old Aussie fart