Under Trump, Paramount's Merger Deal Must Include a "Bias Monitor" The company also had to agree to ditch its DEI progra [View all]

I will NOT be renewing my subscription to Paramount this fall. i just informed them of that!!




July 26, 2025
Under Trump, Paramount’s Merger Deal Must Include a “Bias Monitor”
The company also had to agree to ditch its DEI programs.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/under-trump-paramounts-merger-deal-must-include-a-bias-monitor/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=slack&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=3513ca18-9af5-4dcc-9616-20533ac7ac98&utm_campaign=Hootsuite


On Thursday, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, approved the $8 billion merger between Skydance Media and Paramount, a deal that would allocate more than a billion dollars towards the latter company’s staggering debt.

But the agreement came with one major caveat: The media company must appoint a “bias monitor.”

According to reporting from The Wrap, an FCC “ombudsman” would work directly with New Paramount’s president, Jeff Shell, to review “any complaints of bias or other concerns” regarding CBS News, a subsidiary under Paramount.

Paramount also agreed to eliminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, including scrapping all DEI messaging from its internal training programs and removing DEI objectives in its compensation plans.

This move comes after the company announced the cancellation of The Late Show only a few days after the eponymous host critiqued the network’s recent settlement with the president. .................