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Veteran NCS journalist Christiane Amanpour stated Wednesday she was “concerned” about billionaire media government David Ellison’s potential acquisition of NCS by Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of the community’s mum or dad firm, Warner Bros. Discovery.
“Clearly, I’m concerned — and I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to say about the corporate thing that’s underway — but I am obviously, as a person, as a journalist with a record, concerned,” Amanpour stated throughout a panel dialogue on the Sir Henry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London.
The veteran NCS anchor pointed to changes at CBS News underneath Ellison’s management as a warning signal for NCS staff and viewers.
Veteran NCS anchor Christiane Amanpour stated she is “concerned” about David Ellison’s deliberate acquisition of NCS by Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I’m concerned based on what’s happened to the other things that he’s taken over already, like CBS News, right?” Amanpour stated. “I imply, do I’ve to checklist what’s occurring there? I imply, hemorrhaging viewers, most likely hemorrhaging cash, this ideological realignment of CBS and the destruction, doubtlessly, of ‘60 Minutes.’”
Amanpour, who has labored at NCS since 1983, stated she hopes the community maintains editorial independence if the deal closes.
“I would like to think that we would have the very basic, which is editorial independence,” Amanpour stated. “I’m hoping for that. I know many of us at NCS are incredibly — including leadership — are very, very committed to that, clearly.”
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Amanpour stated NCS should keep “editorial independence” amid Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of the community’s mum or dad firm. (Mike Marsland/Getty Images for SeriousFun)
Paramount Skydance, led by Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is pursuing a reported $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, NCS’s mum or dad firm.
Ellison final 12 months acquired CBS News and installed journalist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, tasking her with increasing conservative viewpoints on the community.
The management adjustments at CBS News have sparked inside controversy in latest months, together with backlash over the non permanent delay of a deliberate “60 Minutes” report targeted on El Salvador’s CECOT jail, the place the Trump administration deported Venezuelan migrants.
CBS News correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi alleged the section had been “spiked” in December for political causes, whereas Weiss defended the choice by saying the report lacked enough sourcing and required remark from a Trump administration official earlier than airing. The report ultimately aired in January.
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David Ellison has confronted scrutiny from media figures after implementing management adjustments at CBS News following his acquisition of the community. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has additionally publicly criticized NCS and beforehand instructed Warner Bros. Discovery ought to divest the community as a part of any broader company transaction, calling its present possession “a very dishonest group of people.”
Fox News Digital reached out to David Ellison for remark, however didn’t instantly hear again.
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Fox News’ Brian Flood and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.