Booker Blasts Paramount-WBD Settlement as Unjust and Extortionary
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Sen. Cory Booker blasted the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery settlement, faulting Paramount and the DOJ, calling the deal illegal and extortionary, questioning the proposed independent CNN/CBS News editorial board, and warning that the merger would reduce competition and harm jobs and consumers; he vowed to scrutinize future mergers if Democrats win the Senate.
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