Booker Blasts Paramount-WBD Settlement as Unjust and Extortionary
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.