{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreiesjt4aebsrzlfrgv2nlr4uisd4zm4ri37zap5jjq3e7nt6p3dptm",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:k7iegcisubm6y4urockenp3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwi4bsrnpj2"
  },
  "path": "/2026/04/07/america-first-paramount-finalizes-24-billion-in-middle-east-backing-for-warner-bros-deal/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T12:25:20.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
    "1",
    "paramount",
    "warner bros. discovery",
    "agitprop",
    "antitrust",
    "china",
    "consolidation",
    "corruption",
    "journalism",
    "media",
    "propaganda",
    "saudi arabia"
  ],
  "textContent": "MAGA Republicans spent year swaddling themselves in phony “America first!” rhetoric (including suffering an embolism over Chinese influence over TikTok), but have suddenly gone mysteriously quiet now that $24 billion in Saudi, Chinese, and other foreign cash is helping to bankroll right wing billionaire Larry Ellison’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers. The Wall Street Journal (Reuters […]",
  "title": "America First? Paramount Finalizes $24 Billion In Middle East Backing For Warner Bros Deal"
}