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  "textContent": "Will Paramount Skydance turn CNN into a right-leaning Fox News 2.0? With David Ellison’s media company poised to snap up CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, in a deal valued at $111 billion, staffers at the news cable outlet have expressed fears that the Trump-friendly ownership of Paramount Skydance will steer CNN’s coverage toward a […]",
  "title": "David Ellison Vows CNN Will Operate Independently as Paramount Buys Warner Bros.: ‘We Want to Be in the Truth Business’"
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