What CBS News’ Dinner to Honor Trump Means for the Future of News

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On its surface, a dinner in honor of the president of the United States isn’t exactly unusual — except when the president is Donald Trump and the dinner is being planned by one of Hollywood’s major movie studios. 

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For decades now, Hollywood executives have been leading propagandists for far-left political groupthink. TV shows, movies, and even award ceremonies are little more than soapboxes for liberal disinformation. The relatively few creatives who dare openly lean right are often ostracized and left scrambling for work.

But now we have Paramount — led by David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle and a staunch supporter of President Trump — who recently purchased CBS News, reportedly planning an invitation-only dinner this month in honor of Trump and CBS News’ White House correspondents.

If there’s one thing more important to Tinseltown than adhering to progressive doctrine, it’s their bottom line. That’s why conservatives have reason to cheer Paramount's latest pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which will result in the company acquiring the HBO Max streaming service, all of Warner Bros. And HBO’s legacy content, and even CNN.

It’s not a stretch to call CNN an enemy of conservatives. The original cable news network has long positioned itself as a champion of the radical left — from its heyday when it was mocked as the Clinton News Network, to the embarrassingly combative shenanigans of “reporter” Jim Acosta during the first Trump administration, to the consistent mocking of Trump supporters by former CNN talk show host Don Lemon (last seen getting arrested for disrupting Christian worship services in Minnesota).

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Conservatives long ago created their own successful media channels, allowing them to circumvent liberal-controlled news platforms. But they also remained frustrated over how the legacy media was so corrupted by the far left. That’s why it’s encouraging that David Ellison and Paramount have emerged. 

A sign of the internal earthquake to come if the Paramount-Warner deal is approved is the panic already rippling through CNN. As the New York Post reports, “CNN staffers are freaking out after learning that their left-leaning network’s owner Warner Bros. Discovery will be acquired by Paramount Skydance — even as insiders confirmed that the new owners plan to take a more politically centrist approach to news.”

Experience demonstrates that “woke” doesn’t sell. Just ask BudweiserTarget, and Cracker Barrel, among plenty of other companies that learned the hard way. When companies try to flaunt their woke bona fides, most Americans drop their brands. It’s telling that even AMC Theatres’ chief executive, Adam Aron, has announced his support for the pending merger. Executives have realized that what’s good for conservatives is good for the entertainment industry’s bottom line. 

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First, social media and podcasts broke the mainstream media’s monopoly on thought and content. Now, conservatives are assuming control of traditional studios and streaming platforms. With the marketplace of ideas no longer controlled by radical left groupthink, American consumers once again have freedom of choice. Just when it’s needed most, democracy is on the rise.

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.

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