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Paramount Temporarily Halts Merger With Warner Brothers And CNN
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Extra Extra has grouped 6 reports on this story from 6 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 4 left-leaning, 1 center, and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 79 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.
On reliability, 3 of the 6 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 3 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
This story has been covered over the span of about 3 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: HuffPost, New York Times, Crooks and Liars, Politico, Forbes, Fox Business.
Left(4)
HuffPostCJul 24, 10:40 PM
Paramount Agrees To Push Warner Bros. Deal Until Next Summer While Lawsuit Plays Out
A California-led coalition of 12 states is suing to block the $110 billion deal.
New York TimesAJul 26, 9:04 PM
Why Paramount Paused Its Blockbuster $111 Billion Deal for Warner Bros.
A flurry of negotiations last week cleared the way for an antitrust court battle with states that could determine the fate of the two iconic media giants.
Crooks and LiarsCJul 26, 7:01 PM
Paramount Temporarily Halts Merger With Warner Brothers And CNN
It looks like the right-wing media takeover has hit a speed bump, at least when it comes to Paramount and Warner Brothers rolling into one...under the ownership of Trump friend David Ellison. The Was
PoliticoAJul 24, 3:59 AM
Rob Bonta on blocking the Paramount merger, CNN concerns and Trump’s DOJ
Center(1)
Right(1)
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