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US judge suspends Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros

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21 reports from 20 outlets92/100 cross-spectrum diversity15 high-reliability sources

Extra Extra has grouped 21 reports on this story from 20 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 11 left-leaning, 6 center, and 4 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 92 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.

On reliability, 15 of the 20 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 5 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.

Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 23 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.

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: Le Monde (English), NBC News, MSNBC, Oregon Capital Chronicle, The New Republic, NPR, CBC News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Verge, Business Insider, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, BBC News, Straight Arrow News, NewsNation, Axios, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Just the News, Fox Business.


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Le Monde (English)AJul 20, 8:40 PM

US judge suspends Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros

Last week, 12 states led by California sued to block the deal in a direct challenge to the Trump administration's Justice Department, which approved the merger last month. On Monday, California Attorn

NBC NewsBJul 20, 5:01 PM

Judge pauses Paramount-Warner merger

Twelve state attorneys general requested a temporary restraining order barring Paramount Skydance from closing the blockbuster deal.

NBC NewsBJul 20, 5:18 PM

Judge temporarily pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

A federal judge temporarily paused the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, granting a request from a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who sued to thwart the $110 b

MSNBCCJul 20, 7:46 PM

Judge temporarily blocks Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

A federal judge paused Paramount’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. after 12 state attorneys general sued to block the merger. The post Judge temporarily blocks Paramount-Warner Bros. merger app

Oregon Capital ChronicleBJul 20, 7:02 PM

Federal judge temporarily blocks Paramount and Warner Bros. merger

A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked Paramount from moving forward with a $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.  The decision came after 12 Democratic-led states, including Oregon, la

The New RepublicBJul 20, 5:48 PM

Judge Hands Trump Ally Massive Blow in Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the proposed $110 billion merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount, determining that the combination of the two megacorporations would violate antitr

NPRAJul 20, 5:55 PM

Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now

Paramount's owners were hoping they'd be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. Monday's temporary restraining order puts that plan on hold.

CBC NewsAJul 20, 7:17 PM

Paramount, Warner must pause merger for at least two weeks, judge says

A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $81 billion US merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challenging the deal more time to see their

Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBJul 20, 8:26 PM

Judge halts Paramount’s merger with CNN parent company Warner Bros. - AJC.com

Judge halts Paramount’s merger with CNN parent company Warner Bros.  AJC.com

The VergeBJul 20, 5:37 PM

Judge pauses Paramount’s attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery

A judge partially granted the request from a dozen state attorneys general to temporarily place the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery on hold, as reported by Variety and Reut

Business InsiderBJul 20, 5:13 PM

Paramount's WBD deal is on pause after judge orders a merger delay

David Ellison, the Paramount Skydance CEO, ran into a roadblock after a lawsuit from California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images; Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Get

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