"David Ellison keeps saying he's not interested in politics. The new Paramount CEO/owner says it in interviews, to staff, to regulators. But over the last year, as Ellison maneuvered to buy the company and since he acquired it, Paramount has made a series of moves that sure make it look like he's interested in politics. And those politics look like they're on the right side of the spectrum."
"And now Paramount has acquired The Free Press, the media startup founded by Bari Weiss, a former editor and writer at The New York Times. Weiss will now be editor in chief of Paramount's CBS News unit, reporting directly to Ellison. Weiss' fans - and there are plenty of them, including Mathias Döpfner, who owns the company that owns Business Insider - will often describe her as a centrist who calls out excess on both sides. Weiss likes to describe herself that way, too."
David Ellison presents himself as uninterested in politics while executing business decisions that align Paramount with right-leaning positions. The company committed to avoid DEI practices and promised an ombudsman to monitor bias complaints; the ombudsman has conservative credentials. Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert shortly before the acquisition closed. Paramount acquired The Free Press and installed Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News, reporting directly to Ellison. The Free Press was founded as a counterweight to perceived doctrinaire liberal groupthink in mainstream newsrooms.
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