How the US rightwing is taking over news media and choking press freedom
by Edward Helmore in New York from World news | The Guardian on (#70136)
Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump's allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leanings
The US right has appeared to increase its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks, especially in television news which has been a major target of the Donald Trump administration.
CBS News - once home to legends of US journalism like Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow - installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman, weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner of CBS.
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