Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday stopped by “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS and had no downside calling out Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, whose firm not too long ago acquired the very community she was showing on.
The identify drop got here after Colbert thanked Warren for the “honor” of dressing her dog as him for Halloween this yr. The senator famous that “there’s a motive” she and her golden retriever Bailey had picked that exact costume.
“Bailey and I talked about this, and we don’t assume one company, or one man named David Ellison, ought to be capable to purchase up all of the reveals and purchase up all of the sports activities and purchase up all of the information, and determine who watches what and who pays what,” Warren said. “I’m gonna keep in that struggle.”
Ellison’s firm, Skydance Media, bought Paramount World in August in an $8.4 billion merger following the cancellation of Colbert’s show. The Federal Communications Fee approved the deal, and President Donald Trump publicly celebrated the approaching finish to “The Late Present.” Warren condemned the merger.
Ellison has since been preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, which would come with all of its cable networks and the world-renowned film studio.
Warren, in flip, penned a letter earlier this week alongside fellow Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to Division of Justice Assistant Lawyer Common Abigail Slater, who makes a speciality of antitrust points, to lift considerations in regards to the doable union.
The trio reportedly known as for a radical evaluate of any potential deal of their letter, which they stated would happen “underneath a cloud of political favoritism and corruption,” according to a copy of the letter obtained Wednesday by The Hollywood Reporter.
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CBS introduced the cancellation of Colbert’s present after he mocked the community’s then-parent firm, Paramount World, for settling a $16 million lawsuit with Trump whereas awaiting approval from the FCC underneath his administration for the Skydance merger.
Warren noted at the time that the payout previous that approval appeared like “bribery.”
She and her colleagues reportedly wrote of their letter that antitrust legal guidelines are “obligatory” to guard the free market “and financial safety for working households,” and that any potential sale should be “grounded within the legislation, not President Trump’s political favoritism.”
Colbert reacted to her feedback Friday by wanting into the digital camera with a smile, stating, “I’ve by no means met Mr. Ellison, and I’m certain he’s a fantastic fella.” He then turned his consideration again to Warren and jokingly stated, “You’re going to get me sued.”
