"A group of award-winning journalists and documentarians expressed strong opposition to a proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery during a press conference today, citing the threat the deal poses to journalism and American democracy":
https://freedom.press/issues/journalists-slam-proposed-paramount-merger-as-threat-to-press-freedom/
“Consolidation of media is bad for the public, it’s bad for creators, it’s bad for the public’s right to know”
#FreedomOfThePress #ThePublicInterest #ethics #politics #FreedomOfThePressFoundation #DemocracyDefendersFund

"When you hear the phrase: 'in #ThePublicInterest' [to do such & such], that should catch your attention because it's the first excuse of authoritarians [to commit abuses.]" - Gary Kasperov
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-garry-kasparov-on-how-democratic-rights-can-slowly-slip-away-247916101551