CNN spent years feeding off MAGA trolls for ratings. iPINIONS contends that now, with the Trump-aligned Ellisons looming as new owners, the network may be forced to become the very propaganda machine it once scorned. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-fox-newsing-and-podcasting-of Read more.
Paramount
Paramount Wants Warner Bros. for MAGA Media. But Here’s to Netflix Playing White Knight
Trump tried to strong-arm Warner Bros. Discovery into selling to Paramount (a company owned by his billionaire backers), while threatening regulatory hell for anyone who defied him. iPINIONS called for Netflix to win this bidding war. It did, proving independence is still possible. But the MAGA push for media control is only getting started. Read… Read more.
Boycott Sony (and Other Studios Too)!
This boycott is not about some silly movie, The Interview, which ends with the exploding head of North Korea’s tin-pot dictator, Kim Jung-un. It’s about Sony making a mockery of America’s vaunted and enviable freedoms – of speech and expression – by pulling it under dubious threats from anonymous hackers. It’s about major theater chains, like… Read more.


