"Anderson Cooper decides to walk away from broadcast TV's most prestigious news show, 60 Minutes. Stephen Colbert takes his interview with a rising Democratic politician to YouTube instead of his own late-night show. The CBS Evening News anchor presents a misleading version of the network's own exclusive reporting on Ice arrests. And a news producer writes a farewell note to her CBS News colleagues blaming the loss of editorial independence. If you connect the dots, the picture of what's happening at CBS becomes all too clear. That picture comes into even sharper focus once you recall an underlying factor: the network's parent company is trying to get a big commercial deal done and needs the help of the Trump administration to bring it over the finish line."
"Media capture is the name that University of Pennsylvania scholar Victor Pickard gives to what we're seeing unfold before our eyes. What's happening at CBS and elsewhere isn't a singular breakdown, Pickard writes in a new analysis. It's a whole cascade of layers media ownership, control and market structure that endanger our information and communication systems, our First Amendment freedoms, and our democracy."
Anderson Cooper left 60 Minutes and Stephen Colbert moved a major interview to YouTube, while a CBS anchor misrepresented the network's exclusive reporting and a producer blamed the loss of editorial independence in a farewell note. These incidents coincide with Paramount Skydance's effort to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery, a deal that could require favorable regulatory approval. The parent company's commercial objectives and political connections increase pressure on newsroom decision-making. The phenomenon of media capture describes how concentrated ownership, control, and market structure can compromise information systems, erode First Amendment freedoms, and endanger democratic accountability.
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