Jon Stewart is publicly avoiding the parent company CBS Paramount Global and its controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, accusing them of capitulating President Donald Trump’s political pressure in order to advance a $ 8 billion union with Skydance Media.
Stewart, the Daily Show star in the Comedy Central, which is a branch of the Paramount Global, said the media climate has worsened to the point when everyone should tribute to the king “, comparing the latest corporate payments and news in the editorial of the mafia style.
“They just put money in the pot so we hope they don’t get [targeted]”Stewart told” The Bill Simmons Podcast “on Friday.
“They’re paying – Does what does this, Michael remember? Protection money. Right? It’s a prior to defense.”
His comments come as Redstone, who stands to win about $ 2 billion if the Skydance deal passes, supported the crash of CBS News Wendy McMahon CEO – a movement source told posting Signals Progress in intermediation talks aiming for the slander of 20 billion Trump dollars against Paramount.
The lawsuit claims that CBS fraudulently edited a “60 -minute” interview with the then presidential candidate Kamala Harris during the 2024 election cycle.
Stewart dismissed the lawsuit as a pretext to issue financial omissions.
“It is certainly not increasing to the level of slander, slander or whatever other F -K they think they are making a $ 20 billion lawsuit. It was a purely subjective ID,” he said.
“After all, what terrible precedent these media companies have set.”
McMahon is said to have been pushed out after resisting efforts to resolve with Trump, who say the inner ones contributed to the resignation of a “60 -minute” veteran manufacturer.
In her resignation memorandum, McMahon wrote: “‘It is clear that the company and I do not agree on the road ahead.”
CBS General Director George Cheeks told staff that he would remain for a few weeks to help the transition.
Stewart was not delicate in his implication that Redstone was behind the moves, suggesting that senior CBS leaders were told to forgive as part of the Union strategy.
“Imagine paying $ 50 million for F -King nothing just to get someone to approve a union. Bibera bribe,” he said.
“They must apologize. And these people looked at him and thought,” There is no F -king way that I will apologize to do my job just as it is supposed to be done only because this guy is offended by him. “”
Sources told the post that Skydance’s executive Jeff Shell had little confidence in McMahon’s ability to run CBS News.
Its departure pursued numerous controversy, including decline estimates, poor editorial morality, and reactions to perceived interference in editorial-like decisions is to reprimand Tony Dokupil for a harsh interview with TA-Nahisi Coates in Israel-Hamas tensions.
“I mean, see what you’re doing now in the ’60 minutes” and CBS News and everything else, “Stewart said.
“I don’t know if these institutions I thought would prolong my life will survive this. It is crazy.”
The “Daily Show” host expanded his criticism of including other media titans.
“ABC had to pay $ 15 million. [Amazon founder Jeff] Bezos had to pay $ 40m for a documentary on Melania. [Meta CEO Mark] Zuckerberg had to pay, ”Stewart said, arguing that these were examples of companies bowing to Trump to avoid legal threats.
He warned that Redstone’s approach puts a dangerous precedent that Trump will use further.
“Now he will go after Harvard and Comcast or whatever hell he does. Because a attraction policy always leads to more invasion. It is tragic,” Stewart said.
The post has requested comment from Paramount Global, Meta, Bezos and ABC News.
#Jon #Stewart #rips #Chief #Shari #Redstone #attempting #resolve #Trump #minutes #lawsuit #tribute #king
Image Source : nypost.com