Skydance pledges to Trump’s FCC it’ll eliminate DEI, install ‘ombudsman’ to root out ‘bias’ at CBS News
Headline from KTVZ Bend
By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Skydance Media needs the approval of President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission in order to take over Paramount Global. It’s now promising to root out “bias” at CBS News in order to get it.
KTVZ Bend's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Skydance Media needs the approval of President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission in order to take over Paramount Global. It’s now promising to root out “bias” at CBS News in order to get it.
Skydance Media pledged to eliminate Paramount's DEI initiatives and install an ombudsman at CBS News to address bias concerns as part of commitments to the FCC for merger approval.
Skydance, the entertainment company set to take over Paramount in an $8 billion merger, told federal officials this week that it will hire an ombudsman who will review “complaints of bias” at CBS News
Skydance has made fresh promises to the FCC as it looks to fast-track its acquisition of Paramount – including to scrap DEI policies at CBS News and appoint an ombudsman to root out media bias.
