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00:02House Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin asked Paramount CEO David Ellison
00:07whether the company pressured CBS News to air content sought by President Trump,
00:12according to Reuters. Raskin accused Paramount of undermining editorial independence and cited
00:18concerns following the firing of 60 Minutes journalist Scott Pelley. He also alleged CBS
00:24editor-in-chief Barry Weiss asked Pelley to portray anti-IC protesters as more violent.
00:30Raskin previously questioned whether Paramount offered changes to CNN's coverage in exchange
00:35for approval of its $110 billion Warner Brothers Discovery acquisition. Paramount declined to
00:41comment while CBS did not immediately respond. The inquiry follows a lawsuit by California
00:48and 11 other states seeking to block the deal and earlier congressional demands for documents
00:53tied to the Skydance merger. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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