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Skydance Media — the company seeking to purchase for $8 billion Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS — said in a letter dated Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr that, among the changes they’d make to the company, they would hire an ombudsman to ensure “viewpoint diversity” and avoid “complaints of bias.”

Before Congress and on television, PBS CEO Paula Kerger has repeatedly pretended she has seen no evidence of liberal bias on PBS, which is like saying you were not being able to find the sun outside. But last week, Variety's Todd Spangler wrote a long leftist editorial on "Trump's War on Truth," and Kerger spoke more like someone who knew they were at war with Trump.

In a shocking turn-around, the White House Correspondents’ Association canceled plans to have extremely anti-Trump comedian Amber Ruffin perform at its annual dinner on April 26. President Trump, as well as his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, will not be attending the typically tilted proceedings. 

The eager-beaver publicists for "legacy media" in the Hollywood trade magazines can be expected to write some puketastic PR in the leadup to Election Night coverage. But this headline for Brian Sternberg's valentine in Variety should come with a complimentary air sickness bag: Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Joy Reid are the Primetime Avengers.

John Nolte at Breitbart pointed out on Wednesday that the Hollywood trade magazine Variety attacked director Ron Howard -- aka the beloved actor who played Opie Taylor/Richie Cunningham -- for having "created a monster" by making a movie based on the best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, now Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee.

Dan Rather tweeted "I am humbled and honored to share some exciting news.  A lot of very talented people have produced a documentary about this reporter’s life." A puff piece movie honoring Rather with actors wasn't enough. Now there's a gushy Rather "nonfiction" film.

Few films have stirred the cultural pot quite like “Civil War.”

On Monday morning, the seemingly constant shakeup of CNN’s fledgling, ratings-starved lineup continued as the network revealed the disastrous CNN This Morning will be axed as part of a new morning schedule that’ll include CNN’s pompous shill and former White House correspondent Jim Acosta being promoted to mid-morning weekdays after just over three years hosting late-afternoon weekend…

CNN This Morning repeatedly mentioned an alleged culture of misogyny and sexism at Tucker Carlson's show, contributing to his firing by Fox News. But no mention is made of the notorious instances of sexism and misogyny of Don Lemon, the co-host of CNN This Morning until he was recently fired by CNN. 

Variety did its part Wednesday in seeking to bury scandal-ridden liberal journalist Don Lemon of CNN, uncorking a 2,300-word-plus tome entitled “Don Lemon’s Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and ‘Diva-Like Behavior’” with allegations from “more than a dozen sources” of bravado, creepiness, and pettiness that he so often criticized others (especially…

Entrepreneur and Twitter-owner Elon Musk has said he bought the social media platform in the interests of expanding the scope of free speech, an issue politically relevant given the predicament of the Christian satire site The Babylon Bee, found guilty by Twitter of “hateful conduct” in March 2022 for its comedic post hailing the “transgender woman” (i.e. biological male) Rachel…

It is October 2022, and people are seriously considering banning the music of an important and influential artist: Kanye “Ye” West. 

Hollywood people are just like us. They suffer the same heartbreaks and fears, feel the same loves and joys we do. Right? I really want to believe that, but then they speak.

More controversy is coming from the weird Hollywood actor, Ezra Miller. After authorities were looking for the groomer with his 18-year-old victim, the they/them actor is in hot water again.