Norm Eisen on the Paramount-Warners Merger, plus Trump and TV News / Start Making Sense
Summary
Norm Eisen analyzes the controversial settlement allowing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, detailing his coalition's "Sea Watch" initiative to monitor editorial independence at CNN and CBS. He also discusses a new lawsuit filed under the Voting Rights Act to prevent ICE from intimidating voters at polling places, citing recent enforcement actions in Minnesota. Finally, John Nichols examines the TV networks' unprecedented refusal to provide coverage of White House events in protest of Trump's media bans, debating the constitutional implications of viewpoint discrimination and the future of…
Topics discussed
Intro and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ad
Norm Eisen introduction and background
Defense of Olympic athlete Davey Hearn
California AG settles Paramount-Warner Bros merger
Seawatch coalition and media independence board
Criticism of Governor Newsom and state antitrust
Continuing the Block the Merger coalition
Lawsuit against ICE voter intimidation
Voting Rights Act and election protection coalition
ICE crackdown in Saint Paul, Minnesota
California election protection laws and federalism
Call to action: Be an election champion
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ad
John Nichols intro: TV networks rebel against Trump
Networks refuse TV coverage of Trump events
Media access at UN and Gracie Mansion
First Amendment and viewpoint discrimination
Trump TV and the decline of traditional news
Critique of access journalism and stenography
Credits and final advertisement
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