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Press Freedom Groups Warn CNN Is Next After ’60 Minutes’ Amid ‘Existential Threat’ of Paramount Merger

The coalition of nine journalism advocacy groups calls the “60 Minutes” firings “a grotesque effort … to appease a sitting president” A group of nine press freedom advocacy groups on Tuesday warned that the impending Paramount merger with…

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The coalition of nine journalism advocacy groups calls the “60 Minutes” firings “a grotesque effort … to appease a sitting president” A group of nine press freedom advocacy groups on Tuesday warned that the impending Paramount merger with Warner Bros. represents an “existential threat to the free press, independent media and free speech,” suggesting CNN will be the next to suffer the drastic firings and turmoil that “60 Minutes” has been going through in recent days.

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