SkyDance Met With FCC Before Ending Colbert [View all]

Aaron Parnas

Earlier today, the Writers Guild of America issued a statement saying it has “significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.” Just minutes ago, we learned that the CEO of Skydance met privately with the chairman of Trump’s FCC just days before the show was pulled.

Let’s not pretend this is shocking. The media was supposed to serve the people. To challenge power. To tell the truth, no matter who it made uncomfortable. But instead, we’ve seen ABC News pay out hush money. We’ve seen Stephen Colbert’s show disappear after daring to criticize Trump. We’ve seen silence where there should be outrage.

There are many journalists I admire—brave, honest people trying to do the work. But they are not the ones calling the shots. The executives are. And the executives serve shareholders, not the truth.

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