{"id":63497,"date":"2026-05-09T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/63497\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:37:18","slug":"christiane-amanpour-points-to-hemorrhaging-at-cbs-to-warn-of-david-ellisons-potential-takeover-at-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/63497\/","title":{"rendered":"Christiane Amanpour points to ‘hemorrhaging’ at CBS to warn of David Ellison’s potential takeover at CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour said Wednesday she was “concerned” about billionaire media executive David Ellison’s potential acquisition of CNN<\/a> through Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of the network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Clearly, I\u2019m concerned \u2014 and I\u2019m not sure how much I\u2019m allowed to say about the corporate thing that\u2019s underway \u2014 but I am obviously, as a person, as a journalist with a record, concerned,” Amanpour said during a panel discussion at the Sir Henry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London.<\/p>\n

The veteran CNN anchor pointed to changes at CBS News<\/a> under Ellison\u2019s leadership as a warning sign for CNN employees and viewers.<\/p>\n

Mood Is \u2018Horrific\u2019 Inside Cnn As Staffers Brace For Change Amid Potential Paramount Takeover, Insiders Say<\/a><\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

Veteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour said she is “concerned” about David Ellison\u2019s planned acquisition of CNN through Paramount Skydance\u2019s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery takeover.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m concerned based on what\u2019s happened to the other things that he\u2019s taken over already, like CBS News, right?” Amanpour said. “I mean, do I have to list what\u2019s happening there? I mean, hemorrhaging viewers, probably hemorrhaging money, this ideological realignment of CBS<\/a> and the destruction, potentially, of \u201860 Minutes.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Amanpour, who has worked at CNN since 1983, said she hopes the network maintains editorial independence<\/a> if the deal closes.<\/p>\n

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“I would like to think that we would have the very basic, which is editorial independence,” Amanpour said. “I\u2019m hoping for that. I know many of us at CNN are incredibly \u2014 including leadership \u2014 are very, very committed to that, clearly.”<\/p>\n

Jake Tapper Ruefully Reveals Cnn Will Be Affected By Paramount’s Looming Takeover Of Network<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Christiane<\/p>\n

Amanpour said CNN must maintain “editorial independence” amid Paramount Skydance\u2019s proposed acquisition of the network\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n

Paramount Skydance, led by Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is pursuing a reported $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n

Ellison last year acquired CBS News and installed journalist Bari Weiss<\/a> as editor-in-chief, tasking her with expanding conservative viewpoints at the network.<\/p>\n

The leadership changes at CBS News have sparked internal controversy in recent months, including backlash over the temporary delay of a planned “60 Minutes” report focused on El Salvador\u2019s CECOT prison, where the Trump administration deported Venezuelan migrants.<\/p>\n

CBS News correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi alleged the segment had been “spiked” in December<\/a> for political reasons, while Weiss defended the decision by saying the report lacked sufficient sourcing and required comment from a Trump administration official before airing. The report eventually aired in January<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cbs, Bari Weiss Facing Mounting Backlash From Liberal Critics Over Yanking ’60 Minutes’ Segment<\/a><\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Ellison has faced scrutiny from media figures after implementing leadership changes at CBS News following his acquisition of the network.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has also publicly criticized CNN and previously suggested Warner Bros. Discovery should divest the network as part of any broader corporate transaction, calling its current ownership “a very dishonest group of people.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to David Ellison for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News’ Brian Flood and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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