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Trump-critical documentary leaks after CBS spikes it

On 22 December, we reported that the head of CBS news, Bari Weiss, chose not to release a documentary critical of Donald Trump and his administration. Now, that same documentary has been leaked:

Trump TV

First, we should explain who owns CBS, and why everyone thinks they’re motivated to protect Trump.

The guy at the top is Larry Ellison, who rose to fame and wealth as the head of Oracle. Oracle recently made a major push into AI, and is currently experiencing the bubble-like effects that all the other AI companies are:

 

If you’re reading in the UK, you may be aware that Ellison is a big backer of Tony Blair and Digital ID:

Ellison is also one of the people taking over TikTok in the US:

It’s additionally involved in the day-to-day running of government when it comes to data:

As if Ellison and his family didn’t have enough companies and influence, they also own Paramount, which itself owns CBS:

The person they chose to head CBS is Bari Weiss — a Zionist opinion writer known for having universally bad opinions:

When Weiss wrote the above, her point was that she isn’t a right-wing authoritarian, actually — the issue is people online say everyone is ‘fascist’. As the tweet above notes, how’s that looking now?

You can quibble over whether Trump’s administration is technically ‘fascist’ or not, but it’s certainly operating outside the law with the backing of wealthy interests — interests who seemingly employed Weiss to do their bidding.

Oh, and there’s worse too:

Leaked

As we covered yesterday, those involved in the documentary were immediately critical of Weiss’s decision to spike it:

While the documentary has now leaked, the Ellisons seems to be leveraging their influence to block it:

You can make up your own mind on whether it should have been spiked by watching it here:

Featured image via CBS

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.