Press Releases
09/21/2026
Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Warner Bros./Paramount
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding Warner Bros./Paramount:
“Connecticut led the fight to the bitter end to protect the editorial independence of CNN and CBS News. Especially after the President blocked CNN and other news organizations from the White House, this fight became immediate, critical and acute.
One week ago, Paramount refused to agree to any editorial independence. Now, we have secured an editorial board structure that will meaningfully help protect editorial independence for both news organizations, and it will be enforceable under the consent decree.
Connecticut wanted and demanded full divestiture of CNN and CBS News. We wanted to save ethical and independent journalism and news. We fought aggressively for that remedy. I am deeply disappointed that we could not do more.
The complete abdication of the federal government’s enforcement role in this fight left states with one arm tied behind our backs.
Connecticut will continue to fight hard against the enormous corporate power and forces that threaten America’s free and competitive markets. And we will fight even harder to defend American consumers that deserve quality products at competitive and fair prices and that includes ethical and independent journalism. In the end, unchecked market power succeeds only in raising prices and degrading the quality of products for all of us.”
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