The Banish Acquisition: Insiders Say Mood at CNN Is Like a Funeral After Paramount Merger Approval

Despite the Democrats’ best efforts, Paramount Skydance has settled with 12 state attorneys general. That means the company can now complete an $81 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN. That’s bad news for the propagandists at the cable ‘news’ network. Insiders say CNN employees dread the changes new boss David Ellison will usher in.

It’s a grave situation at CNN. (READ)

The mood at CNN is “like a funeral,” according to a source, as Paramount Skydance prepares to acquire the company in October.

Staffers are concerned about the company’s business plans being changed — yet again. “What an enormous loss and disruption it would be to shuffle…
— Variety (@Variety) September 22, 2026

(post continues) ...leadership for the umpteenth time in the midst — finally — of reshaping the business,” says one CNN staffer.

Maybe they should try reporting honestly and fairly — that’s a thought
— Procopio (@Pablodejes) September 22, 2026

That’s funny. It’s never going to happen.

Posters say if it feels like a ‘funeral’ to CNN’s staff, it’s because they killed the cable ‘news’ network. It’s time to bury it.

CNN wouldn’t be in this position if it weren’t a Fake News propaganda machine all this time.
— Mike (@Mike4Liberty) September 22, 2026

That is hilarious and they deserve every bit of it 🤣

They have been a propoganda outlet for many years and deserve absolutely zero sympathy
— Patrick Star Bateman (@Oh_boy_3_AM_) September 22, 2026

Any misery felt by the people at CNN is well deserved and long overdue. This people have believed themselves untouchable for far too long.
— Jason Beasley (@jasonbeaz) September 23, 2026

The Banish Acquisition: Insiders Say Mood at CNN Is Like a Funeral After Paramount Merger Approval

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