
And, yes, there’s a local angle to the 60 Minutes controversy that’s now getting the full Drudge Report treatment, to wit: National Amusements, founded and still controlled by the famous Redstone family, is based in Norwood and owns Paramount Global, which is the latest media company accused of caving to the Great Orange One. Shari Redstone, owner of Paramount, is at the center of the media furor, as Semafor reports. … OK, it’s not much of a local angle. But it’s still a cool local angle that most locals don’t know about. … Remember: It always comes back to Massachusetts, sooner or later.
Quick background: Paramount Global and Skydance Media last year announced plans to merge – a merger that’s still pending. And guess who recently demanded that the FCC inflict “punishment” on CBS for its coverage of Greenland and Ukraine?…
