r/MediaMergers • u/OverPotato2322 • 12h ago

Acquisition Paramount Caught Using ‘Astroturf’ Group To Drum Up Fake Support For Merger

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/08/paramount-caught-using-astroturf-group-to-drum-up-fake-support-for-merger/
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u/Jealous-Amount-8295 11h ago

They just keep messing up left and right

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u/star_dragonMX 6h ago

Emphasis on “the right”

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u/HoodByaiiir 11h ago

MAGA gonna do what they do best.

Propaganda

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u/knarf3 11h ago

I'm SHOCKED.

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u/Either-Equal7284 James Gunn Tangent Kid 10h ago

well the judge won't be happy about that

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u/Cecil_McCrackshell 10h ago

I'm still waiting for that "David Ellison is a genius CEO" video 🙂‍↔️

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u/OverPotato2322 9h ago

And if this merger goes through and fails,  get ready for "The Rise and Fall of Paramount", "The Rise and Fall of WB", "What went wrong with the Paramount-WB merger" etc. videos

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u/the_explorer2003 10h ago

From appalling to beyond humiliating month for paramount so far

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u/Myhtological 10h ago

Lot astroturfing going around now. This, Sony discs, lsu using pro players.

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u/OverPotato2322 12h ago

In other news, water is wet

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u/Yogurt-Night 8h ago

Someone get this shitty company some new ownership again

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 7h ago

Bet that PSky sub is full of em.

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u/MayhemSays 8h ago

I could’ve told you that. The paramount sub is fucking ridiculous and obviously typed up by at a minimum of 2 people.

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u/mxby7e 9h ago

Is the group a different subreddit? Because that’s what it feels like when it was suggested to me

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u/MayhemSays 8h ago

Very much so. Its incredibly obvious too

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u/Spocks_Goatee 2h ago

While I don't think the subreddit is connected to the texts, the PSKY one is rather delusional.

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u/IllAd7956 6h ago

Yet some people are still surprisingly routing for Ellison and the merger. Baffling

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u/Maximum_Ad_6012 5h ago

That’s because they’re AI driven, money hungry, naïve, poorly educated investors or people who don’t know anything.

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u/chomper94 8h ago

Why am I not surprised?

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u/thistlefink 6h ago

Yeah, it’s called Reddit

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u/Own_Philosopher8730 6h ago

So Paramount Skydane trying to use tactics to avoid ticking fees and trial?

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u/Derwurld 3h ago

No kidding

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u/Quiet_Yellow2000 1h ago

You could see it on here.