Democrats’ antitrust ‘concerns’ over Paramount-WBD deal are pure politics

Published March 17, 2026 7:00am ET



Radical Left Democrats are trying to mask their partisan outrage after Warner Bros.-Discovery rejected Netflix’s acquisition bid and accepted an offer from Paramount, a media company owned by President Donald Trump ally David Ellison.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a dozen House Democrats recently signed a letter to the Treasury and Justice departments to express their “substantial concerns” that the deal violates antitrust law.

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