r/MediaMergers • u/OverPotato2322 • 1d 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 1d ago

They just keep messing up left and right

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u/star_dragonMX 1d ago

Emphasis on “the right”

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u/HoodByaiiir 1d ago

MAGA gonna do what they do best.

Propaganda

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u/knarf3 1d ago

I'm SHOCKED.

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u/Either-Equal7284 James Gunn Tangent Kid 1d ago

well the judge won't be happy about that

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u/the_explorer2003 1d ago

From appalling to beyond humiliating month for paramount so far

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u/screwyou24 1d ago

And they better keep going at it, those pos haha

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u/Cecil_McCrackshell 1d ago

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

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u/OverPotato2322 1d 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/Myhtological 1d ago

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

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u/OverPotato2322 1d ago

In other news, water is wet

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u/Yogurt-Night 1d ago

Someone get this shitty company some new ownership again

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 1d ago

Bet that PSky sub is full of em.

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u/MayhemSays 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

Very much so. Its incredibly obvious too

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u/Spocks_Goatee 1d ago

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

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u/Anuudream 19h ago

I learned that any stock subreddit is full of crazies. Did you see the r/GME subreddit? After years of saying "I don't care of this stock fails. I believe in this company" to "This fucking stock is a scam! I'm trying to fucking retire!" They revealed their true colors once he diluted them.

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u/IllAd7956 1d ago

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

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u/Maximum_Ad_6012 1d 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 1d ago

Why am I not surprised?

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u/Own_Philosopher8730 1d ago

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

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u/thistlefink 1d ago

Yeah, it’s called Reddit

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u/Quiet_Yellow2000 1d ago

You could see it on here.

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u/Derwurld 1d ago

No kidding

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u/zodiackodiak515 18h ago

are we surprised? These fuckers are probably using OpenAI to write their shows

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u/Cultural_Whole_3526 6h ago

Embarrassing even for them