Jane Fonda Attacks Paramount-WBD Merger At Protest Event, “I Have A Personal Stake In CNN, I Don’t Want To See It Go That Way”

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Jane Fonda urged attendees at a New York City event to petition state attorneys general to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, calling it "a direct attack on free speech, freedom of expression." The actress, who was married to CNN founder Ted Turner, expressed personal concern about media consolidation's effects on journalism. "I don't want to see it go that way," she said, invoking her connection to Turner's legacy. Fonda's intervention adds a celebrity voice to ongoing regulatory scrutiny of the proposed deal.