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Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

All corruption, all the time in Trump world, Exhibit 64,704:

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/business/trump-financial-disclosure-netflix-warner-bros

And as usual, Big Journalism tiptoes around it, using the standard "concerns" and "raises questions" hedges to avoid stating the blatantly obvious reality. Pathetic, but that's the norm.

CNN

Trump purchased up to $51 million in bonds at the end of 2025, including Netflix and Warner Bros. investments | CNN Business

President Donald Trump purchased up to $2 million in Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery investments days after the announcement of a megadeal between the two media giants, among other purchases, according to a financial disclosure from the White House, renewing questions from ethics experts around potential conflicts of interest.
Su_G
Su_G
@Su_G@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dangillmor

CNN: mealy-mouthed weasel words!

#USPol #corruption #USBusiness #weaselWords #legacyMedia #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

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