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Paramount's top lawyer says some people who don't like the Warner Bros. deal are antisemitic

All Content from Business Insider·Peter Kafka·1 day ago
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David and Larry Ellison have bought Paramount and are now waiting for regulators to sign off on their plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter Lots of people have objected to Paramount's planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. Some of those people are antisemitic, says Paramount's top lawyer. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times , Makan Delrahim, Paramount's chief legal officer, said that some opposition to the Paramount/WBD deal is coming from people with "antisemitic views." "Let's be honest," he told the Times. "There's a lot of fear-mongering, particularly from people in Washington, D.C. They are running a political campaign. Some of these people are trying to inflict harm on this transaction, really because of their own antisemitic views. Regulators and law enforcement officials will see right through that." What does Delrahim mean by that? Paramount declined to comment. I've also asked Delrahim to expand on his remarks.…

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