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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 3 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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notepad0x90 ◴[08 Dec 25 21:41 UTC] No.46198023[source]▶
I just realized that the netflix ceo is a big-time democratic party donor, and that paramount is supposedly being supported by larry ellison (big-time republican/trump donor) and saudis? I'm sensing a strong political/influence angle here by the billionaires.
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willio58 ◴[08 Dec 25 23:34 UTC] No.46199199[source]▶
Larry Ellison is also a very public supporter of Israel and the IDF, as recently as a few months ago speaking in support of Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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mike_h ◴[09 Dec 25 02:15 UTC] No.46200507[source]▶
He’s the largest individual donor to the IDF.
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1. MotiBanana ◴[09 Dec 25 11:18 UTC] No.46203623[source]▶
That’s misleading. You can’t directly donate to the IDF—people give to NGOs that support soldiers’ welfare, not combat operations or weapons. And while Ellison has given millions to FIDF, there’s no evidence he’s “the largest donor,” and no public ranking shows that. You can dislike Israel without inventing facts.
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2. cess11 ◴[09 Dec 25 12:19 UTC] No.46204129[source]▶
He financed facilities on an IDF base.

I think we can leave the pedantry for the ICC and just stop at him being a rather nasty genocide supporter regardless of the details.

3. HighGoldstein ◴[09 Dec 25 15:34 UTC] No.46206049[source]▶
Why do you have such an issue with the donation to the IDF? I understand disputing that he's the largest donor, but I doubt he has ever written a big cheque directly to Trump (or in fact anyone except his family) either, is it also unclear whether he's a Trump donor?

Even if there were no mechanism for donating to the IDF available to the general public, do you believe someone like Ellison couldn't easily give money to whomever he wanted?