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Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger 44%
By Terrence O'Brien71%
7/11/2026, 6:44:12 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 42 hits. Analysis detected 93 faulty-reasoning hits from 508 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 47.8% and a BS Rank of 44% (8,441 of 15,051 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 56.10% of the article peer group.
Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger
AG Dan Rayfield says Paramount clearly thinks “they’re above the law.”
Jul 11, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield had been seeking documents from Paramount related to its takeover of Warner Bros.
Discovery.
Rayfield also asked a state circuit court judge to delay the closing of the deal by 60 days so that his office could review the documents.
But according to Deadline and Variety , he’s now dropped his civil investigative demand for the records.
Obviously, Paramount is pleased with Rayfield’s decision to withdraw his request, but the AG’s office isn’t exactly satisfied with the outcome.
Jenny Hansson, communications director for Rayfield, told Deadline that, “Paramount made it clear that they weren’t going to comply with the investigative demand, and that they think they’re above the law.
We’re not going to let them waste Oregonians’ resources on these games.
We’ve withdrawn the motion to consider our next steps.”
Rayfield specifically was interested in documents relating to Paramount’s lobbying efforts, which were codenamed “Project Warrior.”
Paramount is run by David and Larry Ellison , major supporters of Donald Trump who enjoy a cozy relationship with the White House.
The President went out of his way during the proceeding to say that Netflix, Paramount’s primary rival for Warner Bros.
Discovery, would “ pay the consequences ” if it didn’t remove Trump critic Susan Rice from its board.
While Oregon’s efforts to stop the merger have stalled, others, including California , New York, and even the UK , are considering moves to block the deal on antitrust grounds.
Hollywood has also spoken out in opposition to the merger.
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