Back in the United States, Paramount Skydance has acquired the right-wing digital media outlet The Free Press for $150 million and has installed its co-founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Weiss will report directly to David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount. The Free Press is backed by prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists and has been widely criticized for its commentary on Gaza, including an article titled “The Gaza Famine Myth,” which questioned famine conditions in the besieged territory caused by Israel’s assault and blockade. A CBS correspondent told The Independent, “The fact that we don’t have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons’ true goal here is. And it’s not journalism.”