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Pete Hegseth blasts CNN’s Iran war coverage: ‘The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better’
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth took aim at CNN’s coverage of the war in Iran, jabbing that “the sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,” as Paramount Skydances seeks approval of its $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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