Bedoya says FCC approval of Paramount foreign ownership means 'Saudi Arabia First'
( September 18, 2026, 16:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Alvaro Bedoya, senior advisor at American Economic Liberties Project and a former commissioner at the US Federal Trade Commission, posted on X that Thursday's decision by the US Federal Trade Commission to approve Paramount's request to allow three sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar to collectively hold 49.5% of Paramount Global’s equity "cleared the way for a nation that was responsible for the murder of an American journalist to hold a key stake in CBS news and 60 Minutes."Statement follows in full....
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