Paramount Accuses Mark Ruffalo of Antisemitic Tropes in Attack on 12-State Merger Challenge
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Paramount Accuses Mark Ruffalo of Antisemitic Tropes in Attack on 12-State Merger Challenge
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Summary
Paramount said Saturday that Mark Ruffalo crossed a line by using terms such as “genocide” and “apartheid” while criticizing the Ellison family’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
The company said those words turned a corporate dispute into an antisemitic smear after Ruffalo linked Oracle, Larry Ellison and Paramount board member Safra Catz to Israel’s war in Gaza in an Instagram post.
Ruffalo argued the deal would concentrate elite power and hurt the industry, citing a lawsuit by 12 state attorneys general and claiming the merger could cost 4,500 filmmaking jobs and 10,000 related positions.
Fox News Digital said Ruffalo’s representatives did not immediately respond, leaving Paramount’s rebuke as the latest flashpoint in a politically charged fight over the proposed media tie-up.