Kara Swisher vows to leave CNN if Paramount takes over network

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. CNN contributor Kara Swisher doubled down on her vow to leave the network if Paramount takes over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. Liberal CNN contributor Kara Swisher doubled down on her vow to leave her network if Paramount is successful with its bid to take over Warner Bros. Discovery. Speaking Monday at Syracuse University's Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting celebration, Swisher decried tech billionaires like Oracle founder Larry Ellison and his son, new Paramount owner David Ellison, buying media companies. She turned to the event's emcee, Scott MacFarlane, the former CBS News correspondent who announced earlier in the day that he had joined the far-left outlet MeidasTouch, telling him, "Good move." "You'll love it out here. It's much better," Swisher told MacFarlane. "You don't want to work for the Ellisons. I've spent a