Ellison insists CNN will remain independent, just like CBS

CNN’s new owner continues to pledge that the network will remain independent. Appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box ( via The Wrap ) for the first time since the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on Tuesday , Skydance CEO David Ellison assured viewers he wouldn’t put his fingers on the scale at CNN, and, to be fair, he hasn’t done that at CBS. He installed Bari Weiss, an unqualified ideologue and billionaire whisperer, to do that for him,…